"What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
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BIO
I am not Vile! Back in the really old days I used to log on to a BBS with that handle and have never really changed it. Every time I join some online community it still sticks and I have been here at Renderosity since 12/16/1999.
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I am not an artist! Well at least not in the traditional sense at least. Both my Mother and Sister are terrific analog artists but I just never got into the whole paints, canvas and brushes thing. Not that I was terribly bad at it I was just never as good as I wanted to be. I am a perfectionist! Computer art really appealed to me for this reason, my favorite button became the UNDO! I love the way I can save an image and comeback to it at another time and add more or erase mistakes. Or create something so, possibly temporary as a digital image and yet have it be as effective as a masters painting!
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I am too technical! My art does not reflect my moods or expressions most the time but more of my technical abilities (I am working on this though). I mainly use Photoshop, Bryce, (occasionally Poser) and a digital camera.
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I am not my Past! I first started digital art in 1991 with a program called SPASH on a Leading Technologies 286PC. I used to sketch out an image in pencil or pen and then try to recreate it Pixel by frustrating Pixel. I created some amazing images (in my mind they were) of Dinosaurs, Comic characters and Sci-fi. All but one were lost in a computer meltdown, the one that survived I can t seem to recall off of a floppy disk either.
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I am not Brycer! By 1997 I had an Intel Pentium 133 which my Uncle loaned me I believe it had 64MB of Ram and a 1GB hard Drive. And then I met Bryce2 and many a night was spent trying to get that thing to render silly little mountains or spheres all of which as I look back on and think a 4 year old could do better! But I had to learn, I had to render!
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I am not a Master! I think there are few Digital masters out there and they know who they are! I try as hard as I can to copy or pay homage to their accomplishments. I think, that I and others have made Bryce do things it was never intended or dreamed of being able to do. I now see people doing stuff I had not even dreamed of.
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One final thought! I Say Let me never be whole! I Say May I never be satisfied! I Say Deliver me from Japanese Robots! I Say Deliver me from lame Poser Art! I Say Deliver me from bad skin and Perfect Smiles! I Say you don't have to give in and through down your hand!
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And I Say Evolve!
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Comments (9)
Andini
This looks really great but I have a few of my own additions to the image. The reflecting sphere painting is my favorite Escher painting as well. I just love Escher (see some of the images in MY gallery). Perhaps you'd like to make the floor/walls/ceiling one of Escher's actual whatever they're called (objects with a perfect fit) to reflect (pun intended) Escher's work. I also think it would be neat to have a head looking out from a hole onto the sphere as in the original painting. Just my two cents. Great job so far - I like the B&W one better.
Vile
I decided against the full body as a 21st century twist. I think the B&W one is more escheresque.
pakled
very nice..seems like we're on an Escherfest lately..;) I found a program somewhere, looking for Escher, that did repetitive backgrounds in this fashion, haven't played with it yet, but could be fun..the detail is top-rate..
garyandcatherine
Looking at Escher gives me a headache.........that's why I enjoy his work and can appreciate your effort. This is very cool. Excellent all around.
Euxeb007
I like the 2 versions. Excellent work !
danamo
This is cool, but I like the color one more and the reason is; Escher was a master at manipulating geometry in his works, that everyone knows, but he also was a master of tonality. The limitations of rendering at screen resolution (with .jpeg compression ,no less!) make it near impossible to capture the subtle variations and gradations that are available in print resolution. No criticism is intended here. I still love the idea, and I couldn't do any better!
Wahnfried1959
I prefer this version. Outstanding Escher-like textures! Brilliant work!
alvinylaya
Awesome work! I love it. So glad to see you posting again!
madmaxh
Hehe. That is my favorite Escher too -- have a print hanging in my living room. I like the way you've got the hand coming out of a hole, like MC was tired of looking at the sphere and decided to put it in his crazy attic. I love the ambition and execution of this. Bravo! :D