As an artist, I do four things; Oils on Canvas (Social Commentary), Drawings of National Parks, Photography of Birds and California Native Plants and 2D/3D Digital.
Since most here will be interest in digital work, I'll talk about that. I started in the digital world with a TI-99/4a computer in the early 1980's and immediately started creating art and animation with a very limited graphic range in hexadecimal code (16 colors, 256 shapes). I eventually became a published artist for Asgard Software and a year later when out on my own to form “Notung Software” which became on of the most popular TI Software companies. In 2010, I was inducted in the TI-99/4a Hall of Fame.
After making my switch to the PC, I started with Sketcher (the precursor to Painter) and even owned Fractal Design's "Poser 1". I didn't start seriously playing with Poser until Version 3 came around. With the advent of Poser 4, I began by creating textures and started a career as a digital artist, selling my work through Zygote, Vista, DAZ3D, Hivewire3D and Renderosity.
I really didn’t find my nitch in the 3D world until I partnered with BL Render to do the Songbird ReMix Series in 2003. The following year, I came into my own blending my love and knowledge of birds with a strong environmental theme "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct". That set, designed specifically to raise awareness about threatened species and why they're going extinct, became a template for all my work.
Since then I’ve steadily worked on improving my skills with Painter and Modo, and of course, producing more 3D birds and other flora and fauna with a strong environmental message. Today, the Songbird Remix birds have appeared in films such as ”I am Legend”, in Audubon literature and advertising, Duncraft (bird product & seed) advertising, in the museum presentations (such as the National Wildlife Research Center of Saudi Arabia) and even billboards and bus benches for the Omaha Reads promotions.
Besides being a Renderosity Vendor, I work at home as a freelance artist/photographer and also volunteer/lecture at the Theodore Payne Foundation (a Foundation that focuses a native plant awareness) and at Audubon California.
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Comments (14)
antje
WOW! What a busy scene!! I love it! So much to look at! Excellent work! :o)
Styxx
Magnificent work!! You get my vote to be sure!
JackStr8
Absolutely outstanding!
CandeeKis
Well Ken I think you have simply outdone yourself! This is absolutely fantastic! As one that has put a few scenes togther I can relate to what you said about the 'almost impossible' task of rendering all those separate objects in Poser. (for instance my Mayan Princess Scene and The Lost Balloon) Poser chokes. You managed to find a workaround and it came out BEAUTIFUL. This is truly a wonderful image. I think it would look GREAT printed up, don't you? Bravo and 10 *'s
bessmertni
good job, now you know why companies like pixar have hundreds of computers linked together to render their scenes and animations, of course they use a little bit better render engine then poser
Spit
Wow! I love this!
FS
beautfiul work !
RG19
A very compelling historical scene, the layering came off flawlessly, your hard work paid off tremendously!!!
Migs
Your hard work certainly paid off. This is a beautiful town scene.
Milla
Very cool.
PointLady
Lovely scene with so many people in it, no wonder you had to render each seperately - but I must say you put them all together superbly to create this fantastic historical scene. I agree your hard work paid off. Jan
ShadowWind
What an amazingly detailed scene, and I love all the people. Excellent work...
ironhart
Outstanding! it has such a period feel to it and very good composition also. Thanks Ken! I love it.
amanda_a42
Extraordinary work! I love the way you worked on every little detail in order to creat right atmosphere. This is indeed fantastic!