Welcome to my little corner of Renderosity. I am interested in many things besides art, for example, languages. I read 15 languages, and I have 140 languages on my web site. I don't really write other languages, though, so don't be surprised if I leave a broken comment for you. :) Please feel free to leave me a comment in another language, too.
Prints of my art can be purchased at deviantARTBIOThese days, my entire life is gathered around art in some form or another. I have a bachelor's degree in art, which I chose so I wouldn't have to sit in a classroom all day listening to people talk. :) I got very serious about art after the last of our seven children left home. Prior to that, I was busy homeschooling them. Besides visual arts, I love to make music. I play piano, organ, recorder (a wooden instrument somewhat like a flute), and classical guitar, and I sing. In the past, I have also played gamelan (a gamelan orchestra consists of sets of tuned metal gongs and bells with a couple of drums, and originated in Asia in places like Bali), I rehearsed for awhile with the local balalaika orchestra, playing autoharp, and I have studied with Xochimoki, a Latin American native musical group. In addition to music, I practice the martial art of taekwondo. I have a second degree black belt. Concrete art for me includes pottery (I sometimes design my own glazes, and I especially love raku), a little bit of sculpture, needlepoint (I use fancy yarns and stitches and sometimes invent my own), macrame, circular weaving, and I draw in color pencil. I also like to design artistic web sites. I have a passion for photography, and I am slowly working my way through scenic sites in Arizona and neighboring states. In digital art, I make art in Terragen, Bryce, Vue d'Esprit, Ultrafractal, Xenodream, and Apophysis. I am trying to learn Mojoworld. In addition to my sponsor site, you can see more of my art at my professional site: Extraplicity. Prints of many of my images are available at deviantART.
Spiritually, I am an heiress to the wonderful doctrinal legacy of Martin Luther, and a joint heiress with Christ. Soli Deo Gloria.
Comments (3)
ISSE
Ok here my comment in Turkish; Yuzey biraz daha guzel olabilirdi.resim biraz da keskinlestirilirse iyi olur.Gokyuzu guzel olmus. Eh ok.ok.I said above:Surface must be worked a little more and need sharpening for this image to be better.Sky good done
PatGoltz
Heh. Well, I'll have to go get my Turkish dictionary! Thanks! I do actually have one. :) Thanks for the suggestions. I felt it was good to make the ground fuzzy and soft because that's what the grassy hills I have seen look like. I'll try it and see how it looks.
choronr
Good work Pat. For sharpening, try IrfanView...it's free. Open your .bmp in Irfanview and reduce the size by about 10%; then, sharpen it twice (set sharpening at 10%). Save this as a .lrw file (this comes w/IrfanView). Open the .lrw file in Irfanview and resize it to the picture size you want to post. Do two more sharpenings; then, save as a .jpg file. You will like the results.