"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!
Comments (24)
Beemer
........YES!.........POWERFULL......STUNNING!.....OUTSTANDING IMAGE!.....
shayhurs
Most excellent on the detailing.
jstsittinghere
excellent, amazing to see mars!
darksecret1
cool image. nicely done.
johnyf
Ace image - great texture!
Vile
Thanks! I think I have Mars Fever! lol I am working on a blue Mars soon too!
Ardiva
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mloates
Beautiful job--looks fantastic! Love the light/shadow across the planet.
shadowdragonlord
WHOA! What a great image! Is that Olympus Mons right there?!?! Awesome fade, I can't imagine making it any better...
danamo
Excellent image Vile! This is the best Mars I've seen. I must have Mars fever too 'cause I just voted for this pic.
corys311
The planet itself looks great, starfield is too dense though, I think, and some stars are super thick. You see that thing with your binoculars???
crag_dolomite
Great Mars image!
ShawnDriscoll
More than one light source, I see. The cliffs are shiney. Makes the image look more like a Disney painting for Forbidden Planet. I'm not a big fan of PS post work in Bryce renders and would like to see the original render. Still, an excellent piece of work you did.
Kazzy
fantastic image, well done!!
Django
A real goodie
drawbridgep
I think it's great. One of the best planet pictures I've ever seen. And I mean ever, this wouldn't look out of place as a movie backdrop. COngrats to JPL, bad luck to Beagle.
Bambam131
Very impressive render of Mars, I especially like the lighting and how it picks up the higher elevations of the surface, quite believable! Excellent my friend!!!
Swade
Super work all the way around Vile. This is one of the nicer planet images I have seen as well... Turned out excellent. Good job man. 8)
Beanzvision
yep, awesome!
loswl_
Time for a landing, very realistic!
miwi
Excellent image. !!!!
RobertX
this is my favorite from your planet series
Crimmy
This one is great because I've always been fascinated by astronomy and it's like I am exploring it for real.
NVJasmin
blue mars?:)can I see more pics of you ?please?