"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 (48)
rickymaveety
VERY nice, Vile!!
artworksco
This looks fabulous,... right down to the little specs floating around! and I can see this poor guy has had a hard time of it from his scars. Very nice work! ?:>)
kimpe
Great Depth of field, you did it again!
corys311
This is great except that the textures on each whale seem to be the same ones... The specks floating around are definitely add to the realism
Swade
Very nice image indeed Vile. The murkiness of the water is about perfect. Nice volumetric lighting. Poses are nice too. Great Job Vile. 8)
Vile
There are some differences in the textures subtle stuff mostly in the bump and some in the color but the more I looked at images of Orcas the more they looked a lot alike (only their mothers know). I would make a horrible Cetaceanologist! LOL
Sharleen
REALLY REALLY NICE!! No...really... :o)
EngleWolf
darn sweet work!!!! fine visuall!!! :o)
zopeynn
Super work...Perfect!
Zhann
Superb! Great lighting and atmosphere, caustics are spot on, overall excellent image...:)
colas
Good work, fantastic lighting! Great detail!
zfigure7
Fantastic work!!! It's about time someone do a killer whale piece. I think they are probably more intelligent then human....Excellent!
MuddyGrub
Like a photo! Excellent work.
Shavala
A great job capturing the sense and imagery of actually being just under the surface. How did you model the whales?
Kazzy
Superb!
chewbacha
Well done!!!!!!!!!!!! You got the realism nailed and most likley the contest too. The plankton and the caustics are excellent subtle details that sell the image as a whole. Gets my vote.
johnyf
Excellent work, great composition and realism!
Drachenfreund
I congrulate you to your very relistic art. I love the plankton in the water. Thank you for your work.
Gog
Fantastic work.
Pearl_Phoenix
I love animals. This is simply beautiful, somehting I always wanted to try to create :).
SeanDay
Excellent render, the whales look fantastic and the under water effect is very good.
draculaz
vile, you are my god!
troy_schopp
Beautiful piece!
Brian S.
Oh WOW!!! Missed this one somehow, just checked the Hot20 and saw it... It is incredible, very nice image!
violet
wunderful!!! a very beautiful image !!!
Mel3d
wonderful work!My vote ; )
loswl_
very cool and realistic, Nice!!
danamo
Love it! Excellent Orcas, atmosphere and lighting! The floating plankton in the water is a great touch too.
garyandcatherine
Ok, lose the underwater digital camera and use Bryce like the rest of us......:( You have just created one of the best underwater images to date. So very realistic. The lighting and water work is so sonderful. This deserves to be in the HOT 20 for along time.
TheBryster
I love the caustics in this. Fantastic work!