That's my husband David and I, and my beloved kitty Lucia. Lucia adopted me in 1996, and David and I found each other here..we started as best of friends, and are still soulmates. We were married in England on 6 May, 2005.
BIOI've been dabbling in digital art for about 6 years, starting with Bryce 3. I think I've improved quite a bit. I've been at Rendero for quite a few years; enjoy the forums and galleries. I do graphics mainly as stress relief, and also because I can't draw with a pencil and paper worth a damn! (Didn't inherit any of my father's prodigious artistic talent)
The main programs I'm using these days are Vue Infinite, Poser 4.03, 5 and 6, PhotoShop 6 and CS, and PaintShop Pro 7 & 8. I also play with Terragen and Mojoworld 2 & 3 (among others).
I don't really stick to one genre; I've been bouncing between nature scenes, portraits, with and without postwork, people, places, things, nature, animals, and fantasy. Right now I'm concentrating on texturing and lighting in Vue 4 Pro, and have been doing sprite images because they make me feel so lighthearted.
My sweetheart's name here is madasatadpole, and he's a very talented and creative artist. Please visit his gallery to see some stunning landscapes as well as some very silly humor! So thanks to Renderosity for not only being a source of information and fun all these years, but for bringing me the most precious gift of all. His dad also has a gallery here, madasadadpole, lol, please stop by and check out his lovely watercolors.
October, 2004
Comments (43)
Ona
Absolutely lovely... this could be Bilbo's and Frodo's new home at Valinor. Wonderful what you did with Ironhart's house!
niandji
Beatiful scene with lovely lighting, great work!
Chaos_Control
very good :)
Varian
Your lighting and vegetation is wonderful. Great scene!
raffyraffy
Nice scene, very well composed and with sweet lighting. Brava!
Kath13
This is so picturesque and wonderful - excellent work!
thelma
This is so lovely, wonderful work you did here.
sacada
Beautiful landscape. Wonderful image. Excellent.
deevee
Excellent Christie. One of your trees appears to have blown over a bit, but is still growing beautifully. Adds a bit more authenticity to this excellent composition.
Polax
Perfect choice of wide horizontal framing for this lovely scene.. yes 'Picturesque' is justified!
wabe
Wonderful place Christie, very very well done! I hope you found this place close to your home - because if Davy moves in (and i have no doubt that he will love it too), it would be perfect if you don't have to travel very long! Or he has to. A "bravo" image.
coa
What a lovely cottage scene, Christie! I would love to visit that place and wander around! Excellent use of light and textures!
dragonfly2000
Great scene, especially like the pond texture; quite realistic.
harisp
Great work!
iloco
Now this one I like a lot. Very well done. :o)
sittingblue
beautiful scene. Everything looks ideal. ;)
kitz
Wonderful scene !
Telgar
Marvellous scene , great compo ,very well done
FrenchKiss
Stunning image! I love the different vegetations! Outstanding!
zxcvb
Wow!!! djeser this is just stunning , love the lighting and atmosphere , very well done:-)
madasatadpole
well darling i love the soft rolling scape in this its very well textured and the green is spot on ..love the texturing of the cottage and wabe is right i would love to live here..this is to me what vue is all about its a wonderful image...love it ,,bravo
deadhead
Wonderful place /and wonderful render of course :) /
lingrif
Great lighting and composition. The setting for the cottage with the vegetation is beautiful!
SQS
The depth is awesome and it is so restful!Just perfect!
erka
A truly beautiful place. Such a serene mood....
pignifer
Belgareth
Beautiful DOF Excellent POV too. Like erka says..."A truly beautiful place"
andypf
Excellent! Love the colours and lighting on this.
Tintifax
Excellent composition. The little lake, the full vegetation and the small cottage. The lights really add a certain dreamyness.
vbarreto
Beautiful landscape.