A Tiger for Mea (Photoshop) www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php
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I have been drawing since I was 11, some 33 years ago.
My 6th grade teacher, Mr. Knoss, was a great artist and I greatly admired his illustrations. He encouraged me to pursue my artistic interests at a crucial time in my development.
My High School art teacher "Vern", was also a great influence. He always challenged me to try different things.
I was lucky that my parents were very supportive of my interest in art. I studied at The Minneapolis College of Art and Design (1986-1990). Where I was humbled by many great artists that were far more talented than I. There it was that I rounded out my fine art skills, and then chose to major in Media Arts. Studied film, video and sound. Learned all the skills needed to shoot, direct, edit those mediums.
While pursuing a Media Arts major, I discovered computer graphics, still in it's infancy. This is where I came to an Epiphany. Here was a new medium, that incorporated everything I had previously learned into one new medium. Not only that, but it had new dimensions, interactivity, feedback, randomness, AI. I was hooked.
The next 17 years I learned and grew with the industry. Learning everything from how to create and manipulate digital imagery and create animations, to interface design and interactive authoring. My day job is an Information Architect, a fancy term for software interface design.
A few years back, my wife and I hit on some difficult times (As many people do) and it was during a very dark time in our lives that I discovered what became Renderosity, Initially I posted work, merely as a way to get myself back into the discipline of making new art.
I was delighted to find a world-wide community of talented artists, exchanging ideas and art!! I was thrilled! I have learned so much from you, and your art has brightened up my world. I am lucky to have made some great friends here, and I aim to do tributes to all of you!
Somanyartistssolittletime! ; )
I use this gallery as an online journal, and put all of my "Brain-droppings" here, over 400 images.
To see "The best" of my work, you can use the portals on my gallery page or go to my website:
www.abrainteractive.com
Comments (8)
mrscience
Wow! Excellent image! Although you may want to add a different texture to that terrain, the snow works well but the brown lines look somewhat unrealistic. Besides that, fantastic job here, can't wait to see more of your stuff!
RobertX
nice piece but he didnt dress well for his new location, it looks very chilly indeed.
tibet2004uk
Very cool!! Great idea!! And very well done! ;)
ShadowWind
He looks like he might freeze to death with the skeletons that lie in the snow. Cool work...
DeCorum
ok the guy in black is unaffected by the climate, are the skeletons the children? And a personal question of mine is how doe sthe portal relate to time?
Digimon
The skeletons are unlucky travelers, but not the children. The children escaped with an indiginous tribe of nomads. The man in black, is still thinking that they will be easy prey. But he has just stepped through the portal, he has yet to realize they are long gone. The portals are not time portals, more like transporters. They can be controlled, but the mechanism is not familiar to the children yet. They have only experienced a random event.
robotalk
A really great illustration to the story --and your synopsis above makes the story sound like one you should not abandon --darn thing might sell ! sounds very good !
DukeNukem2005
This is a very beautiful image! Excellent! Fantastic work! Original idea! Five stars!