"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)
Vile
This is a repost as I noticed some areas that could use some work like were the light touches rock and the main rock itself.
Special Thanks keihan for the Sword of Light I hope I do it justice! To AgentSmith for pointing out Rochr's excellent lighting techniques!
Made in Bryce with a little post work in Photoshop. Thanks for viewing I hope you enjoy it!
garyandcatherine
This is sooo good. I tried making a version of this but yours is superb. Most excellent. V!
Agnus
Beautiful Sword!
ddruckenmiller
That's KICKIN! - v-
Vile
One last tip is this image looks better in the dark! Or without a lot of reflections on the screen! Oh and thanks to Ddruckenmiller to updating the image it was worth it!
Flak
Very nice result. Love the highlighted effect you've put onthe sword. Good stuff :)
JVRenderer
Killer lighting.
geoegress
Great lights- good job :)
draculaz
absolutely excellent! :)
erosiaart
Gorgeous!! Killer of a lighting effect!
captor213
The atmosphere is excellent,this is an awesome image.
drawbridgep
Looks fantastic to me. Very nice indeed.
Swade
Very nice image Vile.... I have a sword in the stone image that I started quite some time ago but have never finished. Might have to after seeing this. Excellent work. 8)
johnyf
Great Job!
jstsittinghere
excellent lighting! powerful image v
Incarnadine
Nicely done!
judyk
Very striking lighting, especially on the sword. Looks like it's down in the lower regions of a forgotten cave with the light streaming in from above...
eres
Stunning!
MoonGoat
I am a sucker for sword pictures (see my "Monarchs") and this is just excellent. The sword is beautiful, the lighting is mystical, and the rock texture is fricken awesome. He who doth model thy sword doth be thy king!
PegasusDR
Beautiful job on the lighting here. And tht fog is PERFECT!!!! adds just teh right touch of realism
PandyGirl
oh i like this Vile ! :) very nice indeed !but i think u need to post some more works ;)
CoolBreezeLady
Beautiful image!!! Excellent lighting.
bluetoad
I like your imagery here - simple and powerful
Rutra
Excellent use of light.