BIO
My screen name is bonbonish. My daughter, when she was a little girl, used to use bonbon as her screen name. I asked her permission to use her screen name with a little switch -- bonbonish. Because I am not as beautiful as she is... just bonbonish. I always liked to draw, paint and to sculpture. During the elementary school I had wonderful teachers in my 'art' classes, and I also had many extracurricular activities related to art. I liked very much the technical part of creating artwork... works with soft materials, hard materials, different paints and different pencils. At high school and after high school I took part in a lot of art workshops, where I had the opportunity to learn from great artists. I used to draw -- with carbons, crayons. I used to make soft sculptures -- from different kinds of materials and techniques. Some of the techniques I learned, some of them I developed myself. From the very moment I learned to write I was writing. Short stories, long stories, novells poems and scientific materials. Recently besides creating digital artworks -- I write children's stories and short scientific articles. "The Wild Virtual Enchanted Garden" is my recent children's story and I am selling it here at the RMP. I never looked art as if my major profession... Till my son has been diagnosed with cancer. In my professional life [Ph.D. in economics] I used to lecture... mostly about materials that I developed. While my son got all those nasty treatments and underwent numerous operations I had to stay next to him. I could not continue with lecturing. Several of my friends come to my rescue. They suggested that me to develop slides that contained my material and they will present those slides instead of me. I started to develop those slides... and I wanted them not just to contain nice written materials I wanted them to be pretty also ... I was looking for computerized graphic programs that could help me out... 3D graphics I started out with different kinds of free 3D programs, but I didn't stay with them... because lack of community support. I need people around me while I am creating something. Finally I found Poser 3 and later I upgraded to Poser 4 and till that day I stay with it. So, I guess I started out about 6 years ago creating 3D graphics... I found fascinating Poser ability to behave' as an acting stage -- where I can set up a whole sceen and tell a story with my image. And even I can animate that scene if I want to... 2D graphics I started out with Flash 4 ... As I already told, I was looking for a program that allows me to do pretty presentation slides. Flash was suitable for that. What's more, flash has lot of ability to manipulate pictures and vector drawings. I read a lot of tutorials from the Internet, and I learned how to use Flash pretty well. I used to buy royalty free images and incorporate them into my slides. Then I wanted to manipulate my bought images a little more -- and I found Photoshop 5 and Painter 5. Eventually I wanted to make my own images...and for that finally I found Poser. I like very much movies. And I like to read materials about those movies -- about the life of the actors, directors, about how the movie was developed, marketed and so on. I like to walk. I like to go the gym ... and I like to have a lot of conversations with friends and family.
Comments (39)
papachile
Awesome image and composition! WOW! I love it.
PandyGirl
well this is a lovely image!!! as always.. and I guess i will have to yell at Tracey then, since she didn't give u enough time to write up a story!! hugs
B_PEACOCK
Wow Koty this is so cool .Excellent entry sweety .Excellent luck in the contest
odditorium
This is a nice piece. I wish it was larger though, it would really bring out the true depth of this piece.. Cheers
Fogge
Amazing character and scene. Excellent work!
brycek
Just beautiful..Luck in the contest!!!
dido6
I hope the rest of this week gets better for you towards the weekend!! Very nice picture! :) Good Luck in the contest :)
Sinamin
Wonderfully imaginative and beautifully done! Good luck in the contest!
arwenone
Wonderful and creative artwork!!
wildfire2003
I really love your style, so beautiful! Excellent image and best of luck to you!!
RodolfoCiminelli
Excellently done Koty....!! Good luck....!!
adm5050
This is just downright beautiful!! Love what you do with your images, excellent job!!
awadissk
Fantastic image, very nice, excellent work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avengia
Wonderful job! What an excellent entry! Good luck in the contest hun! HUGS ~Heather~
Merlin2000
Wonderful Amazing character and scene !!!! Great Artwork and Render !!!Good luck in the contest !!! *Exellent and Vote !!!!
Artzy
Wonderfully Done!
Fatale
wonderful settings and composition.. and aye, Tracey's one of the best ppl I ever got the pleasure to know. lovely entry hugs :)
lunaris
WOW! Koty, you've created such a lovely goddess. I love her pose, and the room setting is so fabulous. Excellent! Best of luck. PS: Have you figured out the problem with your IM yet? Sorry, I don't know how to fix that kind of problem. Take care.
Laksmi
Awesome image and composition!!!! Excellent artwork!!! Good Luck!
SophiaDeer
Wonderful mood and postwork!! She is lovely and the candles look great.
chrislenn
the sepia tones are perfect for this Koty :o) love the mood you have created with her pose and candles and next time I will try and post before Nancy lol so I don't sound like an echo wonderful image even without the story Chris :o)
SK2Design
Fantastic! No need for a story with this image Koty, because you've done an amazing job with the image alone. Your Gothic Goddess is absolutely gorgeous and the effects you've used are marvelous. Awesome artwork and good luck in the contest! (((HUGS)))
mapps
Great job on the goth textures :-)
prog
One of the very best, and most unique images in the contest!!! EXCELLENT work!!!
yarddog
Wow :) So much to look at in such a small image and all flows!!!Excellent
Tore13
uno stile inconfondibile
mutedbanshee
Awwwww sweetie...sorry you didnt get more time..but this contest was just a short one..but blimey if youve done this image in such a short time id of loved to see what you pulled out your hat with more time..its excellent i love the quality to it..and i hope things havent been too bad for you hon :( im here to listen if you want to talk..ok ! sorry for the shortness of my comment but i have 5 more image to veiw then im off to get the results sorted..love you lots sweetie..Muah and Cuddles T xxxx
rjghise
Koty this is gorgeous! Wonderful image :)
toy_faerie18
Beautiful! Well done!
visualgirl
Ah! It's Friday and there's still some time left to make this week come out better! : ) Hope things are going ok for you!? Love your image, she is a gothic goddess! Hugz, ~ Meli