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 (20)
robotalk
Beautiful work and SFX --totally realistic in all ways --you could make your own feature --fabulous work !!!
Tedz
This looks the right stuff!
cynlee
you're really good at this!! looks quite realistic! ;]
vjerana
Very well done!!! (All other is not popular any more! So, what to comment and how?!
butterfly_fish
Nice! Perfect underwater atmosphere. I really like it!
Lorraine
cool!...great job
Enmos
Very good work !!! I love those submarine movies, so i cant appreciate this !! :o) Excellent !!
kenwas
Thanks for the memories of a great flick! Well done!
drawbridgep
Nice little animation. The light is pretty cool. Love sub movies. Hunt for Red October just rocks.
tibet2004uk
Great underwater mood here! U definitely managed to capture that very particular atmosphere! :)
Hopalong
Wonder how many appreciate, or will even notice, the pattern of small rocks and shadow on "ocean" floor, hehe. As a still, the composition carries it, with a hint of Also Spracht Zarathrustra perhaps, or an umpire in a San Francisco gorilla suit, shouting "Play ball!", hoho. But this is a difficult topic it is admitted, and in some ways new groundthat is, the relation between such values as "composition", and so forth, in animation and still images. Save for some specialist publications, it also almost goes without saying, "trench warfare" (and some of its consequences) in the last century, is still incompletely grasped, especially by, er, cough, cough, many of the military and their theorists....
Brian S.
Really cool animation! Only wish it was longer... :)
lgp692000
Beautiful caustics, I still have a fear of doing an underwater scene.
Li-An
Nicely done! Realistic underwater atmosphera.
ann0314
WOW!! The animation was AMAZING!!! I loved the way the water glistened across the top...you did an incredible job I thought!!! EXCELLENT!!! VOTE!!!
logiloglu
great scene. not your usual work,Eric.excellent . !!!!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!
ShadowWind
Very cool, love the lighting and the sense of depth is just right. The animation is even more spectacular. I'd say the lights are spot on...
korborak
This is pretty cool! I did something very close to that once using Bryce but i had no sound. :)
wolfgirldallas
eerily realistic. i love the murky water.
Wolfsgirl
Great underwater scene. =)