As an artist, I do four things; Oils on Canvas (Social Commentary), Drawings of National Parks, Photography of Birds and California Native Plants and 2D/3D Digital.
Since most here will be interest in digital work, I'll talk about that. I started in the digital world with a TI-99/4a computer in the early 1980's and immediately started creating art and animation with a very limited graphic range in hexadecimal code (16 colors, 256 shapes). I eventually became a published artist for Asgard Software and a year later when out on my own to form “Notung Software” which became on of the most popular TI Software companies. In 2010, I was inducted in the TI-99/4a Hall of Fame.
After making my switch to the PC, I started with Sketcher (the precursor to Painter) and even owned Fractal Design's "Poser 1". I didn't start seriously playing with Poser until Version 3 came around. With the advent of Poser 4, I began by creating textures and started a career as a digital artist, selling my work through Zygote, Vista, DAZ3D, Hivewire3D and Renderosity.
I really didn’t find my nitch in the 3D world until I partnered with BL Render to do the Songbird ReMix Series in 2003. The following year, I came into my own blending my love and knowledge of birds with a strong environmental theme "Threatened, Endangered, Extinct". That set, designed specifically to raise awareness about threatened species and why they're going extinct, became a template for all my work.
Since then I’ve steadily worked on improving my skills with Painter and Modo, and of course, producing more 3D birds and other flora and fauna with a strong environmental message. Today, the Songbird Remix birds have appeared in films such as ”I am Legend”, in Audubon literature and advertising, Duncraft (bird product & seed) advertising, in the museum presentations (such as the National Wildlife Research Center of Saudi Arabia) and even billboards and bus benches for the Omaha Reads promotions.
Besides being a Renderosity Vendor, I work at home as a freelance artist/photographer and also volunteer/lecture at the Theodore Payne Foundation (a Foundation that focuses a native plant awareness) and at Audubon California.
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Comments (15)
Dsan
Wow excellent job! Such an original picture!! Great job, it looks awesome!
FS
Fantastic scene and render!Outstanding work!!
Darki82
Excellent work.
Farya
Wow very great render, a perfect done artwork! I love the scene and the lyrics fitting perfect with the picture. Very beautiful ;)
bandred
I'm at a loss to understand why you don't get more comments and rankings than you do, when you consistently post such visually appealing images. I'm a long way from mastering this style of lighting and I really like the composition and the concept too. If I were being super critical, I might have moved the human figure a little more to the right. The very slight clipping of the right hand keeps pulling my attention back to it. But that's a very personal observation. Excellent work and thanks for posting it.
webdancer
Very nice render!! You've done well creating the scene.
Wolfkazzy
Awesome work, love the pose and expression on David as well as the gorillas.
Calseeor
WOW! This is awesome. Everything about it. I can feel the tension all around. Your poses are natural, as is the lighting. This is simply great work.
Laurie S
Fantastic.. Love the expressions and the posing as well as the POV..
A_
very intense pose, character and expression. good POV as well. excellent scene!
Lorraine
masterful work!...great job the whole story unfolds in wonderful detail...
nephos328
Incredible composition, posing and postwork...I humble bow in the presence of a master.
amanda_a42
What a STUNNING image! it actually looks like a scene from a movie, the pose and expression are fantastic and the entire composition is just superb. BRAVO!!! V
sittingblue
fantastic artwork. very well done. 'v'
Lordlobo
EXCELLENT WORK !!