I consider myself more of an artisan than an artist. When I make something, function and ease of use are as important as appearance. I see my skills as laying closer to the decorative arts than the fine arts.
My product range focuses on EasyPose, an ERC based posing system I invented to make it easy to pose long, thin, flexible figures such as tentacles and chains.BIOMy Background:
I'm an Australian mathematician with some amateur skills in programming. I love working with my hands and I've been making things since I was old enough to pick up a pair of scissors and some cardboard. I've worked a lot with silver, leather and wood among other materials. I've even done some sewing and embroidery.
How EasyPose was invented:
I bought Poser because it looked like a good way to make 2D animated sprites for a little computer game I wanted to write, but once I started to see what Poser could do, I lost interest in the game and started making pictures.
As a newbie I spent a lot of time downloading free stuff. I have a very slow dialup connection so while the free stuff was downloading, I passed the time reading tutorials. One day I read Nerd's ERC tutorial and if I'd been in a comic, you would have seen a light bulb flash on above my head. The idea behind EasyPose is really pretty simple and it came into my head complete and ready to go. I "just" had to check whether ERC would really do what I needed it to. The devil was in the detail.
At exactly the same time Beyond Bent had a competition running where you could win one of Davo's CDs, which I desperately wanted to do. The theme was "tentacle attack" and a tentacle seemed like a great figure to try out my posing system, so I had the idea and the motivation both at the same time. I spent two weeks of very, very late nights getting the first, short, clunky EasyPose figure to work and used it to make a picture which took first place in the competition. That was the start of EasyPose and also the start of a very productive friendship with Davo.
That was March 2001. There were a lot of problems with the EasyPose prototype and it took about four months before the first EasyPose figure was ready to be released. I estimate something like 600 hours went into bringing EasyPose to the stage where I could make the tentacle I sell today.
It has been a lot of work, but it has been well worth it to see the reactions from people the first time they use one of my figures. I get a real buzz out of that and I still sometimes get that same feeling of wonder when I use the figures myself.
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Comments (13)
LaraLuvMe
I think if I wore that, the metal plate would bang against my boobs. The leather looks like fun though
pjaj2
Wonderful creation here! Well done:o)
jwdell
Awesome work, amazing detail!!!!!
iamkate101
I love the background setting ,it really makes the picture! the characters are awesome too. Wonderful textures and fantastic posing!! really excellent work!
Armorbeast
She can conquer me anytime:)An absolutely marvelous image and your attention to detail is fabulous!!!
Moebius87
With back-up like that, how can you possibly not be having a good time invading? But seriously... this is one tremendous render that really showcases all those products extremely well. For sheer complexity alone (nevermind the terrific storytelling skills) you get my vote. :o)
Digital_Baptism
Awesome composition!
Moonbiter
No postwork? Love the depth the image conveys. Gonna have to play with firefly and depth cueing some more...
tony_br22
very good pic :) material and your postwork .. and character setup are super
billy-home
well cool
Kate
Very good scene Ajax, loads of detail and cool products! Yeah, a few blattered bodies in the background would be cool.
BluePigeon
Gret Sci Fi render. I love the shuttle taking off in the background.
DukeNukem2005
Bravo! Very beautiful picture! Excellent work of art!