I am a multimedia artist, as well as a Digital Artist and Graphic Designer. I have written poetry and had some published. I do macro photography of the many varieties of flowers that grow so well in Alaska.
I have designed my own lines of jewelry, and created advertising design. I designed clothing and have done interior design and flower arraigning. I have drawn house plans, done landscape design, watercolors, oil painting and photography. BIOMy formal art training consists of two years of art in high school! While in high school, I won 1st place in Industrial Arts in the state, for an original design in a hand-tooled leather handbag set. It also won an honorable mention in the Ford Motor Company, International contest.
In 1992 I had my own jewelry design and repair business, and developed severe Carpal Tunnel. My doctor said, "Do something else - you can't do jewelry work any more." I went back to college and had to learn the computer. I had never turned on a computer before. Needing an artistic outlet, I started playing with the "paint" program on the computer. I still have the 1st flower I drew. It was awful! That...is how I was introduced to the world of computer art.
I bought my 1st BRYCE (3D) in about 1999, and was immediately "hooked". I didn't have a clue what I was doing. I just installed it and started tinkering around - and around - and around. HOURS of tinkering. Frustrating hours, since I lived in Alaska, with no one to teach me. I wanted to throw the computer out the window, more than once! But I hung in there hour after hour, day after day. It scares me to think of how many hours I have put into learning BRYCE!
The primary programs I use are BRYCE 5, PAINTER 6, COREL PHOTOPAINT, & PLANT STUDIO. I use ADOBE PHOTOSHOP for some things. I create all my trees in the tree lab in BRYCE, and many of the plants, with PLANT STUDIO. The nozzles I make in PAINTER.
I sign my work as "BLUE ICE", because the name of my jewelry business was, Blue Ice Beads and people here knew me as "Blue Ice". I decided to keep the name since it relates to the Alaska I love, and the winter scenes I am so fond of creating. :-)
If it's art - it's my passion!
Comments (14)
sammi
hi, i think that's very pretty :)
D.C.Monteny
Goooorgeous piece of fractalart. So clean, this would make a great poster!! V
katanna
a fun and colorful image. i like this
kimpe
Simply beautiful work. Well done!
smitts
Time to break out the Pink Floyd again whilst I enjoy the broad spectrum of 'fantastical' colors! You have a gift for great color (and you stay in the lines, too =D)!
DIANE603
WOW!! Another beauty!! ~V~
eryt
your usual great work!
tazzlair
Love the funky colors! Very dimensional, love it. =)
LFNForever
OMG!! I really can't find the words to describe exactly how truly beautiful this looks to me!! v :)
avalonfaayre
Ooooh, Is that the sound of Jimi Hendrix I hear? Brings back the neon blacklight poster era. Ooops did I tell my age? Truly awesome in Chroma Depth.
fractalinda
Beautiful work!
psion005
Just an amazing image Anita... i love the psychedelic gradient and the crazy spirals... :)
Rykk
Excellent colorful spiral and I especially like the matching frame - well did!
ericdaniels
INCREDIBLE work. The frame is pretty but the impact of the image would be far greater without a frame. It comes at the cost of reducing the intensity of the image.