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 (10)
kimpe
Absolutely beautiful!
smitts
Beautiful design and colors!! Great lighting on the spheres and the blue-gold swirls are captivating!! AWESOME!
mountmous
Lovely combination of strong and softer features. Beautiful colouring too. Well done.
whirlingfeather
What a lovely combination of smooth and feathery textures. Beautiful colors as well, indeed very springy!
Richardphotos
very cheerful and lively fractal and I feel warmer now. not really but it was a nice thought. beautiful gradients
Graphic_Violence
...WOW! What a choice of bright and brilliant colors! The image has great balance and mood, plus the difference between the soft pastels and the bold details give the image great depth. Fantastic...
argiebooze
Mmmm...interests and surprises must be good, as this WOW!! composition is. Guess I'll need some technical advice from you!.lol. You did great with the colours also...spring seems to have arrived earlier.
Marit
Wonderful work! I love the contrast between the shiny colors and the softer colors, beautiful!
Shelamay
All gradient colors and theme match togheter and give life to this energezing image!
zoozee
Wonderful colors ... they are so positive and energetic it makes you happy and your eyes want to keep on looking :)) ... Excellent job :)) Awesome Creation :)