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 (11)
pericles
Your time and effort were well worth it, this is lovely it reminds me of an array of colour glass candlesticks or the crystals on the a chandelier - the lighting is perfect - well done :O)
argiebooze
Beautiful work Anita!!. You merged your own distinctive style...and efforts, specially colouring and subtle transparent layers, to a very mysterious parameter. I wonder who did it. It must be pretty nuts!.lol. I see here broken crystal columns, but due to their sheer numbers, still able to withstand anything. No matter if their foundations seem to be in a land of dreams and illusions. V
kimpe
Simply lovely. Well done.
sharkrey
Very pretty...I love your gradient work, the lighting is fantastic.
rocserum
something colorful is rising, a spiritual image. RS
smitts
A magnificent play of colors and lights singing in the frigid arctic air!!!
iceberg5
I really like the many crown-like structures which appear at the top of the many vertically arranged columns ! An excellent Apo fractal V
maud
Wow! This one is fantastic! Love the tranparent colors..very well done v :)
WahlCat
Gorgeous shapes and love your choice of gradient. !!BRAVO!!
The_Captain
An excellent piece of work here, lass! Like votive candles!
jocko500
very good looking