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 (9)
webmaster421
Awww...how cute! Love that little guy! And I do wonder what secrets the bird is telling him?!
rosemarygo
too cool. Love those giraffes. great image.
mylemonblue
So true. Beautifuly done.
Terrace-tenmou
How cute=^_^=Great render!
amanda_a42
Wonderful image! I realy love the closeup!
Libis
nice image, but as to the oxpecker, I heard quite a while back that they have found that the birds arn't eating ticks they are picking scabs. A zoo looked into it, they compared two groups of animals, one they allowed the birds to be in, the other they kept them out. There was no difference in the amount of parasites on the animals, but the group who the birds where kept away from had much more quickly healing scratches and scrapes. Sorry if it seems mean of me to argue, but please don't feel affended, because I'm only pointing out the facts. Libis
Ken _Gilliland Online Now!
No, I'm not offended at all... I'm curious over the Zoo study though.... I read a report that said over 1,600 ticks were found in a red-billed Oxpecker belly in South Africa. (http://www.encounter.co.za/article/133.html)
Ken _Gilliland Online Now!
I decided to do some more indepth research into the tick vs. scab questions and they appear to do both. There's an interesting paper at http://www.csun.edu/~dgray/BE528/Weeks2000oxpeckers.pdf
kelvinhughes
wtg ken i done mine with a rhino