That's my husband David and I, and my beloved kitty Lucia. Lucia adopted me in 1996, and David and I found each other here..we started as best of friends, and are still soulmates. We were married in England on 6 May, 2005.
BIOI've been dabbling in digital art for about 6 years, starting with Bryce 3. I think I've improved quite a bit. I've been at Rendero for quite a few years; enjoy the forums and galleries. I do graphics mainly as stress relief, and also because I can't draw with a pencil and paper worth a damn! (Didn't inherit any of my father's prodigious artistic talent)
The main programs I'm using these days are Vue Infinite, Poser 4.03, 5 and 6, PhotoShop 6 and CS, and PaintShop Pro 7 & 8. I also play with Terragen and Mojoworld 2 & 3 (among others).
I don't really stick to one genre; I've been bouncing between nature scenes, portraits, with and without postwork, people, places, things, nature, animals, and fantasy. Right now I'm concentrating on texturing and lighting in Vue 4 Pro, and have been doing sprite images because they make me feel so lighthearted.
My sweetheart's name here is madasatadpole, and he's a very talented and creative artist. Please visit his gallery to see some stunning landscapes as well as some very silly humor! So thanks to Renderosity for not only being a source of information and fun all these years, but for bringing me the most precious gift of all. His dad also has a gallery here, madasadadpole, lol, please stop by and check out his lovely watercolors.
October, 2004
Comments (23)
wabe
Maybe you come over? 3 degrees here this morning! And not much sun. Perfect for me. Great image Christie, very well done Ecosystem. But great atmosphere too!
kenwas
Excellent vege work as always. Particularly like the trees.
Digitalstudio
fantastic vegetation and atmo.well done.
niandji
Lovely eco-work, great atmosphere - well done!
Kindredsoul
wow, looks like the ecosystem is powerful...I love what you did here, any sunflower seeds for me??
Rob2753
Wonderful image ! well done !!
coa
Lovely fields of sunflowers and atmosphere, Christie!!!
criss
Wonderful! Like very much the depth and mood!
IQ200
I love sunflowers. Excellent work with sunflowers. Very well done!
Collateral_Damage
Wow thats a lot of sunflowers! Nice scene, i particularly like the way the sky blends to the horizon for some reason.
bigbraader
Excellent display of the power of Ecosystems. Maybe some work on the flower textures - trying to catch the not-so-opaque look in real life, I myself would play around with the diffuse/ambient settings. Also sometimes (depending on the object mapping) making the texture "one-sided" and "backlight" can work wonders. Anyway - such is perhaps for the "feinschmeckers", excellent render as it is.
Irish
Absolutely gorgeous fields of sunflowers! Beautiful scene Christie!!
spider1313
Yikes! Dem's a whole lotta flowers there...AND some interesting looking trees in the background, Christie! Very nicely done!
deevee
Outstanding work Chrissie!
sittingblue
It looks nice. It kinda of blows my mind really.
kiddd7
Lovely scene! I really like the vastness!!
FrenchKiss
Lovely one! I love sunflowers too. :-)
kjer_99
Ahhhh! I love it! Reminds me of the fields around my northcentral Kansas hometown. Used to be all wheat fields but for the last 15 years or so, also have soybeans and lots of commercial sunflower fields which look just as you have portrayed. Nice work!
TheWingedOne
I still haven't much time at the moment to play with V5I, however this teases me to play with the ecosystem myself. :) Well done, Chrsitie!
butterfly_fish
I love this atmosphere!! :-) And the sunflowers are kind of mind-boggling. Amazing what the right person can do with those ecosystems! :-)
Panic912
Beautiful scene, Christie! I love the mood!!
lingrif
The Sunflowers and atmosphere are wonderful! Beautiful.
Lyne
But they DO grow that way! Wonderful!!