Who is 'Markal'?
Markal is Mark Edwards who lives in Mississippi – originally from Indianapolis, Indiana. I retired from the U.S. Air Force in 2003 after 23 years and decided to stay here in the warm gulf coast south along with my wife, two daughters and three grandchildren.
How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics?
My last five years in the Air Force I designed and developed computer-based training. We used PhotoShop, Flash and even wrote code in HTML, so I guess I started in the late 90’s. My terragen work began in 2003.
Do you have traditional art experience?
No real art experience just the standard art classes in high school and college.
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What are you currently working on?
I’m working on a collaboration with a Bryce artist…he is making a ship for one of my space landscape images. Learning Terragen 2 and possibly Vue may be in the works soon.
What software/equipment do you use and why?
Software used is Terragen .9.43, PaintShopPro 7 and LunarCell. I use an outdated Dell Pentium 4, 1.4GHZ, running Windows XP. I was going to upgrade but, this very large screen HDTV deal fell into my lap so I had to upgrade my other love…. watching Blue-Ray movies…first. Hopefully I’ll upgrade to a quad 4 before the end of the year.
What do you think your best piece of work is and why?
One of my latest favorites is Rigel III. The foreground is a stone BMP overlay I applied in Terragen…. the shading and shadows were in-line with the sun angle and it worked very well. The only post work was the LunarCell moons and I think they also add a realistic touch. It still amazes me how computer graphics can make an imaginary place look so real and believable.
Why do you like to work with 3D software?
It’s a fun hobby for me and when I focus on the work it carries me away from the hustle and worries of this world.ÂÂ
Who/what inspires you?
All the wonderful artists here at ReRo are great inspirations. National Geographic Magazine, NASA and all the space missions has also influenced and inspired me. Of course our creator….Almighty God….the greatest artist of all.
How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning?
Not only comments but also other artists sharing their files have helped me grow artistically by leaps and bounds.
Parting Comments / Advice to other Artists?
I try to focus on what I love. I have a passion for Space Art so 99% of my work is Space art. Some may think I need to branch out and explore other areas but I say branch out to what….something I don’t love? Go with what you love and your rewards will be many.
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Comments (29)
inkydigit
you have rendered me speachless with this FANTASTIC render...that sky mustve taken ages!!:)
Pelican
Excellent in every aspect of the image... foreground and backround detailed and original, beautiful image !!!
choronr
Love it! My favorite kind of picture. Excellent work Mark ...in all aspects!
TallPockets
SO gorgeous!!
Kosmicman
wonderfull
Orestes
great atmos! Overlays are super too! :)
Danava
AWESOME render!!!
fenixcats
Texture work is great and the clouds turned out quite unusual (almost like a jet stream)... thanks!
Thulkar
Fantastic textures and atmo !!
engineer
excellent pic with awesome sky and cool overlays top
ppetersen
What a glorious sunset. It steals your breath away. Excellent image. Perfect in every detail.
superza
fantastic lighting underwater and surfacin! 3d clouds here are wonderfull! Top work!
langolea
excellent work, love it...
stbc
Nice touch with all aspects. Love the golden light, surfaces, even the 3-D clouds. But your attention to detail really shows in the subtle water transparency, perfect reflections and soft foam thereon. POV is classic and perfect.
Simplicity
Beautiful 3d atmos.
twistednoodle
Yep this is perfection. Agree with stbc - the foreshore detail is exquisite! Love the water reflection and texs esp.!
Gunglejim
Awesome!!! Great job with the overlays as well with thesky and atmo.
Rich2
A man after my own heart! No fan of 3D clouds am I, but done to the x-treme! Super work!
fractalinda
Awesome overlays! The sky is spectacular, and I love how the light and beautiful colors are refelcted in the water. Cool terrain and perspective. I love this Terragen masterpiece.
marzo
Wicked atmo and the foreground work is to die for!
joshus_hund
Aaaah! That's some funky atmo! :-) And an xlt render all around!
doneydonydone
agree with inkyD - must have taken years to render - atmos is amazing - nice caLM water and reflections - great surfaces although could do with seeing them a little bit closer to make them stand out more - thx for comments on my work
Morgana61
Lavoro assolutamente stupendo....luci, riflessi ed acqua fantastici. Excellent immage!
gradient
agree with morgana....I think.... super foreground shore/water work...awesome sky and reflection too!
superior
Pure beauty !!! Very excellent render ;) V
Dotthy
pure magic!!!!!!!!!!!
~ v ~wizardofnoz
Gosh! I really feel bad for having missed this picture -- its GRAND!!!!! V
Minaya
This is really beautiful, so soft and peaceful and the lighting is just wonderful, great work!!
Danny_G
Excellent image, Great surfacing almost 5 years ago. Now Excellence!!