Each month the Renderosity community votes on The Renderosity Artist Of The Month [AOM] ... February's AOM is ARCHITECT_SAMER. We congratulate ARCHITECT_SAMER for his outstanding work in the 3D Studio Max Gallery! Â Â Â Who is 'ARCHITECT_SAMER' ? First of All, "Assalamo Alikum" to all (which is our local greeting). My name is Samer El Sayary. I am a teacher assistant in Alexandria University, Department of Architecture. I am 28 years old and have a master degree in virtual environments from Alexandria University. I work as an architect and interior designer in Alexandria beside teaching in Alexandria University and some local academies and centers dedicated to digital modeling. Egypt is the place I lived
until now. I have been experimenting and developing new ways in
architectural design using the virtual environments and I test it
in competitions, and thank God I got 6 prizes till now (some are
local and some international). Once upon a Morning in Casablanca How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics?  Well, I began working on
3DS Max 2.0 in 1998. As I remember I was in second grade, and it
was so hard in this time to find a place or web site dedicated to
3D art. So I was self taught, and I consider my self so lucky I
began this early and witnessed the enormous developments made from
this time till now. But I really learned 3DS Max from 4 years ago
when I decided to teach it to others. I found out that the real
learning is when you teach, not when you learn. GONE WITH THE WIND What software/equipment do you use and why?  My software is mainly 3D
Studio Max and Adobe Photoshop, beside the Autocad. Why? I tested a
lot of software and was fascinated by 2 packages: 3D Studio Max and
Maya. But I found from 8 years ago that 3DS Max was developing with
a faster rhythm, so I decided to stick to 3DS Max and grow with it
in time. For my hardware, it would be strange to say I work on a
Pentium 4, 2.66 ghz with 256 ram and 80 gig harddisk, but proud I
did these works on this small machine. As I always say, no matter
what circumstances you have, faith + hard work = success. quiet slums Who/what inspires you?  My culture, of
course, and environment which I see it is so deep and rich enough,
and I am keen to show the world the beauty of our culture. It is
interesting to live in a place that you know is aged for more than
7000 years, and you walk in the same streets ancients walked on.
But the role of the artist is to convey his message, and my message
is to make people all around the world to know about our
culture. Renderosity was so important to me. It was the place which helped me to share my vision with others, and to sharpen my skills. It helped me to express to others my aspirations and culture, till I decided to take it as an arena for our students to show their artwork in and compete. So Renderosity helped me in 2 ways.First, in showing to the world our culture and aspirations, and second in the other way it helped me to spread the digital art in my country. Parting Comments / Advice to other
Artists?
Well as our teachers of traditional arts taught us to sharpen our skills...DRAW, DRAW, DRAW! I think continuous practice is a key factor in sharpening skills in everything in life, not just art. Patience is a second key factor. My advice to all new learners or seasoned artists: art now is different from the past where people used pencils and brushes, because it is connected now with computer software and hardware. These new tools develop in a very fast rhythm, so we have to be as quick as these developments are. I stay the whole year studying the new features in 3D Studio Max, till the next year to see the new features in the new software versions. And finally,
I would thank God for the gift, then express my gratiude to all my
friends and students who supported and encouraged me. Good luck for
all, and finally, as I begun my interview, I end it with our local
greeting "Assalaamo Alikum wa ra7mato Allah wa
barakato." Please have a further look at ARCHITECT_SAMER's Gallery. Be sure to visit the Renderosity 3D Studio Max Gallery, and also pay a visit to the Renderosity 3D Studio Max Forum! copied, printed, or reproduced in any manner without written permission from the artist. Artist of
the Month is highlighting a talented Renderosity artist that has
been nominated by mods and admins, and voted by the community.
Recognition is given to this member for their collection of works
for that year.
Since we
only select one AOM per month, it is not about their works for that
particular month. Instead, it is about highlighting a talented
artist's works for that year, and they are recognized during that
month.
To learn
more about Renderosity's Artist Of The Month [AOM] award, and to
view our past AOM's, please visit the AOM 2007 page, which can also be found on the
sidebar under Highlights.
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