Howdy! I'm Kixum, Coordinator for the Carrara Raydream forum here at Renderosity. Member Since 4/22/01 Roles I have played at Renderosity.
Carrara/Raydream Coordinator January 23, 2011, (used to be Moderator 3/17/2002 to 11/17/2006 but work required I take a break)
Carrara/Raydream Resource CD Manager (a long time ago in a dream world long gone).
Amapi Moderator here and there.BIOIn real life I'm an engineer who hasn't decided yet to quit his day job to become a computer 3D artist. My work here at Renderosity started when I began the Carrara Raydream Resource CD project. That was around October 2001. I've been a member since April 2001. My life in computer 3D artwork started a long time ago when I purchased the Corel Draw 6 package which contained Corel Dream 3D. This was a poor mans version of Raydream. As time progressed, Raydream picked up more features which I followed. Eventually Carrara entered the scene and finally, after a long dry stint, Eovia got it's hands on it and now we're swimming through the package while in the care and feeding of DAZ.Â
DAZ has been pushing the software but mostly in the direction of DAZ figures (people) etc. (what a shock). Not to say that DAZ hasn't added some other pretty cool stuff (like bullet physics etc.) but in general, Carrara's advancement has been focused on Poser type features since Daz took it.
I think it's a natural evolution for the software as it was needed to bolster it's value and viability. What will be next? I don't know but I can certainly think up a list of things that could take into the next category of proffessional high end packages. We'll see if that happens!
Renderosity has pushed me quite a bit as a Carrara user plus, the users here are very cool, helpful and insightful. Maybe someday I'll graduate to having models of people in my work but I haven't broken down to that part of 3D art just yet. Star Wars and Star Trek stuff are clearly two favorite things I like to work on. I'm also moving more into organics but very slowly. The Carrara texture engine is very powerful but also challenging to learn and master. My images are taking on more life and depth as time progresses. I've stuck my foot into the animation waters and have had reasonable success. If I ever get my first big major animation project completed, it will be very cool and a personal triumph. My love of photography also continues to grow and I enjoy it more and more as I go photograph some of the incredible places in the world.
With the death of Amapi (mostly), I've decided to delve into Rhino. As a general rule, I'm really a modeler. Carrara is actually a pretty good tool for modeling (better than people think) but there are a few limitations which require me to work with other stuff. Rhino will be a big learning curve and a departure from my comfort zone. We'll see how that goes!
Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see you around!
-Kix
Comments (16)
Atomic_Anvil
VERY convincing. Excellent work!
cujoe_da_man
and to think, it still looks way more realistic than the show, very nice :P
MapleLeafSailor
Very nicely done! I do believe this would fool even the Great Bird himself, rest his bones.
Odessey
Just like regular tv back then before cable and all that, really this is where it all began with far out space ship designs , excellent job!
Death_at_Midnight
Pretty cool!
ShawnDriscoll
I remember that episode!!!! :)
Sabra
Great postwork, it's very difficult to match an old TV shot but you did a great job. My compliments!
sdnoble
Nicely done, never get tired of NCC-1701
pakled
TOS strikes again..;) Just need the candy-colored planets to bring it all back..;) great stuff
tallpindo
Video is like that with only 330 lines I finally found out. That only came out when 550 lines was being touted. Then PC's and the Hercules adapter led to VGA (was that 640x480?) any way twice TV and non-interlaced. No gun cameras on F-16's.
Nod
Fantabulous work.
obaeyens
Fantastic work
Eromanric
Excellent work!
Dann-O
Looks convincing. The actual film quality was very good though. Just the transfer to television was done poorly. The DVD's of the first season are crystal clear.
StealthWorks
I really like this image. Excellent work. maybe you could animate it and have the Enterprise orbit a planet - now THAT would be cool!
sparrownightmare
Looks awesome but the show enterprise had a slightly glossier look to it, and the front of the engine nacelles should be a bit redder and brighter. I would remove the blur and maybe put in just a few grain speckles like the original chemograph images from the show.