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.
Comments (36)
felinx
Excellent travail !!
BLUESTONE
Beautiful work on this one, Ken; good lookin' penguins--my daughter will make me get one!
Grizabella
Excellent work, very well done!
Kaartijer
Lovely artwork! Congrats!*****
PIERRE25
Excellent travail!
kelvinhughes
excellent ken very cool pardon the pun
LynLinz
Is very good - if you turned into B&W you could fool people and say "My grand-father gave me this photo from when he was ..."
Burpee
One of the better snow textures I've seen...I think the terrain is amazing. The penguins are awesome too.
Merlin_Studios
Great scene with nice lighting and reflections.
PointLady
The Penguins are Kens next bird Pack which will be at DAZ. They are wondeful. Great image Ken, you have showed off the Emperor Penguins in a very realistic scene. Love the terrain you created for them. The baby looks cute. Jan
hipps13
awesome work
Dotthy
Outstanding work and fantastic scene!!!!!!!!!!!!
SIGMAWORLD
E X C E L L E N T !
bronwyn_lea
Excellent work!
VIART
Penguins are surprisingly attractive! Also the Antarctic landscape is very successfully represented!
dlk30341
Well done :)
gillbrooks
I love thos penguins - especially the one at the back who looks to be waving at the camera ;-)
kimariehere
wonderful penguin compo beautifully done!!!
theprojectionist
Brilliant,we dont see enough of these little fellas Bravo
sidewayshank
Lovet it
westryde
Beaut pic!
tennesseecowgirl
Who couldn't love these guys, or your creation of them. Nice work!
SandDancr
Beautifully done...the snow looks quite real...but those penquins are to die for! I gotta have them!
DreamlandModels
Now this is some quality work!
BE
Wow! Outstanding!
Thelby
Well at least they all look like they have "Happy Feet"!!! Nice scene!!!
Schnuck
Excellent!!!
zollacce
Outstanding work
ragouc
Great wildlife scene. superb render. 5+
Shalimar-Cherie
Yes Outstanding , so amaing done here . Your Models look fantastic in Vue , my Vue 7 will arrive here next few Days , i realy need to get some " Königspinguine" thats how we call them here ;-) .