Hello everyone!
I've played with computer-assisted imagery for as long as I've had a scanner and a copy of Paint Shop Pro (which, in those days, was before Corel bought out JASC). I used to regularly participate in contests on a well-known Photoshop site and my images tended to place very well. I also used to create graphics for various DOOM levels. But until 2013, the only realistic CGI-specific software I used was Terragen, and I used that mainly to create more pleasing skies to replace dull skies that ruined otherwise good photographs.
The artwork you see in my gallery is all current, and created in DAZ Studio. My usual post-processing tools nowadays are Wingnut's Lo-Fi and GIMP. I use Lo-Fi mainly for the film textures, and GIMP for all other work. I'm the only person I know who continues to use Lo-Fi, and one of the few worldwide who still use it at all, but I love that basic little program too much to upgrade to one of Alien Skin's current products. When I need custom textures I use either Genetica or Filter Forge.
Most of my images fall within fantasy or sci-fi genres, with a bit of humor wherever possible. I am a guitarist, and often include musical references in my visuals. I deliberately try to include ambiguity in my narrative images to intrigue you so that you can decide what will happen next in the scene. I think it's fun for you to think about what might happen next and resolve the suspense for yourself. I'm a hobbyist, not a trained artist, and I am grateful that I've met many people along the way who have much more talent than I do, but who were kind enough to point me in the right direction and encourage me to improve.
My favorite artists are probably on almost everyone's list here - Frazetta, the Brothers Hildebrandt, Alex Ross, Norman Rockwell, Hajime Sorayama, Rembrandt, Bouguereau, Guayasamin, James Gurney, Max Ernst, and Bosch. I love Ray Harryhausen's creature designs, particularly that Cyclops from Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and the visual look of Ridley Scott's movies, particularly Blade Runner and Alien.
Thank you for looking at my artwork, and I hope you liked what you saw!
Comments (8)
moebiustraveller
Excellent, mysterio :)
Saby55 Online Now!
Beautiful and nice image!!!
X-TC
Would Vulcans - eventhough lacking emotions - still be able to put the right feel to a guitar play? I'd like to hear her play :)
RRun
Cool stuff,
@X-TC Interesting question: I think it has been said about Bach that he was a mathematical composer, so there's a lot of logic in canons and fuges.
mightymysterio
I would suspect that Vulcans would be drawn to any type of music where technical proficiency outweighs pure emotion. Certain types of cerebral jazz, prog rock or shred metal might be the right genes to think of. Unless we're talking about their mating season in which all bets are off.
rajib
Pretty cool ! I like her smile ! Looks like she really enjoys it.
mightymysterio
Thank you for your thoughts and comments. Much appreciated!
deshlab.td
Hahaha, that response just cracked me up above. Vulcan mating season? I so can't imagine what that would look like Lmao. Love the image though. Yup, playing music would make the hardest Vulcan smile. I can absolutely relate to the thought of a Vulcan getting emersed into dark, metal shredding. Nice work MM.
Netsurai
Just, fascinating