Retired professional full-time portrait artist and engineer (degrees in mathematics, engineering and photography... go figure).
If you read bios, and sometimes revisit them, you'll know in 2018 I was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis. Then, in 2020, a new neurologist (because I moved across country) diagnosed me as having Parkinson's. Then, after some serious issues with jerking movements, she sent me to a movement specialist, and NOW this new neurologist who specializes in movement disorders has said I don't have MG, MS, ALS, Parkinson's, or any other host of neuromuscular diseases. She classified the movements as non-essential tremors, and said, "My hardware is over loading my software." That's the 2022 diagnosis.
2023 Update - It turns out that I have a half-dozen discs in my spine that are collapsing. Thus, Degenerative Disc Disease, or DDD for short. I never knew that DDD could cause tremors (well, the pain causes them) and stuff like that. Now I go to physical therapy 4 days a week to hopefully avoid spinal surgery.
I've got high hopes and remain positive.
I started doing 3D renders in DAZ and Poser started when I first became sick at the start of 2018. It is a distraction from my symptoms, and I'm not under any pressure or deadlines to get things done. Even this is difficult on some days, but I can always stop temporarily to get some rest. In July, 2020, my wife and I moved across country to be closer to children and grandchildren.
If I'm not cooking or preparing for a meal, I'm rendering. Art and food are my passions.
I used to enjoy travel, bicycling, cooking (which I can still do in short bursts), photography (again, in short bursts), hiking and painting (which I now do digitally). I'm determined to do something with my time even if my strength is greatly limited.
Just prior to getting sick I drove ALL of Route 66. I've been using some of the photos from that trip and adding 3D characters to them. You can see them in my Route 66 gallery here on Renderosity. You can actually follow the story at Route66Photographers.com. It's a fictional story about my travels with a rambunctious young lady named Charly.
My wife is my biggest supporter. She helps me come up with ideas to render and paint.
Brent's Rules to Live By...
1) Everyone can teach you something regardless of age or education.
2) When you're down, a child's smile will always lift you up.
3) Keep God's commandments, as best you can, but when you can't, repent quickly.
4) Read your scriptures daily, but pray all the time.
5) Love everyone, but don't expect anything from them in return.
Artist of the Month - December, 2021
https://www.renderosity.com/article/24824/interview-with-december-2021-artist-of-the-month-dbwalton
Comments (6)
radioham
Well will she stand the test of V4 mean while very nice image
dbwalton
The test of V4... now we're going back in history. ;)
PhthaloBlue
Wonderful Victoria 9 steampunk render.
jdwtrxk
hey are - and sorta set for her shape. let's see what comes up down the road. Might prompt a 4090ti and associated improvements and upgrades.
dbwalton
Any excuse to upgrade. 😀
Mediacandy
B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L!!!!
gaius
Just a little remark : your image(and lighting) is superb but her left arm comes through the sleeve of her dress
dbwalton
Thank you for the complement on my lighting. As a former professional photographer, I apply the same techniques I used in the study. I hope to figure out how to do a tutorial video about using DAZ to get photography studio lighting results. You've motivated me to set a goal to get that started by the end of this month. Again, thank you.
Oops. You're right about the arm. Thanks for pointing that out. I repositioned it after running dForce and wasn't paying attention to how it looked before I rendered it. Thanks for pointing that out. I will fix that.
My brain, more and more, seems to miss the details. It's just one of the many struggles of Parkinson's. And, I really do appreciate you bringing that to my attention.
dbwalton
Well, I ran dForce with the pose as you see in the image, and now that issue you pointed out to me is fixed. Thanks. I would have hated to print that only to discover that when looking at the print. (It wouldn't be the first time I've done it, and it probably won't be the last.)
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Spectacular and excellent work, my friend!!! 👍🙋♂️