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Greetings: Thanks for visiting my page here at Renderosity. My real name is Clayton. I am Canadian, living in Southern Ontario. I suppose you could describe me as a middle aged man, not at all wealthy and working as a "sort of" public servant in computer support. Putting those three factors together you could also conclude that I'm too stupid to get a real job.

I will also say that I am old enough to remember the line, "Danger is my business", when I was half my current size (vertically) and sat down on Saturday mornings to watch cartoons. Hands up all those who can remember that. And while were on the subject of old, obscure cartoons, hands up those who watched Rocket Robin Hood. But those shortcomings have been balanced by the fact that I still have all my hair. AND, except for the occasional errant strand, it's still its original colour - BONUS! Take that, all you "Mr. Perfect"s out there who got all the girls in university.

My work is largely done with Poser. With Poser, I've noticed that I have a habit of diving into projects without fully realizing the overall complexities of the tasks which I create for myself. Hence the avatar I use which also symbolizes my 'chosen' profession rather well. Still, I hope you enjoy some of my images here.

In addition to Poser, I have also posted a number of digital photographs. For the most part these images are of the streetcars (electric trolleys, trams or light rail) that operate in the City of Toronto - near to where I live. Toronto has a long history of streetcar operation and is one of the few North American cities that has retained and developed its streetcar network into the present day. Unlike many other cities that are now having to rebuild their networks.

I have adopted the handle 'KatesFriend' for my work here at Renderosity. The reason is mostly due to the fact that 'Katie' was the first Poser character with which I worked. Well that, and the name Clayton appeared to be already in use here.

I discovered Poser quite by accident. A friend gave me a copy of Poser 6 for my birthday. At the time I had no experience with 3D image rendering and no interest. I also had no computer suitable to implement the package. A 100MHz Pentium 1 with 16MB of RAM and a 36kbaud internal modem running Windows 95, USED to be cutting edge Buster. So, the box sat on the shelf for a while (months) until I could install it on a computer capable of running it. Well. I had to BUY the computer first, then install the software. Then, I was hooked.

I have also provided a couple of small contributions to the Free Stuff section. My favourite is the Glowy Orb: 101 uses. It can be the thruster glow for an Eagle transport from Moonbase Alpha. A sparkly light bulb on a Christmas tree. Or just a shiney mystical ball for your cat to play with. Remember, the Glowy Orb is your friend.
Glowy Orb My thanks to the various tutorial authors that showed me how to create this useful material. PS. I should point out that Eagles were never actually depicted with glowing thrusters on Space: 1999. Nor did they ever fly in front of stars or planets when depicted in full flight. Saves a lot on production costs that way. But they were still pretty cool space ships.

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Christmas: The Colour Rebellion by KatesFriend ()

Vue • Seasonal/Holiday • posted on Dec 08, 2012

Christmas: The Colour Rebellion

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Thank you so much for visiting my gallery today. It is the Christmas season at last. For me the holidays really do not begin until this weekend - about two-and-a-half weeks before the big day - grey and drizzly though it is today. Yet, I do have about half of my shopping done so I lie a little.

I love the Christmas season. Let's face it, it is the only time of the year when any of us put some style into our home decor. And standing at the heart of this most colourful time - the Christmas tree. Don't ever suggest to me that we don't need a Christmas tree to celebrate Christmas - if you know what's good for ya. I got a lot of such minimalist talk from my teachers in grade school, but I am Sagittarius after all.

So I have my Christmas tree up - ahead of schedule this year. I love Christmas lights you see and it's hard to resist once December actually starts. Of coarse our tree is decorated to my spouse's specifications - amber lights with a few slow blinking white lights up the centre. It is beautiful, looks terrific and Lilly loves it as her new hiding spot, but it is not my idea of how a Christmas tree should look. I grew up at a time of no pesky mini-lights, when every bulb on the tree - truly grand Noma bulbs - was a beckon of individuality to be treated with all the reverence bestowed upon a star in the night sky.

Back in the day, we knitted the strings into the branches of the tree. Thus lights were viewed at various depths and illuminated much more of the interior. Quite a bit of labour, which I still do today with the mini-lights, and worth it. But back then I would next spend happy hours switching the coloured bulbs from one location to another balancing the tree's "colour palette" - a-hem. Most colours could be used as freely as desired. Save yellow which was much brighter than the others so had to be deployed sparingly - too much yellow was, well- too much. In the end, with all the other balls and ornaments added, the tree took on the feel of a self contained cosmos. Perhaps a nebula of stellar formation if you will. Something a visitor might enjoy exploring with their eyes and many actually did. Alas, I do not get deploy my craftsmanship any longer, not in the real world anyways.

But in an act of rebellion befitting the spirit of the season, I fire up my Vue software and build my own Christmas tree. Tall, snowy, proud and bejeweled with every colour I can cram onto its virtual branches. A very cathartic act may I say. A bit like a primal (but nice) scream in the heart of a pine forest. Oops! did I just say that? Okay, lets cool off in all this snow I've supplied.

And let me tell you something. It is quite a challenge to cover Vue ecology trees in snow. First you have to figure out how to access their material settings - a bit obscure. But then, unlike Poser, you can not directly blend a colour node with a mathematical or fractal node. I use the fractal patterns to define the placement of snow deposits on the branches. A fractal node must be pumped through a "Colour Map" node - where's the web page for that trick? Then you can blend it (with a blender node) with another colour node such as the colour map for the evergreen needles of the tree. What a mess, but it did finally work.

But enough of my holiday ranting. I hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend and thoroughly busy decorating their homes in bright primary colours. As we say in Canada, there aught to be a law.

Cheers!

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tetrasnake ()  posted at 9:18AM Sat, 08 December 2012

Beautiful!

renecyberdoc ()  posted at 9:22AM Sat, 08 December 2012

and we all wish you a fine xmas holiday season,be warm,be safe and be well.

magnus073 ()  posted at 9:35AM Sat, 08 December 2012

Clayton, thank you for sharing this colorful Christmas image with us as well as your thoughts behind this season. I have always loved Christmas and look forward to its arrival each year. It's the one time of the year when people treat each other just a little bit nicer, and hopefully realize we can all get along. The most important thing is to remember those in need and alone and do our best to reach out to them during this time.

mejed ()  posted at 9:37AM Sat, 08 December 2012

Cool Colors, and Great image. Have a Happy.

moonhawk ()  posted at 9:48AM Sat, 08 December 2012

I ADORE your tree!!! At our house Daddy's taste dictated that EVERY darn light was BLUE!! Mama hated it, said it made the living seem even colder than it was. But Daddy wanted blue, so he got blue!!!! So I love love your tree!

drifterlee ()  posted at 9:51AM Sat, 08 December 2012

Very beautiful tree. We put ours up last weekend with all the other decorations.

tennesseecowgirl ()  posted at 9:58AM Sat, 08 December 2012

I love your tree and your story. I am with you, I just can't seem to get into decorating so soon after Halloween lol have a great weekend.

eekdog ()  posted at 10:31AM Sat, 08 December 2012

oh wow! so love your tree Clayton. beautiful work bro. great story and happy holidays..

lyron ()  posted at 11:30AM Sat, 08 December 2012

Wonderful. Happy Holidays!!

flavia49 ()  posted at 1:06PM Sat, 08 December 2012

stunning work

nitegrafix ()  posted at 1:26PM Sat, 08 December 2012

Wonderful work.Love it!!

Faemike55 ()  Online Now! posted at 1:32PM Sat, 08 December 2012 Online Now!

Wonderful scene and great story Glad to hear that Lilly is adapting very nicely

GrandmaT ()  posted at 2:47PM Sat, 08 December 2012

Fabulous scene!

twingo ()  posted at 4:31PM Sat, 08 December 2012

Just finished putting up the tree today, time to get the christmas spirit going, excellent looking image Clayton.

sandra46 ()  posted at 6:18PM Sat, 08 December 2012

VERY BEAUTIFUL

npauling ()  posted at 7:13PM Sat, 08 December 2012

I love your very beautiful christmas tree it lights up the whole forest. Very well done. I have put my tree up too, though it isn't a real one these days but it still looks pretty but just doesn't have that lovely pine fragrance. It is great to get into the festive season.

brubright ()  posted at 7:54AM Tue, 11 December 2012

Haven't been on to check out your stuff in a long time. Coming back to see this as the first image is a real treat. Beautiful work.

BLUESTONE ()  posted at 11:01AM Sun, 16 December 2012

If aliens stopped by, this would be the tree they took home with them...

ACue ()  posted at 11:01PM Tue, 18 December 2012

Very cool. Clever too.

evielouise ()  posted at 7:36PM Wed, 19 December 2012

I;m good this year got all my shopping done the house is full of goodies the tree is up but that took a minute as it's a table one but cute and good enough for all to see the kids grandkids will be here to eat sing and enjoy each other my grandson will say a prayer before we chuck down for the lose of all those killed and we might even cry I cry at the drop of a hat but as the old saying goes life goes one,I only hope those parents with time it will get somewhat easier but time doesn't heal,it just gives you more time to go on and we do: and I won't forget to say your work is awesome what a darling tree: any snow yet? I can see our mountain from my window it's full and white Happy Holidays to you and yours:5+

mgtcs ()  posted at 3:07PM Mon, 24 December 2012

Enchanting image my friend, lovely lighting and colors indeed! Superbly done!

A_Sunbeam ()  posted at 5:53AM Sat, 29 December 2012

Great tree - a lot brighter than ours this year!

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