Hello the artists,
My name is Philippe Gerber. I was born on September 12th, 1961 to Fribourg, in Switzerland. I always live in the region of Fribourg, more exactly to Villars-sur-Glâne. I alias on artists' sites is PhG47. I am married with her really "Her", the one who occupies my heart,... she names Fabienne... and I have two children, Evelyne and Denis.
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I have a training of base, of Engineer ETS/HES in general mechanics, however, from the beginning my professional career the data processing became a passion for me, in the same way as the drawing. I work, at present, in the development of computer applications for the management of doctor's offices, with products as, Visual Studio and Office of Microsoft.
I always liked drawing, I was doubtless born with a pencil in the hand. Since the age of 15 years, I draw feminine portraits, with this scrap of wood and graphite. But from 2004, I put for a moment my pencil idol and I dash into a technique of drawing 3D numeric, by stealing from time a lot in my nights... It is this work which I present, here, today...
I do not know if I can speak about discovery, my profession and my personal environment always favored the numeric tools. Some years ago, I had approached the generator of landscape, Bryce2, then Bryce5, without being really satisfied by my work. But the discovery of Poser5, Poser6, Poser7Â and the products of e-on software, Vue 4 d'Esprit, Vue 5 Pro Studio, Vue 5 Infinite, Vue 6 Infinite, allowed me to express me really in the drawing 3D numeric. Everything was naturally made, but with a lot of work, naturally.
I am sensitive to all which conveys an emotion, or a deep message. To be able to communicate through a stage setting and a lighting, seduces me. It is a real pleasure to realize personal works, that allow me to express my sensibility freely and unlimited. These tools of computer generated images are a mixture of technical challenges, creativity and an acutely measured alchemy; it is constantly necessary to question and it is a good lesson of humility.
SHE
I did not think, that the woman that I draw, can take such a place, become my model, and a recognized beacon of all...
Some years ago, I passed of the pencil in the mouse and now, I have the happiness to live with "her", and it is the pleasure which I could not have somewhere else. I am happy to see her happy. In the course of time, it became my glance and the road which opens on the creativity.
I believe that, as me, she like closing eyes in the sunlight, feeling on the face, the shadow, the light, the caress of the wind, and the infinite space. I am not, as someone think of it, lovers of my model. It goes beyond. She remains, for me, a fictitious character. She will never speak to me, but I know that through "her", I offer to the others, the emotion and the poetry who are in me.
Then without her, there would be only an image, that a scene, that a landscape...
(Please excuse me for my English, I express myself only in French.)
Friendly Philippe
Comments (8)
MeredithWilson
Dear Philippe, I've had a running discussion for the last several days regarding Vue and Poser. How long does it take you to render a scene like this? I would guess that most of the complexity is from the vegetation. In our architectural renders at work, typically the landscaping mas many times the polygons of our buildings. This scene si as lovely as the rest in the series. Her uplifted face as she tracks the doves is very fetching. You gallery is alwasy the home of beauty! Excellent work!! Love, Meredith
PhG47
The time to return images as these, in "Vue", depends strongly on options taken in the parameters of the atmosphere and on the light. We are going to say between four and twelve o'clock on one "Pentium 4, 3.60GHz, 2Go Ram". All my last images use the volumetric atmosphere, the volumetric light, the sweet shadows and, sometimes, a light vagueness of depth of field to mask the imperfections of the foreground. The render is obtained in mode "ultra". I always use the mode of standard illumination. I have make several attempts in global radiant illumination (radiosity), I was not personally satisfied by the result. There is an image in my gallery "Soleils couchants" which was calculated, so. It would be necessary to work with the global radiant illumination a lot to obtain good results. The present objects in the scene color the light and spread this light in the final scene, the aspect of the image becomes very unpredictable. Without speaking about the time of calculation of the image which flies away towards several days, if we want to preserve the volumetric effects. It is necessary to adapt its choices in results which we want to obtain. The sweetness is a delicate alchemy...
runningcollector
Wonderful work!
Shardz
Wonderful perspective in this fabulous scene! The light shines thru just perfectly! I really love Vue and you do such great work with this software! Excellent work again, my friend!
9mm4bax
Very inspirating work :)
zinoarchi
Beautiful image. Well done.
Pirx33
This is.....cheerful!!! Thank You!
Terreinconnue
Superbe sce avec cette lumie chaude du soleil entre les arbres :)