"What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to that which exists nowhere but in yourself-and thus make yourself indispensable. Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better." - Andre Gide
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BIO
I am not Vile! Back in the really old days I used to log on to a BBS with that handle and have never really changed it. Every time I join some online community it still sticks and I have been here at Renderosity since 12/16/1999.
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I am not an artist! Well at least not in the traditional sense at least. Both my Mother and Sister are terrific analog artists but I just never got into the whole paints, canvas and brushes thing. Not that I was terribly bad at it I was just never as good as I wanted to be. I am a perfectionist! Computer art really appealed to me for this reason, my favorite button became the UNDO! I love the way I can save an image and comeback to it at another time and add more or erase mistakes. Or create something so, possibly temporary as a digital image and yet have it be as effective as a masters painting!
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I am too technical! My art does not reflect my moods or expressions most the time but more of my technical abilities (I am working on this though). I mainly use Photoshop, Bryce, (occasionally Poser) and a digital camera.
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I am not my Past! I first started digital art in 1991 with a program called SPASH on a Leading Technologies 286PC. I used to sketch out an image in pencil or pen and then try to recreate it Pixel by frustrating Pixel. I created some amazing images (in my mind they were) of Dinosaurs, Comic characters and Sci-fi. All but one were lost in a computer meltdown, the one that survived I can t seem to recall off of a floppy disk either.
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I am not Brycer! By 1997 I had an Intel Pentium 133 which my Uncle loaned me I believe it had 64MB of Ram and a 1GB hard Drive. And then I met Bryce2 and many a night was spent trying to get that thing to render silly little mountains or spheres all of which as I look back on and think a 4 year old could do better! But I had to learn, I had to render!
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I am not a Master! I think there are few Digital masters out there and they know who they are! I try as hard as I can to copy or pay homage to their accomplishments. I think, that I and others have made Bryce do things it was never intended or dreamed of being able to do. I now see people doing stuff I had not even dreamed of.
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One final thought! I Say Let me never be whole! I Say May I never be satisfied! I Say Deliver me from Japanese Robots! I Say Deliver me from lame Poser Art! I Say Deliver me from bad skin and Perfect Smiles! I Say you don't have to give in and through down your hand!
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And I Say Evolve!
Comments (25)
boumboum34
This image came out very well. Great job on the planet. :) maybe i'll steal it for my own movie, Star Warts....Starring Darth Tater and his troop of tater tots...
Twiggy05
awesome textures ... excellent lighting and overall scene :o)
Analog-X64
Excellent Image. If you want to see Darth Tater go see the Store Wars flash movie. http://www.storewars.org/flash/index.html
TheBryster
Extrordinary stuff! I'm very impressed! Tatooine looks magnificent!
ysvry
that plantet looks great, will youre next render have a fully erect light saber? ;)
mikekoh
Impressive Tatooine texture and lighting. Look awesome. Maybe the ship should face a little bit to the left so we can see more detail and definitely the tail of it. Hahaha! Overall I rate it Excellent. Also love the vege wars - it's kind of cute and creative = may all the vege be with you buddy! Dark Potato out..
Vile
Uh ysvry I am not sure how to take that but yes it might! lol I tried the ship tilted more and it looked funny and not right so...
omac2
superbly detailed work!
danamo
You do excellent planets buddy,(I still admire your Mars series) and this is a great and fitting tribute to Lucas's grand series.
Swade
Dandy texture work Vile... Excellent image.
Sans2012
Very well executed. Great tribute to a timeless classic, even if they were made backwards. Just kidding, I don't want a legion of storm troopers knocking down my door. Oh, wait whats that sound, it sounds like heavy breathing, its, its, no its just my Nan snoring in the next room. Excellent work:^]
pidjy
Excellent pic Vile, and nice tribute :-p May the force be with u..
RJC
Really like that planet texture. Great job with the clouds.
sackrat
Excellent as always.
MoonGoat
Excellent work! ROTS's binary sunset ending was beautiful! sobs
miwi
Very well done, excellent work !!!!!!!
Aravenwood
Excellent. And I share your sentiments entirely.
danap_n_mt
Nicely done and nicely said, as life marches on.
EngleWolf
this is really fantastic work!!! :o)
Megandoc
Dare I say I haven't seen the film yet but this is great! :)
Kholdfyre
Fantastic detail to your planet Tatooine...an excellent Star Wars trubute!
funkfrog
an xcellent image. but dont be sad, its only the end of that story, i hear there is an animated starwars in the works and also a tv series :)
morin3000
Fantastique picture with the excellent one detail the extraordinary colors sounds! Well done!V**
pixeltek
Lovely image and a fitting subscript to the movies. Oh, where'd that excellent texture come from? Did you paint it?
kanzler
Fantastic sci-fi work!