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Valentina - June '04 Artist of the Month!

Jun 08, 2004 at 12:00 am by tammymc


Who is 'Valentina'? I am just a simple Poser artist who creates art in her free time. I am pretty much addicted of Poser and I will probably be addicted of it many years from now on... About me, I don't have many things to say... How long have you been rendering/doing computer graphics? I started 2 years ago when my sister bought Poser 4. I wasn't interested of it at all at the beginning because the program seemed very difficult to me. My sister started to work with Poser 4 at the firm she was a designer, so I started to play with it too. I was very impressed of Posette and the fact she was a poseable 3D model. I started to make simple renders, pin-ups especially. But later a lot of ideas were coming in my head and I noticed that poser was the perfect program to create all kind of scenes I wanted. Do you have traditional art experience? For me art started with Poser, I was an artisan before, I used to make jewelry, clay dolls and hystorical doll outfits. Photography was also one of my passions. What are you currently working on? I want to write a sci-fi book for children with my sister, Lory. She is a 3D modeler and she can create exactely the right sci-fi items I would need for this book. Hopefully the book will be ready next year. What software/equipment do you use and why? I use mainly Poser and PSP for post work on a simple P III/ 800Mhz, 512 RAM. What do you think your best piece of work is and why? I don't have a favorite image of mine, because I get bored very easily of them... but if I would name one, I would say "The Sleeping Machine"... I made it thinking about my sleeping problems... I was tired that day and all I had in mind was a machine that could help me fall asleep immediately. Why do you like to work with 3D software? Because it is really fascinating to create all those scenes without actually painting and do all the hard work a real painter would do. It is easy, you just bring the objects in the scene and then you make some post work with a program and voila, an image made in few hours or less. It is fun and easy, it is like playing with magic toys. Who/what inspires you? Well, my sister's sci-fi drawings since she was in high school inspired me the most. She was painting some really interesting images, fantastic worlds and amazing creatures... she was probably the the most original artist kid in her class. I tried that time to paint this kind of art too... but it didn't work at all, as my talent for drawing is not really special. So, when I got Poser, all these things were suddenly possible, I could create those sci-fi scenes too. And then, there is Placebo. I noticed his art when I joined the Renderosity community and I was really impressed of his original ideas and style. He was and he is unique here and his art was always an inspiration for me. The characters and the props I use in my images are also very very important... Placebo's and akahastur's characters, Django's 3D items, Lory, specs2 and ElorOnceDark's outfits... And there are also the sci-fi movies which inspire me a lot now. How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced your work, relationships, and learning? I made some good friends, not too many because I am quite an isolated and shy person, I studied the style of many talented artists and I learned about composition and post work from them, I found out things about new programs and products, I had the chance to buy amazing packs from the Renderosity market place and for me this community is actually a very important part of my life, because i spend a lot of time here and there is always something new to learn from here. Parting Comments / Advice to other Artists? I never give advice, but I want them all to follow their hearts when it comes about creating... I thank everybody who voted for me and sent me wonderful messages. Being the AOM is a real honor for me and I actually never expected this would ever happen to me. And I also want to thank the Renderosity team for offering us, the artists, a home for our art and the chance to meet other wonderful artists. Thank you.
Be sure to check out Valentina's gallery! Click on 'AOM 2004' on the sidebar to learn more about Artist of the Month and to view our past winners.
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