Why the world sometimes gets you wrong

May 132011
 

I was catching up on my Twitter friends’ feed this evening while waiting for a render to complete, and noticed a mini-rant from Yasmine Galenorn, the author of the Sisters of The Moon novels.  With her kind permission, I’m reposting it here to give some context on my own thoughts:

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Why the world sometimes gets you wrong “ Yes, I do plan on losing some weight on this diet, and am. What I HATE are the peeps who tell you that you can't find: love, success, (more) ” By YasmineGalenorn on 14-5-2011 00:10:10

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Tron: A sad legacy

Dec 202010
 

Let me start off by explaining a few things.

I was a kid when Tron, the original movie, was released – and it blew my young mind.  In some ways, the movie helped me to get into computing because it showed from a technical standpoint how computers could be used to create.  Ever since then, the look and feel of the movie has been an influence on both my cyberpunk/future related artwork, as well as my visualization of the neural Interfaces of the Legion Universe novels and stories.

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Avatar – Did James Cameron Raise The Bar Yet Again?

Dec 232009
 

For science fiction movies, some names being involved stand out, and combined you just know you’re looking at a roller-coaster ride.

What do you think could result from a movie directed by James Cameron, co-starring Sigourney Weaver, scored by James Horner, sound laid down by Skywalker Sound, aliens and creatures designed by Stan Winston Studios, and choc-full of computer generated graphics courtesy of WETA of Lord of The Rings fame, Framestore, and ILM??

No need to imagine – just go watch ‘Avatar‘.

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Render – Avatar Commission

Oct 172008
 

t avatar framed 96x96 Render Avatar Commission

t av framed fin 384x384 300x300 Render Avatar Commission

I’m so used to rendering in “large” scale, the idea of coming up with an avatar for a friend that would fit in Yahoo Instant Messenger’s display image restrictions of 96×96 was certainly different.

Figuring out a pose that would work at such a small scale was tricky, but one of adamthwaites’ freebie PoseKit poses seemed to fit the purpose.

I put it over a curved backdrop to give it a studio feel, and used a three light set-up, one being a spot from below the camera position to bring the eyes out – test renders without it left the eyes as black spaces in the final render.

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