Artwork

I'm a computer programmer, not an artist, but I used to like to play around a bit with graphics programs. It truly amazed me how little talent one needs to make cool images with computers.

I actually haven't done much in the past several years. My life has moved in other directions and I don't seem to have any more inspiration for art.

A Space City

My one and only science fiction image. I created this with Bryce. It was inspired by a number of things: partly by some images I've seen over the years (including some done in Bryce) and partly by James Blish's Cities in Flight, a science fiction series of four novels about migratory cities wandering the galaxy in search of work; "Okie" cities, as they say.

A Space City

Soap Bubbles in the Moonlight

Several friends at a party blew soap bubbles in the night. They looked quite eldritch. I decided to see if I could get that effect. This will do . . .

Thunder Moon

I was thinking about doing thirteen images of different full moons for a calendar. Inspiration and perspication did not extend that far, but this one fell out. I could rant for some time about the differences in light models in Bryce 2 between the Macs and Windows versions which would have made this a cinch on a Mac, but a real pain on Windows. But I'll spare you. I think it turned out okay, nevertheless. (And I should have used a larger mesh for the terrain close to the camera.)

Harvest Moon

My other full moon image. I originally did this as an Oz Notes cover for the Mabon 1996 issue. I used trueSpace2, and did major touchups in Photoshop.

This version is done in Bryce, with better antlers on the Herne figure. I considered redoing it again to make the fruit look more tomato sized, and to make the cans look more like cans of tomato sauce and less like cola cans. And I could position her hands better and give her a better face texture. But I never did.

Pwyll and Rhiannon

A scene from my favorite mythos. This is from the first branch of the Mabinogi, called Pwyll. Rhiannon just ambles along, but no matter how fast Pwyll forces his horse, he cannot overtake her, until he calls to her to stop.

I used Bryce for almost all of this. The clothing on Pwyll is from the casual male figure in Poser 2. The clothing on Rhiannon is mostly cylinders and cones. The horses came from a collection of 3D models by Acuris.

I made an earlier image, sans horses, as an Oz Notes cover for the Mabon 1997 issue.

Portal to the Summerlands

I had in my mind, a line drawing in Caitlín Matthews' Mabon and the Mysteries of Britain, which I fleshed out and rendered.

This was done in Bryce 2 and Photoshop 4. The summerland scene is a view of the trees in the Gaia image looking from near Gaia's head. I composited the images in Photoshop.

This is a stick and snake pentacle, where the snake spells out "Oz". It has been taken from the Web of Oz website and used around the internet. I created some freely available stick pentacle images that can be used in place of the Web of Oz logo.

Other Images

  • A Study in Henges
    Here are several images I've done around a central henge image. Or possibly around a central priestess image.

  • Oz Notes Covers
    The Oz Notes was the newsletter for the Web of Oz, a Pagan/Wiccan group in the Lawrence, Kansas area. I did a number of covers for its newsletter.

  • The Four Elements
    I did some images for each of the four traditional elements.

  • Freely Available Images
    Here are some images I’ve done that are freely available for use on other people’s web pages.

A rendering of The Fool

This is a rendering of the Fool tarot card, largely copied from Pamela Colman Smith's Rider Waite version. The figure was created in Poser, and so was the dog. The clothing was generated using NURBS in 3D Studio MAX. I believe that the purse on the stick was also created in MAX. The remainder was created in Bryce.

I thought I might try creating my own images for the Major Arcana, but I didn't really have anything to add, and I was starting to be less interested in creating 3D art, so this, and the Sun, are the only ones I finished.