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How The Hivewire Horse (harry) Came To Be.
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carmen indorato
Extraordinary
oh, i agree. would just be nice having both.
One of my favorite Julie Bell images!! LOL Note the drowned sailor resembles Boris if you have ever seen an image of him.
carmen indorato
Extraordinary
yes they have! 
nearly all the time! She was a former nationally ranked competitive body builder so they both model for each other (and themselves since they sometimes work on a painting together).
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Hot damn he does amazing work, and yes I was on their site the other day and saw pictures of both of them. I was scratching my head trying to think of how they could be working on one image together, but then, I've read books written by more than one author, so I guess it's possible.
I think she learnt a lot of her painting early on from him as a mentor, and her style was very much like his, she's slowly evolved her own style (her early metal was exquisite) and it looks like she is currently doing more natural/nature artwork (her wolves look like they could leap out of the painting).
eclark1894
Visionary
C'mon. Give him a red nose.
Dreamer
Dream Weaver Designs
So I have been tinkering with some mapping and have some thing that could work well for veins. Alas when I attempted to see what I could do about ribs it didn't work out so well, displacement is not really enough thought what I have may work for a start.
So a question for you all before a go any further, how veiny do you want Harry?
So a question for you all before a go any further, how veiny do you want Harry?
eclark1894
Visionary
Could someone explain to me why veins in renders is such a "hot thing"? right now. I, personally, don't get the appeal, unless you're trying to achieve a realistic render of a pro wrestler or something, which I never have tried for.
Dreamer
Dream Weaver Designs
As far as the horse goes it would add a lot of realism to renders of say race horses just off the track after a race or a prime stallion seeing off danger from his herd, thins like that. You'd be amazed at how much a bit of light veining can go towards making an image pop, take this image of mine for example. Just a little bit and suddenly Harry has a whole new personality
Simple animation showing some horse breeds and other animals from our Harry.
Awesome!! Love the cows and the deer!
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