|
INSIDE / INTERVIEWS : |
|
|
|
Q. Your a 3D hobbyist. Have you ever thought about going professional ?
A. The temptation is there, and I had some rather interesting offers. The
great thing about being a hobbyist, though, is that I'm free to do
what I want. I've done commercial work before and while I liked the
experience - working for a client etc. - there was the nagging
feeeling that the time spent could have been used on personal
projects.
|
|
|
| |
|
Title: The Cool Cows The day the cows took over, I was fortunately away, studying penguins in a faraway island that ruminants had never heard of. My colleagues were called back to fight in the name of civilisation, and I was left behind to take care of the buildings, with plenty of food, fuel and a little plane ...
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Q. One of the most appealing aspects of your work is the mixture of fantasy
with photorealistic rendering. What art infulences your work and where do
you get your inspiration ?
A. From a technical point of view, movies are certainly my main source of
inspiration: lighting, framing etc. When I'm doing a picture, I often
have a particular movie shot in mind. Traditional painters like
Vermeer or Edward Hopper are also references I keep coming back.
The conceptual aspect of the images come from the fact that while I
love photorealism and the sensuality of light, pure photorealism is
often too dry and rather uninteresting from an artistic point of view,
so the trick (or gimmick) is to add something there that throws it off
kilter, in a more or less subtle way. There's this very realistic
environment and then people see this weird thingie in the middle that
gives it a completely different meaning.
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
INSIDE THE MODEL DATABANK
|
|
)
)
)