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All artwork that you see on this page was created by me
using graphics programs such as Amapi, Bryce, Carrara, Hexagon, and Poser.
Most images also have post-work done in Photoshop Elements. A variety of
programs, including MS Paint and Wood Workshop, were used to create
transmaps and some textures. Some images use procedural textures, but I've
started using more image maps lately. Please free to contact me with questions about any images you see here.
All images on this page and throughout the
Rejected Reality website are
copyrighted and may not be used in any way without express written
permission. This includes
but is not limited to hotlinking and/or saving a copy of the image to your computer for your
personal viewing pleasure. To request
permission to copy or reuse any images on
this website, email
andimn@gmail.com.
Click the thumbnail to enlarge each
picture.
Mythos Images
These images are inspired by the Cthulhu Mythos and the works of H.P.
Lovecraft.
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Olde Mythos Ale |
Mythos Metronome |
Invictus Sky |
Tru'Nembra's Pipes |
Drum Summoning |
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advertisement for a drink of the elder gods. Created with Bryce and
Carrara. |
Slimy,
green tentacles twine around a metronome with an eye for the arm weight.
The inscription, written in Arabic, reads, "That is not dead which can
eternal lie, and with strange eons, even death may die." The inscription
is a quote from the H.P. Lovecraft short story, "The Nameless City."
Created with Amapi and Carrara. |
One of my first 3D images, this picture of
an ancient coin held in an eerie sky by a tentacle was based on the
cover of
Cthulhu Invictus, which I illustrated, edited, and
co-wrote. Created with Bryce. |
An older
man, fallen on a stone floor, stares blankly, a set of bone panpipes
still lying in his outstretched hand. Created with Poser, Amapi, and
Carrara. |
An African woman
bangs on a wooden and leather drum; the shadow behind her is not hers,
but that of a winged beast. Created with Poser, Amapi, and Carrara.
Significant post-work in Photoshop Elements. |
Salmagundi
A salmagundi is a hodgepodge, mish-mash, or gallimaufry. In other
words, a bunch of random stuff all mixed together. These images are ones
that don't fit any particular category. Some I created for contests,
others by request, and many because an idea just struck me.
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Spring Emergence |
Anybody Else Wanna Make Fun of my Hat? |
Trapped Fortune |
At the Water's Edge |
Ozymandias, King of Kings |
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monarch butterfly flies away after emerging from its chrysalis, which
hangs empty from a flowering branch.
Created with Carrara and Hexagon. The butterfly texture was handpainted
in Photoshop before being applied to the 3D model in Carrara. |
An
evil-looking dragon with bloody teeth wears a satiny coxcomb, taunting
the next guy to make fun of his hat and face the same fate as the last.
Created with Carrara, Hexagon, and Poser. The background is a digital
photo that I took. |
This
image, featuring a woman trapped in a crystal ball while a skeleton
beckons the viewer closer, was my entry in the CarraraFan Halloween
contest. Created with Carrara, Hexagon, and Poser. The background is a
digital photo that I took. |
Originally created for a landscape contest, this image was done in
Carrara 5 Pro with postwork in PSPX. |
A
worn statue lying on its side in desert sand, broken columns behind it.
Inspired by Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem "Ozymandias", this image won the
CarraraFan Royalty Image contest. |
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Coronation |
Boutonniere |
Not Without a Fight |
What the Star Wants |
Deck the Globe |
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Christ being crowned with a crown of thorns. Created with Poser, Amapi,
and Carrara. |
A
single red rosebud is surrounded by pink baby's breath and two leaves in
this simple boutonniere. Created
with Hexagon and Carrara. |
Three
fairies fend off an attack from a panther-like beast in the forest.
Created with Poser and Carrara. |
Green
chocolate candies in a reddish bowl on a black marble table. Created
with Amapi and Carrara. |
Garland and lights encircle the Earth, suspended from an ornament topper
by a red ribbon in this Christmas image. Created with Hexagon and
Carrara, it was used as part of a Christmas logo for an aviation repair
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Poseable Aspirin |
What Am I Gonna Do with You? |
Beach Discovery |
Welcome to Jericho |
Jericho Nut |
| A humorous ad
for a pain reliever specifically for 3D graphic artists. Created with
Poser and Carrara. |
This is my day -- surrounded by cats who insist on walking across
the desk while I'm working. Don't believe me? I had four begging for my
attention while I worked on this image! Created as an ad for an animal
rescue fundraiser. Created with Poser 5 and Carrara 5 Pro, postwork in
Photoshop. |
The
shell from
Beach Treasure, discovered by a mother and daughter on the beach.
This image, created with Carrara, Bryce, and Poser, was my first image
with people in it. |
An
old-style wooden sign that reads "Welcome to Jericho. Population: 8.5
million... and growing!" Inspired
by the TV show Jericho
and the successful campaign by fans to get
the show back on the air.
Created with Hexagon and Carrara. |
A
peanut with the word "JERICHO" growing out of it.
Inspired by the TV show Jericho and
the successful campaign by fans to get the show back on the air.
Created with Hexagon and Carrara. |
Tests
On occasion I'll create an image to test something for someone who's
having problem in a program or wants to know how a certain feature of a
graphics app works; or when I'm learning something new; or as part of a
beta testing cycle. I also create test images of new items that I've
modeled, to see how they're going to look rendered. Instead of just
putting the item on a gray background, I usually cobble together a
makeshift set of walls and a table of shelf.
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Beach Treasure |
Flow |
Eyeball |
Coxcomb |
Thanks, Andrew! |
| The first object
that I ever modeled in Carrara was this shell, seen lying here on a
sandy beach with the ocean behind it. Created with Carrara and Bryce. |
Trying to
recreate a the movement of lava in a lava lamp. This is a still image,
with postwork, from the short animation test that I did. Created with Carrara 5
Pro, postwork in Paint Shop Pro. |
An eyeball floating in
a black background. The result of two tutorials, one on modeling a
realistic eyeball, and one on texturing it. Created with Amapi and
Carrara. |
A
green and yellow felt coxcomb, or jester's cap, with gold bells. Modeled
in Hexagon 2.1, textured, lighted, and rendered in Carrara 5 Pro. Click
to view larger image and versions with silk cloth. |
If
you want to learn UV mapping in Carrara, check out
Andrew Benson's
tutorials on it. I've never been able to get the hang of UV mapping, but
after just the first three I was able to UV map and texture the pencil
in this image. Thanks, Andrew! |
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| Outside the Workshop |
Over Red
Ridge Pass |
Glowing
Ember |
2D6 |
Playtime! |
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Old, rusty screws and nails scattered on the
ground outside a workshop. Done as a test of the C5 surface replicator.
I created the nail and screw because someone needed them and wanted to
know how to model them. |
Cresting the top of
a pass through a mountain range. A test of the C5 terrain modeler and
volumetric clouds. Created with Carrara. |
A hotly glowing ember.
Playing with the Aura feature in Carrara. Created with Carrara. |
Two blue six-sided dice, with gold engraved
numbers. I did this one as practice in learning both UV mapping and
Anything Grooves. Created with Carrara, Amapi, and Anything Grooves. |
A
kitten playing with a toy mouse. This image uses the C5Pro scene filter
Toon! Part III. The kitten is the DAZ Toonimal Kitty and the toy mouse
is one that I modeled in Hexagon. Ultimately, I'll set all shaders to
flat white for this image and re-render it to create coloring book pages
for ARFP. |
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