Who is nitro115? My name is Ferenc J. Haraszti (nitro115, or
some call me feri) - born in Budapest, Hungary, but I live in North
Carolina near the Research Triangle Park since 1987. Graphics and
my job are not related, I do CG for a hobby.... without any
previous art education, or training. I started with Bryce3D in
1999, then about a year and a half later stepped up to 3D Studio
Max and still am using it. I don't know any other program that has
so much support on the internet, tutorials and free(!) plugins. Not
to mention all those free scripts at Scriptspot.com! To render my
images I use finalRender R1.1 and for postworks my favorite is
Painter and Photoshop. I still use Bryce every now and then, mostly
for landscapes though. What are you currently working on?
I'm working on several scenes at the moment, but with an easy foot
on the gas pedal, I just upgraded my hardware and still setting it
up, loading and tuning the softwares. Once everything is installed
and runs properly, I think I'll model a nice building, or somthing
totally different, with me you just never know :-) What do you
think your best piece of work is and why? I'm not sure which
one is my best piece of work, to tell you the truth. But, I
received the most comments for: Country morning II Mediteranean Villa Thes pictures have been
displayed in 3DWorld Magazine in England and in Computer Graphica
in Italy as well. But, again, I don't know which picture of mine is
the best, I don't belive in such things :-) Why do you like to
work with 3D software? Because it integrates computing, art and
some engineering. It's definitely something that I like to spend a
lot of time with and I have not gotten tired of it in 3 years. I
hope it will not change. The variety of work is just unlimited in
graphics, imagination is the only limit. What inspires you?
Everything: lights, shadows, colors and shapes, reflections,
reality and imagination. I love architecture, so that itself is a
gold mine. I take a lot of pictures when I travel and I keep going
back to them. Of course, because I'm Hungarian, the history and
architecture of my hometown will always be something I can turn to
at anytime. How has this online community (Renderosity) enhanced
your work, relationships, and learning? I've met several people
here and ended up in good relationships, even friendships.
Communities are great places to look around, see and learn, R'osity
is probably the largest one. I'm not sure about how it enhanced my
works, I'm not a tutorial-person, have no patience for that. But
every time I visit here, there is something new to see, or read
about. I think that's plenty enough :-) Parting Comments /
Advice to other Artists? Advice to other Artists That's a tough
cookie.... but I say, enjoy doing graphics and have fun, after all
this is what it is about. Make the next picture just a little bit
better than the previous one and you'll achive a whole lot. And can
you wish for anything more than that? :-)
Click here to visit nitro115's Renderosity Gallery
Our May Voter of Note is Rita, who was lucky number 13 of
the those voting for nitro115. When asked to introduce herself
and share briefly with us why she voted for nitro115, she told us
"I am a retired artist who years ago specialized in portraiture and
character studies in oils. I have won numerous awards for the same.
Nitro's work is elegant and well executed. His graphics have a
richness to them equal to some of the great artists of the past.
His composition and use of color is one of the best I've ever seen
and I was very proud to have voted him artist of the month." Thanks
Rita!
The May Voting Results: nitro115 26.0% brschmidt 11.5% kenbxpst850
11.5% TBKoen 10.4% crommcruac 7.8% Taron 7.3% DViL 6.2% Lon Chaney
4.7% sms 4.2% the hankster 4.2% josecastello 3.6% jotaele 2.6%
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