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| This still site shows 2 groups of graphics that I have "painted" over the years: One is "Computer Graphics" which I have started enjoying in the past 5 or 6 years, and the other is "Watercolor Paintings" which I have painted since I was five years old. Unfortunately, I have not kept any record of the watercolor paintings that have been sold or given, so these paintings I have uploaded here are the only ones I happen to have today. | ||
| All of the Computer Graphics were done on Macintosh computers with some popular software such as Form-Z, Electric Image, Studio Pro, Bryce, and of course Photoshop. Most of them were 3 dimensionally built from the ground up, then rendered overnight by means of raytracing. All of them were then "hand painted" in the computer environment after the rendering process. | ||
| All of these Watercolor Paintings were originally painted on paper. In order to read them into the computers, 4X5 positive images were made. They were then fed into either drum scanners or flatbed scanners, depending on the resolutions I wanted at the time. | ||
| A few people have asked me if I used photographs in order to build some of the realistic computer graphics. The answer is "No." All of them were created from the inspirations happened at the time and/or by accident: You'd be amazed to learn how much art is materialized as a result of misplaced tools, wrong procedures, and other unpredictable events. | ||
| Some other people have asked me if I transferred computer graphics somehow into watercolor paintings. The answer is also "No." I don't know of anyway to transfer computer generated images into watercolor paintings. One of the reasons some of them look photo-realistic is probably because I have been always fascinated by the way cameras render photographic and/or cinematic images. They are not always realistic, but their styles are here to stay. | ||
| Please check out the following links to visit the main art pages, "Computer Graphics" and "Watercolor Paintings," thank you. | ||
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| Shinji S. Yamamoto | ||
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| 601 Van Ness Ave, Opera Plaza #125, San Francisco, CA 94102 | ||
| Tel: (415) 921-1854, Fax: (415) 921-2374, Eml: ssy1854@aol.com | ||
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