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jdnelms
09-10-2007, 09:22 AM
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Title: The Birth of Venus
Name: James Nelms
Country: USA
Software: Photoshop, Poser

I love robots and androids. This a piece I started back in 2004 inspired by the movie I-Robot. I worked on a lot of illustrations that year so this one got shelved soon after I started it. It sat about 1/3 finished until this year when I came across a great robot illustration by Stephan Martiniere titled Para 4. That inspired me to finish mine.

Although the subject matter of my piece was originally inspired by I-Robot, the layout and composition were inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis and Botticelli's renaissance masterpiece; The Birth of Venus. Of course, you can't create a female robot without mentioning Hajime Sorayama.

My Venus is primarily a Photoshop montage of aircraft scrap photos and industrial parts images. Venus herself was modeled in an older copy of Poser. The techicians are composites of various photos.

Istmo
09-10-2007, 09:51 PM
When I was a child I loved Metropolis robot and the circle lights moving up and down heheh. I like your work and the tones. Well-done and 5 stars!:thumbsup:

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