Piece description from the artist
A cowgirl sits on the back of her trusty mustang. She wears a dark skirt and a light blouse and a wide brimmed hat. With her rifle resting on her shoulder, she looks at you as if daring you to tell her she should be wearing silly clothes with frills and sequins.
This is actually the same scene that I built for "Cowgirl Autumn" (https://daniel-eskridge.pixels.com/featured/cowgirl-autumn-daniel-eskridge.html) which was my first image to feature a cowgirl, this being my second. One of the advantages of the form of art I do is that one can change the camera angle and get a whole new work of art. For this one, I wanted a more direct view of the woman as well as something that fit better in a wide format. So I put the scene with the horse in profile. For her outfit, I wanted to go with something that was reasonably historically accurate. I based it on actual black and white photos of cowgirls from the late 1800's and early 1900's.
I made this using a variety of digital art techniques such as 3D rendering and digital painting.
Daniel is a forty-something living in the Metro-Atlanta area, and he is one of the few people who was actually born and raised there. He is also married and has two sons and a daughter. By day, he works as software engineer at a small company. By night he is an artist producing realist works depicting scenes of American wildlife, farm animals, fantasy scenes, extinct animals, and images of the "American Wild West":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Frontier.
Daniel has dual degrees in computer science and fine art from the University of Georgia. Given his education, it would seem only natural for him to combine the two by producing art using a computer. Daniel practices a new form of art called "3D Rendering":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_rendering, a form of virtual sculpting with a computer. This form of art is utilized by film studios for special effects as well as animated movies, but it can be used to make stills as well. "Check out this video of Daniel creating a 3D rendering!":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvoSvRhYPr4
Daniel’s interest in art began when he was young. As a fan of science fiction and fantasy novels, he became particularly interested in the works of the illustrators that appeared on the covers, such as "Frank Frazetta":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Frazetta and "Michael Whelan":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan. In college, he discovered the work of the "French Realists":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realism_(arts), the "Pre-Raphaelites":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-Raphaelite_Brotherhood, and the "Hudson River School":http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_River_School, which further influenced him and put his work on a course where nature was the dominant theme.
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