April 28, 2010
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3D Art
3D art is my primary artistic interest. I started learning 3D using the free program Blender (blender3d.org) about 8 years ago and have been loving it ever since. I still have a
lot to learn but here are some of the things I've created over these last few years. Hope you enjoy. May God get the glory for all the gifts He has given me! Futuristic VehicleI made this in the summer of 2007 after graduating from high school. Kind of a celebration piece.
This project, like a couple of mine before it, started off with no planning. I simply
began to design in 3D with small shapes, and as I built I began to formulate an idea of what I wanted in
a final product. A little way into the project, when I had a rough idea of what I was aiming for, I
sketched out the basic shape of the vehicle before using that as a loose guideline for completing the
project. I grew a lot artistically from this project, not only in the presentation and style of my art,
but also in my appreciation for details and light.       Futuristic Vehicle - 3D PrintThe Belgium company Materialise took interest in my 3D model 'Futuristic Vehicle' and wanted to use it to expand their 3D printing capabilities. As a part of the deal I got a free 3D print of the model. Not all of the colored sections are exactly the same, and it looks like their color printing resolution is lower than the plastic printing resolution. If you look closely you can see how the model is built up layer on layer. This is done using a layer that is shined through a special liquid plastic which makes it solidify. The model is about 10 inches long by 9 inches wide and weighs maybe 4 pounds. All in all, I was very happy to recieve a free 3D print of my Futuristic Vehicle!       Traveler's Haven
I started this image with some brainstorming of elements I wanted to include in the piece.
I thought about the mood and meaning and how certain lights and colors would help portray
that. I also found images online of some of the objects that I would need in the image.
Then I began to model the objects starting with the bed. Once I had finished the main
frame of the bed, I did a rough sketch of how the Traveler would be lying in the bed
and then used this as a reference while modeling the blankets he was underneath. As I
began putting the scene together and rendering tests to see how it would look, I
realized that creating even just enough forest to cover what the camera could see
would be far too big a task for my computer to handle. In the end I changed the
layout of my scene and went for a more serene and subtle look with just a hint of
the terror of the jungle. I tried to capture the cool, quiet security of a crisp
yellow sunrise. That chilly and yet warm feeling you have when you wake up and
crawl out of your sleeping bag on a camping trip to the bright morning light...  The BiosphereI made this after making the futuristic vehicle in the same way. I started with a piece and just began building from there. It was maybe a third done when I finally knew what I wanted it to turn out to be. The .blend file for this can be downloaded from the download page.  Paint Buckets SMCThis was done as a SMC or speed modeling contest on the freenode.net #smc channel. The topic was "On the Creation and Maintenance of Deceptive Exteriors" and the time length was 39 minutes if i remember correctly.  Act 2 (YQ Poster 2009)I was asked by Briercrest College and Seminary to create the art portion of the YQ poster for YQ 2009.  Into the Blinding LightThis was done for a weekend contest on BlenderArtists.org. I had a weekend to create a piece with the topic: light.  I Went FishingThe process of creating this image was much like most of my 3D works. I first began thinking of the idea in more detail until I had an image in my head. Then I began to list out the models and elements that I wanted included in the picture. After this I began to model the pieces that made up the picture, starting with the most essential pieces. In this case I started with the kid, the subject of the image, then made the bridge. I then created the landscape, and finally added in extra details such as the bucket, birds, and paper bag. A few touch ups in a 2D image editing program to bring out the yellows and blues in the picture and it was done!  Cavern (Animation Set)This is an unfinished set for a short film that I've paused my work on for a bit but still want to finish soon.  Crown of the KingThis is simply a close render of the crown in the Act 2 YQ poster I made.  Earth Falling (Animation Still)This is a rendered frame from the same animation as the Cavern. In this shot the earth is falling off the edge of a building to the ground below where it 'splats' against the concrete in another shot.  Bed 3 (Game Model)This is a low poly model for a game that I was helping develop with some friends. It's on hold now as more important things must be done now, but will work more on it in the future.   Cartoon KidThis was just made for fun. I wanted to make a fairly simple character that I could practice animation with.   My HomeThis is an older artistic render of 'my home'. I live in a small town on the prairies so it doesn't look quite like this but perhaps this is an exaggeration of small town prairie life.  Rink Pre-VisThis picture was done for Briercrest College and Seminary as they were building a new hockey rink for the town of Caronport and I was asked to do an artistic rendition of it before it was built.  Statue SMCThis was done for a smc with the topic: Statue. I think the time limit was 30 minutes.  SundialThis was done for a 'Week Day Contest' at blenderartists.org as well as the chair below. All textures are procedural. The .blend is available for download from the Downloads page.  Desk at SunsetThis is a frame that I rendered out and edited in GIMP for an animation I did for work.  Counted WorthlessI made this a couple years ago as a statement to myself. The trashcan contains things I compare worthless in comparison to Jesus Christ. My music (guitar), my computer skills (laptop), whoever I may be attracted too (the lampstand), my future (the face).  Wooden ChairThis was done for a 'Week Day Contest' at blenderartists.org. The .blend is available for download from the Downloads page.  |
2D ArtI don't do as much 2D art as the other areas but I enjoy it :). I used to draw more, but after discovering 3D art, drawing lost some of it's glamour. I have a tablet that I have started practicing with and have started (just barely) to learn to paint. WaterfallI recently completed this 4x6 sketch as I flew back home to Saskatchewan for the first part of my summer.  Fantasy Pointalism ConceptThis is my first pointalism piece that I've done in many years and I loved it! I hope to do more when I have more time. Something about the thousands of little points gives so much freedom to adjust the subtle variations of light and shadow. I worked on this in my free time in the fall of 2009.  City on a Sand FoundationI did this piece for my Creative Process class at Emily Carr University. It took about 6 hours of sketching.  The Dying CalmI did this piece on my tablet. I tried to achieve a romantic/sad/explosive mood for the piece. These elements being in the couple and volcano just beginning to erupt and therefore changing their lives...  From the JungleThis was the last drawing in a series of drawings I did starting from a random black shape and shading. I recorded this drawing and you can watch the video from the link on the left that says "From the Jungle".  Jesus is My HopeI painted this picture for my love, Rachel. It is meant to be a reminder that through all the hard dark paths and trials we go through in life, the reason we as Christians have hope and can take joy in suffering is because we know Jesus is watching over us, and is waiting for us at the end of the road. He is the light shining at the end of every dark and hard path I travel down. When we reach the end and emerge from the darkness into the light we will not only be more like Jesus but we will be with Him. This was my first finished serious painting that I'd done in years. The cross is is shadow and is a shadow of light instead of darkness because of the hope the cross brings to all those who find it and cling to it.  Bald Man PortraitA simple profile drawing with my tablet. This was done in Artweaver. Didn't care too much for the program though it was free. The thing on his head is a flap with some kinda chip board inside..very random, I know.  Red BarnJust a simple tablet sketch in GIMP.  Once Bound; Now FreeThis was my second serious drawing on my tablet when I first bought it. Oh the freedom found in Christ!  Eye of the DragonThis was a pencil and paper drawing I did a few years ago. I filled an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet which is good for me cause I like drawing small rather than big.  Fireworks!This was made with a 3D fractal program called Chaoscope. This doesn't take much talent but gives a pretty result! You adjust the numbers till you get a nice looking swirl and then set the computer to work calculating. When its done you feel like you did something amazing :D...but you didn't.  Girl in a HoodieThis was done as shading practice. I started from the random black shape and shaded white into it.  Painted StringsThis piece I drew pencil on paper and then scanned. I copied the drawing and painted the color on with my tablet.  PinkThis was also made in Chaoscope.  RegretThis was a quick practice sketch with my tablet on my computer.  |
Motion ArtThis is a collection of the videos, animations, film projects, etc that I have made and uploaded to Vimeo.com.
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PhotographyWelcome to my photos page! I've placed some select photos into the slideshow that I've taken over the past few years. I love taking photos of God's creation the most. I also really like taking close up pictures or pictures with a narrow field of focus. But there is something about God's creation and the beauty in it that, I think, can never be captured by a photo :) Prairie GrassTook this photo just outside of the village I live in in Saskatchewan.  Rocky GroundLarge version available for download as wallpaper.  Let Me Out!To create this picture I first let my cat into my closet, a place she loves to explore, and then I closed the doors so there was a small opening she could see out of but couldn't get through. I waited until she began trying to get out before taking photos. I grabbed a bunch of photos of her as she tried to squeeze her head through the opening and pawed at the doors to try and open them before letting her out. Then I put the images on my computer and grabbed my three favorites, making sure that two of them had her paw out on different sides of the door and one had just her head. I then arranged them and edited the images so that the closet doors faded seamlessly into the doors in the next image. Finally, I wanted the picture to have a presentation feel to it, so I mirrored parts of the image, blurring it the farther it went from the original to give the effect of the picture standing on a glossy surface.  On the RockThis shot was all about timing. I took this photo from the back seat of our van as we travelled to California at Christmas 2008. As with all of the shots I took while we drove, I had to think very quickly, make a decision, and act upon it. I took a variety of photos on the trip that had rocks as their subject. This one stood out to me as the best, partly because of the color and detail of the image, but also because of the composition. I feel that the angle and position of the rock face in the photo help to draw your eyes from the bottom right of the photo up to the blue sky in the top left.  Watching WaitingI took this photo with my old Concord 5 megapixel point and shoot digital camera. I assembled a new lense for it using some old lenses from a broken black and white camcorder that my parents owned. I constructed the lense so it could be mounted on the end of my little camera so I could take extreme close-up shots like this one. The lizard's head was about the size of my finger nail. It was hard to get my camera so close to the lizard without scaring it, so I had to move very slowly. I only had a chance to take about two pictures before it scurried away. I really like the details visible in this image. From the scales and small holes of the lizard's nose to his eye and all of the reflections of the screen in it. I think the colors in the image really work well together and the screen helps to give a sense of scale. The title of this image is Watching, Waiting and is meant to portray the thoughts of the lizard as I was taking the photo of it as well as perhaps the thoughts of the lizard during most of it's life.  Wooden AngelI really like the earthy tones of this image: the khaki, dark browns, reddish browns, and greens. I also like the contrast from the harshness of the light on the angel's lantern, head, and wings. I think that the spider webs and the blurry watermarks on the window behind the angel really add to the scene as well, helping to create an old and worn atmosphere. I think that though the lantern was never lit, the fact that it isn't now, and the cobwebs, would suggest an extended period of lethargy. Perhaps suggesting a state of mind we sometimes find ourselves in, of still holding our lantern aloft but not realizing that our light has long since gone out.  A Shell For You Backyard PanoramaThis was actually about 8 photos edited together to get the 'wide angle' look. I edited myself in after and ended up a little large..lol  Winter Bell Bolt in Wood Brush in Water Creepy BirdThis bird sat still on my back deck for...5 minutes maybe while I played loud music. Didn't twitch or blink or anything..so I took a picture :).  Don't Look Back Flowers on the Path Get Off My Head!God's creation is so amazing..and funny sometimes too :).  Grain TroughTaken at an abandoned grainery in Riverhurst.  Green CupsThis is a newer version of the second photo I ever took with my first camera. I took this version on my newer camera as it's better quality.  Guitar & Legs The Haunting Moon Mountain Pass My Guitar Osprey A Golden Path Mr. Pelican Purple Flowers Riverhurst SummerI only realized when I was putting together this new version of my site that I had taken a winter picture of the same street two years ealier. Cool :)  Riverhurst Winter Roped BranchThis is a photo from a photo album I made earlier this summer. Link on the left to the video labeled "Winter is Gone".  Self PortraitMe with my guitar..Some heavy color editing done here.  Swirling ShellsTaken at the only shell museum in North America!  SkimmersLove these birds. So fun to watch them go skimming along for fish down the shore.  The Buck The Flaming Shores We Are Small White Flowers |
Web Design
I really enjoy creating websites. I'm not a programmer except for HTML, CSS, and a bit of Javascript, but I like the first two because of their direct
connection to the graphic side of the website. I really like trying to make the website look as good as I can with as simple code as possible, as I hope I accomplished
with this website.
This is the website that I made for my home church, Prairie Winds Church. The men and women here have been such an encouragment and a challenge to me to grow
and seek hard to know and follow God with all my heart.  |
Short StoriesAll stories can be downloaded from the Downloads page. by Calvin Culy To Blink Another WorldI opened my eyes and breathed in sharply. The air was crisp and milky white as it left my mouth. I could feel it crystallizing on my fingertips and attaching its thousands of needlelike shards up and down my arms and legs. But the rest of me was still warm, wrapped in a glassy bubble of blue and purple that swirled about its surface with a life of its own. It pulsed. It rippled. And where was I? I had never been here before, with its upside down trees that bore no leaves and dark blue grass up to my knees. There was a mist that moved through the waving blue, like tendrils searching for a treasure. They did not draw near to me, for I was not the treasure. Light emanated from the trees where leaves should have been. It glowed as my bubble did, though more quickly and sometimes a light would go out here or there…and then come on again a moment later…almost like natural fireworks. Above me was the night, wide and black and speckled with a hundred thousand stars that danced and spun about me in the heavens. Not a single star stood still, not a single one. And then I heard it. It came from off to my left at first, and then was joined to my right. I was surrounded by it, this soft echoing song on the wind. As I looked closely through the warm pulsing trees I could just barely make out the glowing green figures. They swayed in the windless air and were mostly transparent but for their large luminescent eyes. Softly their song floated about me and tossed my hair. …Take me to the moon on your iridescent wings of melted glass, Over and over they sang. They sang as they faded until finally they were no more, and only the soft lingering words of their mantra was left drifting to my ears. It was so very strange and wonderful all at once that I didn’t know what to do. At that moment all I wanted to do was stay there forever in the tranquility of this undiscovered world. To never again set foot on what is real and leave behind the troubles of the other; that its distant memory would gather cobwebs in the corner of my mind and be forgotten in the vibrant glory of the new. I yearned so deeply to take a step forward and explore the vast reaches of this softly illuminated heaven, but it was not to be. I could already feel it fading…the colors began washing together, the trees began to melt before my eyes and the stars above began to fall as glistening streamers from the sky. I closed my eyes, and it was gone. I opened my eyes and breathed in sharply. I checked my watch. Just two more hours and I would be home. Back and forth and back and forth. The train rattled on. by Calvin Culy Birds Fly South In WinterShe was sitting under the crab apple tree. I had asked her if she could. Though I hadn’t thought that she would. Why would she? She was reading a book, a novel—something to do with the pilgrims I think. It’s hard to remember now I was so surprised to see her there. I had almost expected to spend my afternoon under the tree alone again, as I always did, not really thinking she would come. Though some part of me had hoped she would; a larger part than I’ll admit. I sat down next to her and opened my book, also a novel though more thrilling than touching, and began to read. I had just turned the page when she finally looked up from hers. I tensed. She made me a little nervous, but it was all one sided. Another reason I was surprised she had come. “It’s a warm day,” she had said. She was scanning the hills beyond. There were sparse clusters of bushes and trees scattered down the hilly countryside. It was a beautiful country, golden—vivid. “Yes it is,” I had replied. “I love the warm. The way it feels, sounds…looks.” I had looked down then, wondering if I had said too much or spoken too strangely, passionately. I remember wishing I was more subtle. She had smiled though, if only slightly. “You wanted me to meet you here,” she said slowly choosing her words. “What for?” Now I was quite nervous. I had wanted to talk. “Oh,” I looked away, my mind not working. “No, reason. Just to…enjoy what I do. Reading here. Thinking…the warm." I had looked back to her again then. She was looking into the distance, thinking behind her eyes. Blue eyes. “Okay,” she said finally and turned back to her book. I couldn’t read her expression. I turned back to my book but didn’t read. I couldn’t…focus enough to do that. Not with her sitting beside me. After a few minutes I closed my book and placed it in the grass next to me. I scrunched up my knees and wrapped my arms around them studying the landscape. There was a stream a little ways down the slope of hills nestled under a cluster of crab apple trees much like the one I sat under. They grew wild here and tasted delicious. Sometimes I would eat one while I read, though not today. I felt too awkward to act natural. I could feel her gaze on me for a few moments before the feeling disappeared again. I didn’t return it, I don’t know why. I kept looking out towards the horizon for a while, thinking of her but not speaking. Then I had remembered a chore I had forgotten. Mother wanted the pot cleaned out before she began preparing supper. I had a little while yet but somehow felt it…pressing on me. I turned to her. “I…” She looked up hearing my voice. “I forgot, I had a chore to do. I should probably go.” Again her expression was unreadable. Maybe she’s glad; she doesn’t feel the same way I do. “I’ll see you later then,” I said haltingly as I stood with my book. She just nodded and looked away, to the horizon—my horizon. Unreadable. I turned slowly, awkwardly and began making my way down the hills and off to the side. I only glanced back once. She was still looking into the distance. She had closed her book between her hands. She never came back. I never asked her to. I didn’t want to ask her to do something she didn’t want to do. I never thought that she might. I could have said more, I could have asked her again to come back. I don’t know why I didn’t, I just didn’t. I wanted to. I wonder now if she had felt the same way that I had. Maybe her unreadable expression was a feeling much like mine; wishing for more and saddened when I had parted. Maybe I should have tried harder to hold on to what I loved, like the birds fly south in winter—miles and miles to find the warm. |
PoemsAll poems can be downloaded from the Downloads page.
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SongsI enjoy writing songs and play the guitar and djembe as well as writing music digitally on my computer using FLStudio. I hope you're encouraged from reading my lyrics.
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I offer a number of services as a freelance artist. These are shown below in more detail. Below is a list of services, my rates, and examples of some of my freelance work in these various areas.
Services List
Logo Design
This covers all logo designs that will appear as a still finished product (is not animated) though it may appear to look 3D. 2D logos can be used for print on signs, brochures, letterheads, etc. or digitally on a website or as a watermark on digital documents.
Example(s): Animated Logo Design
This covers all logo designs that will appear as moving finished products. Logos in this category would appear at the beginning of a movie or video game as a ‘credit logo’ or as a moving header on a website. I can even take your premade logo and animate it.
Example(s): 3D Architectural Visualization
Planning on building a new home, high-rise apartment complex, or even a new shed for your backyard? Want to know what it’ll look like before you build it? Or perhaps you want to raise support for building it and would like a nice preview of your building to print in a magazine or to show on you website. I will create for you the building in 3D and render for you various shots and angles of it either in a virtual environment or edited into photos your chosen location.
Example(s): Business Cards
Because I am an artist, I won’t create the typical ‘template’ style of business card you would find in a Staples store or from a large online business. If you are looking for a fancy themed business card that fits your personality or business perfectly then you’ve come to the right place.
Example(s): Website Design
If you are looking at setting up a personal website but don't know how, I can help! I have designed a number of websites, both personally and as freelance jobs, and am
able to set one up for a relatively cheap price. If you're wanting a site that gives you the features you want with the look you want then look no farther :).
Other Design Work
I also do various other design jobs such as layout design, photo editing, and digital design that can be applied to many different areas (letter head templates, covers for packages, t-shirt graphics, etc.)
If you're interested in having a design made that doesn't fit into a category above contact me and ask me about it! |
About Me
What Is The Most Important Thing?
I’m sure you’ve heard stuff about Christianity before or about that ‘Jesus Christ’ that Christians are always talking about.
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…” - Genesis 1:1
You see, from the very beginning of the existence of everything we know, God already was there. That’s because God is eternal. The Bible says He has no beginning and no end.
“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!” - Romans 5:8 Jesus Christ died for us. You see, God loves us so much that He had a plan to save us from the punishment of an eternal hell that we all are destined to face when we die. He made a way for us to be brought back to Him and to be forgiven for ALL of the evil that we have committed against Him. “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.” John 3:16
God sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to earth. Jesus lived a perfect life, never sinning even though He lived a hard life and was tempted to do what was wrong. Jesus did many miracles while he was alive that proved that he is God. Jesus then died for us by his own choice and out of love for us. Because he was both God and human he took all of the sin that was on our heads (which made us guilty), and he placed that sin on himself. God the Father crushed Jesus, and Jesus took the penalty for OUR wrong.
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.” Ephesians 2:8
If you choose to do this, I’d encourage you to start reading the Bible, obeying it, praying to God to make you more like Jesus Christ who is exactly like God, and getting connected with other believers to study, pray, and worship God. God has revealed to us who He is in the Bible and what we are to do in obedience to Him. And God WILL make you more like Him. He will change your life and save you from your wickedness.
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or fade—kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last time. In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in all kinds of trials. These have come so that your faith—of greater worth than gold, which perishes even though refined by fire—may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed. Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Concerning this salvation, the prophets, who spoke of the grace that was to come to you, searched intently and with the greatest care, trying to find out the time and circumstances to which the Spirit of Christ in them was pointing when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the glories that would follow. It was revealed to them that they were not serving themselves but you, when they spoke of the things that have now been told you by those who have preached the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. Even angels long to look into these things. Therefore, prepare your minds for action; be self-controlled; set your hope fully on the grace to be given you when Jesus Christ is revealed. As obedient children, do not conform to the evil desires you had when you lived in ignorance. But just as he who called you is holy, so be holy in all you do; for it is written: "Be holy, because I am holy.” Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life handed down to you from your forefathers, but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or defect. He was chosen before the creation of the world, but was revealed in these last times for your sake. Through him you believe in God, who raised him from the dead and glorified him, and so your faith and hope are in God. Now that you have purified yourselves by obeying the truth so that you have sincere love for your brothers, love one another deeply, from the heart. For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, "All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord stands forever." And this is the word that was preached to you. - 1 Peter 1:3-25 |
LinksFriends on the Web
Chris Culy.com - Website of my brother Chris Culy. Check out his music, writings, and artwork! Groups I Recommend
Gospel for Asia - The primary aim of Gospel for Asia's ministry is to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with those who have never before heard His name. Resource Links
 Free Book! - Get the free book "Revolution in World Missions" and be challenged and encouraged! Blender.org - Website of the best free (and open source) 3D modeling, animating, compositing, etc, etc, software package out there! |
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My Father's World
My Father's World is a fancy title for a series of sketches that I have started (and hope to finish) of landscapes and nature scenes. I am a detail person when I draw. I love drawing details as small as I can, something I am trying to expand beyond, but at the same time enjoy exploring more all the same. Hence the small 4x6 size for these sketches. A large version of "Gushing Over" as shown here can be seen on the 2D art page.
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Student Lounge
This was part of a final project this past fall in my Design class. It was a group project in which I was responsible for creating a 3D visualization of a redesign of the student lounge at Emily Carr University. This was done to make better use of the space for work and relaxation as well as to make it more attractive.
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God's Blue Mountains
I think my favorite part about flying is to look out the window and see from a different perspective the earth that God created. I can look down on clouds and mountains and imagine God forming them and painting them across the sky. It also helps me to realize again just how small the Earth is within this neverending galaxy that God has created, and that though we are so small, He still sent His son Jesus as a sacrifice for us, so we'd have hope beyond this short life.
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Rachel's Silver Lining
"She's captured by the flaming globe that slips to hide away. Before it's noble rise repeats to gift another day. She sees the sun a metaphor of Jesus burning clear. To seek the strength to shine again, He spent the night in prayer."
This is a photo I took of my beautiful Rachel one day while we were out with some friends of ours taking sunset photos. She's wearing one of the poofy tuques that my sister made for her and I this past Christmas and is watching the sunset. This poem, to me, well describes how Rachel so often sees Jesus and the beauty of God in all areas of life, even those areas that most would find hard to praise God for. That when there is a hard time or suffering or failure, even then she praises God and looks to how He will bring growth and to how He will use it for good. To me, this gift God has given her, is Rachel's silver lining.
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A White Dusting
A photo I took during my 2 week Olympic break I had from university this spring when the Olympics took place in Vancouver, BC, Canada. I was able to fly home for the break and spend time with my family and my special Rachel. The snow was so beautiful and I just had to take a picture. There's nothing too exciting about this shot but it is a meaningful memory to me of the many years of winters I survived in -40C Saskatchewan weather!
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The Varrok
The Varrok is a sea water-spider from Harra' Kunai, a fantasy story I've been writing on and off for the last four years. It still isn't very far along, but as I dream up more depth and finish the map for the story I hope to continue developing the foundation that will enable the full story to come to completion. After a number of months of not working on it due to school and other projects I am hoping to do some more work on the story this summer. The Varrok is a 3D modelled and rigged creature I created and hope to also use as animation practice in other projects.
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Creation Sings
This little guy flew in one day and landed on my back porch in Burnaby, BC while I was working on some homework. Thankfully I had my camera with me and was able to watch it eat some of the berries growing on a vine that is entwined in the metal poles that frame the deck. It was beautiful to just observe this bird and to think of how God provides food for them even in winter and that He gives them life and shelters them. I love in the Bible in Matthew where it says that how much more important to God are we than birds. And that God will surely take care of us if we just trust Him and seek Him first in our lives instead of seeking after money, things, etc.
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3010 Olympics: Animation
This was my final project for my Animation class this past Spring semester at Emily Carr University. 3010 Olympics is a 40 second animation I created in about a week and a half. The full animation can be viewed on the "Motion Art" page under the "Art" category.
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City on a Sand Foundation
This was a drawing I did for my Creative Process class at Emily Carr University of Art and Design. It is a drawing conveying a concern I have for the world. That we have built our great cities and invested our lives and energy in things that will not last and that are on a foundation that is crumbling beneath us. It wont be long until all we have created and strived for will come crashing down and we will be left with empty hands and empty souls. What foundation are you building your life on?
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The Dying Calm
I painted this image on my Wacom tablet using GIMP. I started with a black canvas and painted rough shades of ligher grey in before detailing. For the most part I used only one layer while painting but used more when working on the reflections of the water, the couple, and the foreground foliage.
I had originally planned to color this image but when I began coloring, I realized that I liked the black and white version much better. As this was my first time drawing both landscape and clouds with my tablet I'm quite pleased with how it turned out! I hope you enjoy it as well.
April 28, 2010
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