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BryceTalk
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BryceTalk—Meet Martin Murphy, May 20, 1999
Suddenly mmurphy appears. Clay: Caly! Yojimbo: Hey Cal Steve Lareau: WHEEE!!!!!!!!!!! Clay: mm! AuntiAlias: oh good! you are safely here! Calyxa: hey, Clay, Yojimbo, Steve, Martin george materializes from thin air. mmurphy: Okay, I think I'm in the right room now Clay: we all here now:-) Hawk has just entered. AuntiAlias: ::::flexing fingers:::: gdmsynth is off to render mirrored spheres. AuntiAlias: gettin' ready, martin? ; ) Clay: LOL Yojimbo: this is going to get messy mmurphy: I thinks so CyberCurt: I'll be listening in. unKelly wants to play too. AuntiAlias: mano-a-mano with martin murphy! Baument: thats scary AuntiAlias: his 10 fingers in response to, what our 210 fingers! Steve Lareau: Let's get ready toooo RUMMMMM BBBBBLLLLEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Clay: I want to ask gary about a plant lab and a good deal on a Lexus gdmsynth saunters in. Yojimbo: let the bleeding begin mmurphy: mano-mano? Sounds like I should wash first Morpheus saunters in. Heather saunters in. Yojimbo: heh Morpheus: time to play everyone's favorite gameshow hide from your parents AuntiAlias: Tip!! Highlight speakers with different colors to help you track who is saying what. (the people list allows you to change colors--Upper left side, 2nd Green button) Martin is "mmurphy" Steve Lareau: wow, that's a bad stutter! AuntiAlias: lol, martin Yojimbo: hehe Steve Lareau: you can call me ssteve unKelly is off to save the world. Morpheus: Mmopheus mmurphy: nno wway ssteve Clay: sssteve like a ssssailor ssteve? AuntiAlias: ::::glancing at watch::::: 3d~?~elf: time! AuntiAlias: ::::stepping up to lectern:::: Morpheus: hey clay GreG wants to play too. Steve Lareau: LOL! Looks like I'm about to be reigned in already.... AuntiAlias: :D Clay: hey morph Morpheus: oh now we have to be quiet AuntiAlias: Hi Eveyrone! er Everyone! GreG slinks out. Yojimbo: man can't even chew gum in the room AuntiAlias: Welcome to Meet Martin Murphy night in BryceTalk! Steve Lareau: <as a group> "Hi Auntie!" Bob Van Ess: Martin Your Bryce art is the essence of Bryce at its best AuntiAlias: We'll be takign the evening in two parts... For the first part, I'll ask Martin some questions and let him tell us all about himself and his work. Clay: Welcome Martin:-) AuntiAlias: Later on, we'll open it up to general Q & A. (This event is being logged; the log will be available within 24 hours at http://www5.metacreations.com/products/bryce4/talk/events.cfm ) Morpheus: I like the later AuntiAlias: so..... let's get started! : ) mmurphy: (clears throat) Hello everyone AuntiAlias: Ready, Martin? aah! yes! mmurphy: I guess so! AuntiAlias: Martin, please tell us a bit about your background as an artist. Morpheus: note to self don't higlight in yellow you can't read it ccasady materializes from thin air. Yojimbo: good note robokoneko materializes from thin air. mmurphy: Humm, well, I've always been an artist of some sorts. I was influenced by my Mother who was an antique dealer... ...and i was always surrounded by wonderful art and antiques.... desdanova wants to play too. MadMap has joined the party! Suddenly Pegasus appears. mmurphy: My parents let me do anything art-wise as a child. (I've destroyed more of my poor mother's clothes to make things)... Clay: LOL Morpheus: haha egypt materializes from thin air. mmurphy: ...They always gave me art supplies as a kid. I was never without some sort of creative outlet MadMap is off to see the Wizard. bcart materializes from thin air. AuntiAlias: (For those who've just joined us, this is Meet Martin Murphy night in BryceTalk! This first part is an "interview" and later we'll open it up for Q & A) MadMap materializes from thin air. bcart: hi all mmurphy: ...I went to OCA (Ontario College of Art)... For 4 years in the Editorial Illustration dept. .. AuntiAlias: What's entailed in Editorial Illustration, Martin? bcart is off to render mirrored spheres. mmurphy: I found the teachers wonderful, but the students hard-nosed. Mindscenes materializes from thin air. mmurphy: ah, Editorial Illustraion is project after project of careful images of ... what the teacher asigned to the students. Not too interesting, actually. Too many students not enough one-on-one attention aurora has just entered. aurora: Hello everyone KathG has just entered. mmurphy: but, don't get me wrong, I learned TONS of great stuff done Gregg has finally arrived. AuntiAlias: In addition to working in Bryce, you also paint, right? mmurphy: Yes, my first love Love the impact of a huge painting Bryguy has just entered. AuntiAlias: What media? What type of subjects? aurora disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. AuntiAlias: ....and how huge? ; ) knog has just entered. mmurphy: I think I have tried every type of media in OCA except oils. I started with oils years later when I needed some art for my humble apartment Ringo materializes from thin air. Ringo: Hi, everyone. mmurphy: I love figures. Always have KPT John materializes from thin air. AuntiAlias: For those who've just joined us, this is Meet Martin Murphy night in BryceTalk! This first part is an "interview" and later we'll open it up for Q & A mmurphy: "huge"? I prefer lifesize KPT John: Hi Guys sorry I am late dawn has just entered. mmurphy: lots of elbo room to work (gotta have that impact) also... knog: hi Ringo mmurphy: My favorite artist, John Singer Sargent painted is portraits lifesize, and I figured I follow in his footsteps (or try at least) Clark/CDS is off to render mirrored spheres. Baument has more important business elsewhere. mmurphy: Hey John! KPT John: Hi Martin Good to have you here AuntiAlias: Martin, how did you get into Bryce? (and when?) mmurphy: (smile) I first saw Bryce in a magazine article... Dally wants to play too. |
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Reflash wants to play too. MadMap: martin, how many designs did you do for the bryce cover? mmurphy: It was a review (and glowing one at that) for Bryce 2. The huge double page spred caught my eye and I had to have it! I saw it in... rusty saunters in. nacho saunters in. griegel has just entered. nacho: hi all cboswell materializes from thin air. mmurphy: a computer store and grabbed it without thinking. I wanted to make everything on the box cover! AuntiAlias: : ) We're doing an interview at the moment, and Q & A afterwards. If you hae questions, write 'em down (or type 'em in NotePad or SimpleText) If they're not answered during the interview, ask during the Q & A! : ) mmurphy: I've become addicted ever since. Trackball, great idea. Yojimbo: hehe MadMap: o. k. ribofunk is off to save the world. AuntiAlias: What were your early Bryce images like? ; ) Morpheus: griegel gregg greigel gregg ketchup katsup ketchup ketsup KathG has more important business elsewhere. mmurphy: Funny you should ask, I've got a few of my earliest one here... AuntiAlias: cool! KathG has joined the party! mmurphy: http://www.interlog.com/~mmurphy/earlywork.html Morpheus: can't make up your mind huh kath Yojimbo: Like the mugs KathG: No got knocked offline <g> Suddenly ChaMelEon appears. mmurphy: I had a laugh tonight digging them out. The first one with the torus was my first render. AuntiAlias: (Whispers to Morpheus.. pssst! help us keep extraneous chaos down, okay?) MadMap: the donut looks a bit too crunchie ;-) Morpheus: woo-hoo done like one image better than that I will get good at this woo-hoo MonkeyT materializes from thin air. Grog has joined the party! Vman saunters in. AuntiAlias: How long ago were those images, Martin? Hawk is off to save the world. Morpheus: gregg grog...well you get the idea KPT John: ? mmurphy: ohhh, good question. About 1996 I think AuntiAlias: How solidly have you been working in Bryce since you started with it? (i.e, intermittent, constant) mmurphy: I launch it almost everyday. Yojimbo: :) AuntiAlias: How do you approach your Bryce work? mmurphy: I approach it like any other major project... george: (from coffe and fish to flirting with winter in 3 years. amazing...) AuntiAlias: (For those who've just joined us, this is Meet Martin Murphy night in BryceTalk! This first part is an "interview" and later we'll open it up for Q & A) mmurphy: I do sketches first (if it's a complicated scene) then do many... egypt: I love the Coffe! Morpheus: once again I am awed by how much better everyone else is at this AuntiAlias: sketches on paper? onscreen? mmurphy: test renders if I'm trying a new effect or texture... kpg slinks out. mmurphy: Sketches on paper, in front of the TV (Jerry Springer is the best for sketches) Yojimbo: lol! Clay: LOL AuntiAlias: lol 3d~?~elf: lol> Clay: fight scenes! Morpheus: lol for what ? Clay: ACTION! Morpheus: good point mmurphy: then start building objects one by one. I bring them all together at the end. Yojimbo: Or just plain funny FastTraxx: sorry I cant stay,something just came up. it was nice hearing from you Martin Morpheus: by fast FastTraxx: by all mmurphy: take care Fast FastTraxx is off to save the world. mmurphy: ...Bryce is fun like that... KPT John: Did you do traditional art before you got Bryce? Morpheus: mmurphy=much more orginized that Morpheus mmurphy: ...you can spend hours in Photoshop, Painter and other programs well before.. Clay: it's likeopening christmas presents:-) Mindscenes is off to see the Wizard. mmurphy: you actually get to Bryce. By then you can't wait to assemble it all together!
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