Davo's been around the Poser community forever and is always one of our top sellers. Many of you know him from beyondbent. There's probably not a person around who doesn't recognize his creations, but this may be the first time you've actually seen HIM! And you were picturing some mad scientist type sequestered in his basement, weren't you?
How did you get started in 3D?
I wanted to make adult oriented artwork and comics, but all my efforts to draw by hand were fruitless. I couldn't do perspective, my proportions were bad, all my best work looked like a juvenile's drawing. I just don't have the knack. I heard of a program called "Poser 3" that did human figure posing and thought that I could use it do a base render for sketching over the top of.
Back in the day of Poser 3, there wasn't a lot of content, and I wanted some monsters, robots, interior scenes that were sci-fi, stuff like that. It just didn't exist. Soooo, I started playing with 3d programs, one was Rhino, back when it was beta version, and the other was Organica, which is a metaballs modeler. I played with, studied and used those programs along with UVmapper to create my first creatures, the Nightmare Creatures which are still hanging around, lol. I sold them at BBay.com, they were my first ever "for sale" models, and things took off, the rest is history. All the models I made were a byproduct of the comics I created.
What software do you use?
I use Rhino 3d for modeling, UVmapper for UV mapping, Corel Draw X4 graphics suite for texturing, Phi-Builder for externalizing geometries, Poser 5 for rigging and of course, most importantly, Ajax's Easypose Underground for Dial naming and Easypose injection, it's a must have.
What’s your favorite product?
I love the Madlab and Dreadworks series I work on, I almost always go back to those and continue making new sets for those series. The Madlab stuff lets me be myself and creative. In fact, I'm working on a new Madlab "Zmech" series addition right now.
What inspires you?
First love of art was Fazetta's stuff. Second is Japanese Hentia tentacle stuff. I had my first taste of that when the internet first became available to the general public. Remember "Internet in a Box" browser? Yeah, baby!
What brought you to Renderotica?
I've been with the Poser community since the PFO, then Renderosity created by our own Jack. When Renderotica came in it was the only true place to be free and sell my very hard core stuff and the people are very cool and easy going.
What keeps you here?
It's a wonderful place to be myself, make stuff I like to make without catering to cliques, share my artwork and keep in touch with my long time friends in the community. I have a loyal fan base that supports me and my favorite beta testers are here. I can't imagine an internet without Renderotica
Can you tell us about new products in the works?
Oh geez, the list goes on and on. Currently the "Z-mech" series, it's an alien robot/cyborg styled stuff with some robot-ish critters, restraining tables, tentacles and all that kind of stuff. After that, more dungeon stuff for the "Pulp Noir" series.
Anything else you’d like your fans to know about you?
Ha Ha! I'm 42, single, a very nice guy and looking for a girlfriend with long, thick hair in and around the Seattle/Tacoma area. I don't bite, unless you want me to. Oh, I'd also like to add that some of my art fans will be happy to know that I'm going to be opening another fan art site like I used to have and start doing more artwork, running fun contests with prizes and freebies like the old days.
