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PAINTING - ANTHEM TO ERIS - By Don Bergland

This site provides a detailed presentation of the Studio processes used in the construction of the painting called, Trojan.

This painting currently resides in an exhibition - Anthem to Eris - Caladan Gallery - Hyper-Real.

This project started with the name Trojan. When the painting was finished, it was renamed, Anthem to Eris.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012

PAINTING PROJECT-#1258 - TROJAN

Location - Archive/Painting #1258-Trojan

Last Worked on -

I'm repurposing a set constructed for #1211-MoodRoom. This was a very dark set with a Trojan Horse standing at the back.

I'm going to fix this up, add a few components and then see if it works as a composition.
1.	I'll try to find the actual Poser set in Folder #1211 which holds this concept.
	I tried all files in this folder. I guess I didn't keep this particular model when I was experimenting with concepts.
2.	I opened "darkroom03" and resaved it as trojan01 in the Project Folder.
	I'm going to try the second concept of the morning. After I telephone Shaw.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2012

PAINTING PROJECT-#1258 - TROJAN

Location - Archive/Painting #1258-Trojan

Last Worked on - Yesterday, March 14/12

I'm repurposing a set constructed for #1211-MoodRoom. This was a very dark set with a Trojan Horse standing at the back.

When I opened this file, it contained one of the bureacratic figures. No horse! I'm going to have to rebuild it.
1.	I opened the file, scaled down the figure and imported the 3 Trojan Horse Figures I have (Figures/CustomFigures/TrojanHorse).

	The horse definitely need retexturing. I think I'll spend a few minutes with this while deciding what the rest of the set should look like. Maybe I should move them to the left a bit more.
	What if I had a Brass band grouped to the left, playing their instruments? This may take more time than I have.
2.	I found a number of good textures that will work on the horses. But, the horses are mapped with a template (Textures/horse/horse_skin.jpg).

	I'll create a new Textures Folder - Textures/DonTextures/Trojan and begin the process of creating new texture maps.
3.	I loaded 8 new selected textures into the texture map .psd file (above) creating 8 layers with textures on each. I'll try fitting each of these textures over the existing map template.
	I built 3 new texture maps.

4.	I installed these maps on the horses.

	Now, I need to figure out what I can put in the left side of the image that will add some dimension, aesthetic balance and mystery.
5.	I'll try my favorite, the Snake Horn.

6.	I added a blimp to the Snake Horn. I added a set of figures and moved the ladders around.

	I'm not sure what to think of this at the moment. I think I need some time away from this image to see if it is useable. I don't know where I'm going with this image. The day is running out!
	I think that I should take the dirigible out of the horn. - Anthem - Anthem to the Trojan Horse - Indoctrination Session
7.	I removed the dirigible and created a final render.
8.	I added a black shadow overlay to the render and called it a final image.
9.	I renamed the painting, Anthem to Eris.
10.	It was juried into an international exhibition - Hyper-Real, Caladan Gallery, 2012.

PAINTING - ANTHEM TO ERIS - By Don Bergland

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