Dao-Haiku's photostream  

The Artist graduated from the Manchester Regional College
of Art in 1973 with a B.A. in Three Dimensional design; with a
B.Sc.(Univ. Leeds) in Physics and Astronomy in 1980, an
M.Sc.(Univ. Manchester) in 1981and a Ph.D.(Univ. Ctl. Lancs.)
followed in 1986. He taught for 4 years in a School of Art and
Design in the 1970's and has since followed a somewhat varied
career calling on the experiences gained from a background in
both the Arts and Sciences. This has led to a colourful approach
in his current work which has finally borne fruit after germinating
in the mind for a number of years

These series of works have finally been made possible by
becoming fully conversant with the many facilities of Photoshop, LightRoom
Paint Shop Pro-9 and having access to a variety of
multi-media resources. Much of the imagery comes from
the artists own personal drawings over a number of years and
is keenly influenced by traditional Fetish/Fantasy Imagery. Each
image consists of scanned drawings or photographs taken whilst
out and about seeking inspiration or whilst listening to music.
All resource material is subsequently manipulated in PhotoShop.

Influences come from images from a wide variety of sources,
from experiences in life, by the traditional drawings of Eneg,
Jim, Allen Jones, Stanton and the current trends of the new
graphic artists such as Giger, Steve Stone and Kathy Hamon
and David Ho as exemplified in Computer Arts & MAC Art and
Design (see Issue#23). All this is leading to a new exciting era
in sensual experience which together with the now well established
dance-music craze (thanks to Seb Fontaine, Danny Rampling,
Judge Jools and Pete Tong amongst others) produces an environment
rich in lively and exciting source material.

An AMD 3.2GHz Phenom II Quad Processor, twin half Tera-byte, SATA disks,
4Gby lightning fast RAM,
Wacom graphics tablet, 2 dual layer DVD drives,
a new NVIDIA GeForce GT220 graphics card supporting
twin Benq Landscape TFT displays, a HP 1220C A3 inkjet printer
A WACOM ArtzII 12x12 has been invaluable
and a new Canon EOS5D Mark II Camera and associated equipment.
The latter has already made a huge impact on the
Photographic side of my work...
All these and more help to make the system fast enough not to despair!!
A broadband 6Mbit Cable modem has made interacting with the Net a dream...
This along with a broad and ever changing outlook onto a new and
exciting world all makes for an interesting and vibrant future....

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