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I decided not to critique a single work of art that Pierce made simply because I love the whole collection that he calls “Dailies”. This collection is personal art pieces created using the programs Cinema 4D and Octane Render, which are software programs usually used by VFX artists and 3D computer graphic artists who want to create 3D objects through the computer that could interact with real space. What really inspires me and interests me is the sense of awe and tranquility his work gives me. The interaction between nature and technology is so mesmerizing to see as the two merge and collide and gives a sense of a fictional yet realistic environment.
These works of art are truly masterpieces that I cannot give any critiques that could make them better or more effective. This collection suggests some intriguing possibilities of what alternate universes, or the future world could look like, and it sends an aura of alien-like surroundings that are familiar yet different. What Pierce does fantastically with this collection is using Cinema 4D and Octane to create realistic images by matching the lighting of the sci-fi object with the created natural environment that makes it seem like it’s all in one space, instead of being computer-generated.
Pierce was inspired by the idea of colliding nature with technology and the juxtaposition that those two impose on each other and creating images that fall in fantasy and sci-fi.
