The life of Bennett. (portfolio).

In the eyes of digital artist David Bennett, art imitates life. So rather than adhering to a certain style, Bennett creates images that reflect his life experiences, environment, biases, and preferences. "The quirks of my behavior determine the uniqueness of my art," he contends. "My creative process changes as I change."

Bennett, who has a bachelor's degree in fine arts, began generating imagery on the computer nearly 15 years ago, finding that the medium offered instant gratification, a much broader color palette, and more flexibility than he could achieve through traditional methods. For creating the set of imagery that appears on these pages, the artist used a collage approach. He first reviewed catalogs of his existing digital art, including sketchbook scans, paintings, drawings made when he was a child, 3D models, photographs, and photocopies. He then recycled segments from some of those pieces to construct compositions in Adobe Systems Photoshop, illustrator, and Streamline; Synthetik's Studio Artist; Eovia's Infini-D; or Corel's Painter. When complete, the final images contain numerous layers of imagery and color.

"It's my intention that most of the content or meaning of my art ...