A Note from Stephen Burns
I wanted to share these testimonials with you as well as give a little bit of background on myself.
Stephen Burns has discovered the same passion for the digital medium as he has for photography as an art form. His background began as a photographer 28 year ago and in time, progressed toward the digital medium. His influences include the great Abstractionists & the Surrealists including Jackson Pollock, Wassily Kandinsky, Pablo Picasso, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Mark Tobey, and Lenore Fini, to name a few.
Stephen Burns is a Adobe ACP (Adobe Community Professional) and a corporate instructor and lecturer in the application of digital art and design for the past 15 years (See Resume). He has been exhibiting digital fine art internationally at galleries such as Durban Art Museum in South Africa, Citizens Gallery in Yokahama, Japan, CECUT Museum Of Mexico to name a few. Part of his exhibiting won him 1st placande in the prestigious Seybold International digital arts contest.
Digital Involvement
He teaches Digital Manipulation Workshops online.
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Testimonials
Lisa Miller – Darkroomers Photographic
Hi Steve, Thanks again for judging yesterday. You did a great job and I think people learned a lot from your input. I know I did. I appreciate your willingness to participate in our club activities. Lisa
Terry Syndergaard – After Effects Abuser Group Manager
I want to thank you again for your presentation last Tuesday evening. I particularly enjoyed your explaining the thinking behind the doing. You really handled our hecklers well, were great at answering questions and were so well- prepared it made for a fun and educational event.
Don Gietzen – 3D Testimonials
My son Derek and I were in your Blender Class at Wonderfest 2025 this year (5/30). Hope your trip home from Wonderfest was good. I also wanted to thank you again, for both of us. We enjoyed the session immensely and learned a lot.
Dwayne Patterson – 3D Testimonials
I was a student last year in your Blender 101 course while I was at Mattel and I really enjoyed it. You are a great instructor and really make sure that students learn best practices in Blender.
Aaron Houston – Former Adobe Community Manager
Aaron Houston | LinkedIn From 2010-13 I led the CreateNOW events transitioning Adobe’s move from CD to CreativeCloud subscription model. “Stephen was probably my BEST event speaker. An educator, Steve had a knack for really engaging his audience members. He would challenge them to remember the basics and keystroke commands
Dierdra From Darkroomers Photographic
“You are inspiring, full of joy for life and passionate to help people fully develop their creative voice! And a great teacher!! Thank you. If you need any quotes since we know about PR you can quote me 🥳😉😂 cause it’s true!!!”. It always feels great to know that I
Catz Eyes by Catherine “Cat” Evans
Some fun using PS. Thanks to Stephen Burns and the beginning PS class.
Terry Syndergaard
I want to thank you again for your presentation last Tuesday evening. I particularly enjoyed your explaining the thinking behind the doing. You really handled our hecklers well, were great at answering questions and were so well- prepared it made for a fun and educational event. Terry Syndergaard After Effects
Dale Cipperley – 3D Testamonial
I just finished my pal Stephen Burns‘ Blender 3D 2 class. Stephen teaches professionally so that helped make up for the fact I’m a doofus. Blender 3D has a steep learning curve but it is worth it because the damn app is FREE. While his first class was some basic
Guy Young – 3D Testamonial
Has this been done before or is this a first? we are printing from the actual model that was used in the film. That is such a cool concept when you sit back and think about it. It’s not some kind of adaptation. It’s actually the same model from the
John Hinkle – 3D Testimonial
Anybody that needs a reference regarding the quality of Stephen Burns workmanship and design details can send me a note. His stuff is museum quality work and his design and final production pieces are top notch. You will not find anybody, person or company that can match his skills. Nuff’
Simon Mercs – 3D Testimonial
stephen is innovative and bright, and I like his style of creating a scene, this guy may do great things in the modeling community.
Guy Young – 3D Testimonial
Stephen Burns made these 3d parts on the cannons for my Battlestar Galactica ‘s Colonial Viper and he is sooo good at what he makes
Glen Hill – 3D Testimonial
It took me back to the time I first watched the movie. You guys really, really did a super excellent job on these. The floating saucer just tipped the scale for me. The only thing better, would be to see it in person!! Keep up that great work!!
Zoe Samborsky
Finally, thanks to Stephen’s easy to follow instructions, my thick 60 year old head has been able to mask out a grey wintery sky and replace it with a nice blue summer sky,,,through the trees!! Good foliage definition after adjusting levels. Reminds me of the old days in the