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Hi all. Just discovered this place. I make all of my art in paint.net, so I figured I'd post it here.

It's all abstract, and made from scratch with paint.net. I only "draw" occasionally (industrialism was made out of a scribble), I use distortion effects like dents to get me the shapes I want.

I have a deviantart account here: http://xhin.deviantart.com/ Until I get these hosted on my site, I'm using direct links from there, which occasionally break.

I only use a few tools (no plugins so far), but I've discovered hundreds of techniques on how to use them. I'm separating "generations" by points where I learned and practiced a bunch of new techniques at once.

Hidden Content: 0th generation (Music set to and named after my art)

Hidden Content: 1st generation (crystallization and dents)

Skyscape

hmmscape_by_xhin-d34wmie.png

War

war_by_xhin-d350ecu.png

Skybeast

skybeast_by_xhin-d3510p8.png

Dog King

dog_king_by_xhin-d3513ni.png

Father Earth

father_earth_by_xhin-d352nxi.png

Seascape

seascape_by_xhin-d355aaa.png

Desertscape

desertscape_by_xhin-d355l26.png

Axis Mundi

axis_mundi_by_xhin-d35aktk.png

Visitor

visitor_by_xhin-d35d41n.png

Empyreal Tempest

otherworld_by_xhin-d35fxxp.png

Sundream

sundream_by_xhin-d35g54x.png

The Needle

the_needle_by_xhin-d35j2jx.png

Portent

a_portent_by_xhin-d3655t4.png

Hidden Content: 2nd generation (Objects made from heavily dented 3-d shapes)

Mandala

mandala_by_xhin-d36786k.png

Jurassic

jurassic_by_xhin-d367d73.png

Trans-dimensional hipster

trans_dimensional_hipster_by_xhin-d36ag3

Amobea Gymnastics

amoeba_gymnastics_by_xhin-d36ampv.png

Sea Warrior

sea_warrior_by_xhin-d36ay6s.png

Threat

threat_by_xhin-d36gcir.png

Hidden Content: 3rd generation stuff (Misc techniques)

Panspermia

panspermia_by_xhin-d37yza9.png

Master of Chaos

master_of_chaos_by_xhin-d387lsi.png

Meaningful

meaningful_by_xhin-d387ndx.png

Machine Code

machine_code_by_xhin-d39fndg.png

Stellar Yang

stellar_yang_by_xhin-d39frg3.png

First Sight

first_sight_by_xhin-d39ikcs.png

Master of Order

master_of_order_by_xhin-d39t70k.png

Mistress of Color

mistress_of_color_by_xhin-d3a9gkm.png

Industrialism

industrialism_by_xhin-d3a9iqx.png

Elsewhere

elsewhere_by_xhin-d3asjf6.png

Hidden Content: 4th generation (hybrid of object-dents and background dents)

Frame of Reference

frame_of_reference_by_xhin-d3atka6.png

Circuits (actual shapes made in Harmony, everything else edited and adjusted in paint.net)

circuit_by_xhin-d3b0eso.png

Hollow Girl

hollow_girl_by_xhin-d3bfy17.png

Album

album_by_xhin-d3br10j.png

DNA

dna_by_xhin-d3bsluk.png

Slaves of Reference

slavesofreference.png

Hidden Content: 5th generation (Using Framing techniques)

Lotus Blossom

lotus.png

Tapestry

tapestry.png

Dawnchosen

dawnchosen.png

Silver Plate

silverplate.png

Gold Plate

goldplate.png

Worldmakers

worldmakers.png

Matryoshka

Matryoshka dolls are those russian dolls that fit inside each other.)

matryoshka.png

Roots & Seeds

rootsseeds.png

Hidden Content: 5th Generation (Light backgrounds seeded with interesting objects)

Skygears

skygears.png

Calligraphy

calligraphy.png

Highrise

highrise.png

Jewelers

jewelers.png

Hidden Content: 7th generation (more experimentation, polar inversion/tile reflection/relief used a lot)

Birth of Time & Space

birthtimespace.png

Duskdream

duskdream.png

Maelstrom

maelstrom.png

Hearts & Diamonds

heartsanddiamonds.png

Dawndream

earthdream.png

Jupiter

jupiter.png

Clockwork

clockwork.png

Untitled

untitled.png

Hidden Content: 8th Generation (Flint and Polar Inversions)

In this generation, I used polar inversions a lot, plus overused a few objects I'd made before that I call "Flint".

Rebirth

rebirth.png

Sandsowers

sandsowers.png

Unicorn

unicorn.png

Spacecube

spacecube.png

Flint Waves

flint%20waves.png

Clover Jewels

clover%20jewels.png

Plasma Kingdom

plasma%20kingdom.png

Blood Arrows

blood%20arrows.png

Bat Flight

bat%20flight.png

Gold Worlds

gold%20worlds.png

Point The Way

point%20the%20way.png

Vortex

vortex.png

Hidden Content: 9th generation (Blue/purple webbing)

With the exception of the song image and jellyfish tale, everything in this generation was made by "webbing" one dented gradient. The webbing technique formed the basis of generations 11-13.

Nova

light%20tunnel.png

Eye Web

eye%20web.png

Flame Strike

flame%20strike.png

Many Moons

many%20moons.png

Yggdrasil

yggdrasil.png

Fetus

fetus.png

Worldbubble

world%20bubble.png

Unnamed (was going to be used for a song which was also unfinished)

songimg.png

Jellyfish Tale

Warning: Massive. (1398x1044, both too wide AND too tall for a desktop image) I don't even want to put a preview here, so direct link:

http://imageshack.us...02/awesomeo.png

Hidden Content: 10th generation (Simple inversions / Noise)

Aside from simplifying 8th-gen techniques, I also experimented around with the noise effect in "Platypus", "Mayan", "Sky Confetti", and "Seafloor".

Platypus

platypus.png

Mayan

mayan.png

Sky Confetti

sky%20confetti.png

Stonebloom

stonebloom.png

The Core

the%20core.png

Seafloor

seafloor.png

Gold Warrior

gold%20warrior.png

Hidden Content: 11th generation (Webs and jewels / Noisy Inversions)

This generation is marked by the use of simple webbing and jewel-objects I've made before. I also messed around with the noise techniques in the previous generation to make "Greenhouse", "Mind of the Snail", "Stained Glass", and "A Thousand Rainbows".

Jewelry

jewelry.png

Threaded Gears

threadedgears.png

Flame Webbing

flamewebbing.png

Autumn

autumn.png

Greenhouse

greenhouse.png

Jewel of a Thousand Rainbows

thousandrainbows.png

Eye of the Dragon

eyeofthedragon.png

A Twisted Sunset

atwistedsunset.png

Stained Glass

stainedglass.png

Mind of the Spider

mindofthespider.png

Mind of the Snail

mindofthesnail.png

Hidden Content: 12th generation (Complex webs / More color)

Same as the last generation, but I used more complex webs, added more color, added in some new techniques, and came up with a method for each piece in this style.

To Hell and Back

tohellandback.png

Bridge to Infinity

bridgetoinfinity.png

Summer (will be renamed whenever I finish my current song project)

summer.png

Privileged Peacock

skyaxis.png

Hidden Content: 13th generation (Two-color / More objects)

Same as 12th, but pieces now have two contrasting color schemes and I use more objects that I've previously made besides the jewel (I love that jewel though! :P)

Fire and Ice

fireandice.jpg

Edge of the Universe

edgeoftheuniverse.png

Web of Worlds

webofworlds.png

Mosaic

mosaic.png

Hidden Content: 14th generation

idk%20(4).png

Nostalgia

nostalgia.png

Plethora (attempting to make an older style with new techniques)

plethora.png

Shoreline

shoreline.png

Solar Wind

solarwind.png

Strata

strata.png

Underground

underground.png

Hidden Content: 15th generation

Enlightenment

enlightenment.png

Fractal Jewelry

fractaljewelry.png

Julia Encore

juliaencore.png

Lullaby

lullaby.png

Oracle

oracle.png

Pendant

pendant.png

Hidden Content: 16th generation

Cosmic Egg

altered.png

Drop

drop.png

Earth Jewel

earthjewel.png

Flame Staff

flamestaff.png

Back to the Heartland

heartland.png

Many Worlds

manyworlds.png

Meteor

meteor.png

Wheel

wheel.png

Shield

shield.png

16-1

scene.png

16-2

idk%20(5).png

Hidden Content: 17th generation

Cosmos

cosmos.png

Firewater

firewater.png

Gateway

gateway.png

Jigsaw Sun

jigsawsun.png

Marble

marble.png

Nest Egg

nest.png

Pink

pink.png

17-1

star%20(2).png

Starburst

starburst.png

The Storm

storm.png

The Storm 2

thestorm2.png

Wheel Sea

wheelsea.png

Hidden Content: 18th generation

Lattice

lattice.png

18-1

lgw.png

Nebula Storm

nebulastorm.png

Nimbus

nimbus.png

Treeworld

osara.png

Stormbringers

stormbringers.png

Wood and Bronze

woodandbronze.png

Hidden Content: 19th generation

Bolt

bolt.png

Crime of Passion

crimeofpassion.png

End of Paradise

end%20of%20paradise.png

Interstellar Plume

interstellarplume.png

Painted Sky

paintedsky.png

Sky Wizard

skywizard.png

Hidden Content: 20th generation

20-1

new1.png

20-2

new2.png

20-3

new3.png

20-4

new4.png

20-5

new5.png

20-6

new6.png

20-7

new7.png

20-8

new8.png

20-9

new9.png

20-10

newa.png

20-11

newb.png

20-12

newc.png

20-13

newd.png

20-14

newe.png

20-15

newf.png

20-16

newf%20(2).png

Swans

swans.png

Hidden Content: 21st generation

21-1

2%20(2)3.png

21-2

42.png

21-3

Untitled%20(2).png

21-4

Untitled.png

21-5

Untitled3.png

21-6

ghjkl.png

21-7

hmm%20(2).png

21-8

merger.png

21-9

new.png

Hidden Content: 22nd generation

Psychedelic Snowflake

i.png

22-1

flower.png

22-2

eeeee.png

22-3

Untitled%20(3).png

22-4

nnnn.png

22-5

ooh.png

Peppers

peppers.png

22-6

sdjskfj.png

22-7

xool.png

Hidden Content: 23rd generation

23-1

gold.png

23-2

hfjfjhf.png

23-3

kk.png

23-4

lsdf.png

23-5

maze.png

23-6

sdfsd.png

23-7

whoa.png

Hidden Content: 24th generation

24-1

1%20(2).png

24-2

2%20(2).png

24-3

3%20(2).png

24-4

4.png

24-5

5.png

24-6

6.png

24-7

aughhhh.png

24-8

hjgjgjhg.png

24-9

kaleido.png

Hidden Content: 25th generation

25-1

flames.png

25-2

huh.png

25-3

scribble.png

Hidden Content: 26th generation

26-1

bashreliefwallhousetycoon.png

26-2

closeone.png

SO MANY GODDAMN CUBES WITH A CYLINDER OF PSYCHEDELIC

LOVE VOMIT IN THE MIDDLE

cubes.png

26-3

sdfghjkl.png

Warehouse

warehouse.png

26-4

woh.png

Hidden Content: 27th generation

Dragon Egg

dragonegg.png

27-1

gah.png

27-2

lightning.png

Pulse

pulse.png

Rigel

rigel.png

The Sun

sun.png

Underworld

underworld.png

Hidden Content: 28th generation

28-1

hrmhrm.png

28-2

idksixmillion.png

28-3

idksevenmillion.png

28-4

spc.png

28-5

nu.png

Hidden Content: 29th generation (++CURRENT++)

29-1

nu2.png

29-2

nu3.png

29-3

nu4.png

29-4

nu5.png

29-5

nu6.png

Hidden Content: The House

A while back, I looked at the somethingawful thread that created the Slenderman

mythos. Basically, you had to take a photo and photoshop it into being something

supernatural. I decided to do this with photos of the interior of houses:

HATE (Technically an abstract, but fits well with the theme)

hm.png

Hallway Source: http://upload.wikime...ns/5/54/Hallway,_Palacio_Real,_Madrid.jpg

hallway.png

Bedroom Source: http://files.fatakat.../1255815821.jpg

bedroom.png

Kitchen Source: http://annashouses.com/wp-

content/uploads/2011/01/kitchen2.jpg

kitchen.png

Living Room Source: http://upload.wikime...mons/0/07/Hotel

-suite-living-room.jpg

livingroom.png

Shower Source: http://www.trendir.c...ower-column.jpg

shower.png

Hidden Content: Sketch Collabs

I have a couple friends that make more traditional drawings. My friend viovis makes

drawings with charcoal, while my friend kristi makes digital drawings. I've improved

(imo!) some of their drawings here:

= Viovis =

Source: http://hairypiano.co...11/rickross.png

rickross.png

Source: http://hairypiano.co...gmoon3thumb.png

woman3.png

Source: http://hairypiano.co...2011/orion4.png

orion.png

Source: http://hairypiano.com/wank1.png

viovisb.png

Source: http://hairypiano.co...july2011/wm.png

wm2.png

Source: http://img52.imagesh...6/suziemoon.png

suziemoon.png

= Kristi =

Source: http://i.imgur.com/mhnUx.jpg

kristicollab.png

Source: http://img843.images...32881440599.jpg

Her source: http://www.dailyartf...7/Job-Alphonse-

Mucha-1896.jpg

women.png

= Other =

There was a photomanipulation contest on a site I frequent where you have to manipulate

a digital picture of an island. This was my entry:

Source: http://www.neromir.n...erentBeach).jpg

island.png

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Update: Some art I made yesterday, plus descriptions:

Hidden Content:

Matryoshka

(I started with a 32x32 icon I made a while ago, and scaled it up 150% for each successive generation. Matryoshka dolls are those russian dolls that fit inside each other.)

matryoshka.png

Roots & Seeds

(Exploring older techniques; this one is done in the style of second-gen "Jurassic" and "Mandala")

rootsseeds.png

Skygears

(I made a tutorial on how I got these specific shapes; also the zoom-blurred background is the same one I used for Lotus.)

skygears.png

Calligraphy

(Playing around with the same technique)

calligraphy.png

Highrise

(Made by accident as I was messing around with skygears. The shape in the top-right corner is from the same seed as skygears and calligraphy.)

highrise.png

Jewelers

(Trying to replicate the techniques of Highrise, using first-gen "Otherworld" as a base. The shapes at the bottom are, again, from the same seed as the previous three drawings)

jewelers.png

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Update: I've been experimenting with some new techniques. Using dents sparingly.

Hidden Content:

Birth of Time & Space

birthtimespace.png

Duskdream

duskdream.png

Maelstrom

(A lot of people like this one for some reason. It's probably the contrast of textures.)

maelstrom.png

Hearts & Diamonds

(Various techniques involving polar inversions and reliefs)

heartsanddiamonds.png

Dawndream

(Not one of my best, imo, but I put a ridiculous amount of work into it.)

earthdream.png

Jupiter

jupiter.png

Clockwork

clockwork.png

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I went a good month or so without posting here or on my deviantart, so there's a lot of stuff in this update:

Hidden Content: 8th generation (Flint and polar inversions)

In this generation, I used polar inversions a lot, plus overused a few objects I'd made before that I call "Flint".

Spacecube

spacecube.png

Flint Waves

flint%20waves.png

Clover Jewels

clover%20jewels.png

Plasma Kingdom

plasma%20kingdom.png

Blood Arrows

blood%20arrows.png

Bat Flight

bat%20flight.png

Gold Worlds

gold%20worlds.png

Point The Way

point%20the%20way.png

Vortex

vortex.png

Hidden Content: 9th generation (Blue/purple webbing)

With the exception of the song image and jellyfish tale, everything in this generation was made by "webbing" one dented gradient. The webbing technique formed the basis of generations 11-13.

Nova

light%20tunnel.png

Eye Web

eye%20web.png

Flame Strike

flame%20strike.png

Many Moons

many%20moons.png

Yggdrasil

yggdrasil.png

Fetus

fetus.png

Worldbubble

world%20bubble.png

Unnamed (was going to be used for a song which was also unfinished)

songimg.png

Jellyfish Tale

Warning: Massive. (1398x1044, both too wide AND too tall for a desktop image) I don't even want to put a preview here, so direct link:

http://imageshack.us/m/844/1602/awesomeo.png

Hidden Content: 10th generation (Simple inversions / Noise)

Aside from simplifying 8th-gen techniques, I also experimented around with the noise effect in "Platypus", "Mayan", "Sky Confetti", and "Seafloor".

Platypus

platypus.png

Mayan

mayan.png

Sky Confetti

sky%20confetti.png

Stonebloom

stonebloom.png

The Core

the%20core.png

Seafloor

owl%20moon.png

Gold Warrior

gold%20warrior.png

Hidden Content: 11th generation (Webs and jewels / Noisy Inversions)

This generation is marked by the use of simple webbing and jewel-objects I've made before. I also messed around with the noise techniques in the previous generation to make "Greenhouse", "Mind of the Snail", "Stained Glass", and "A Thousand Rainbows".

Jewelry

jewelry.png

Threaded Gears

threadedgears.png

Flame Webbing

flamewebbing.png

Autumn

autumn.png

Greenhouse

greenhouse.png

Jewel of a Thousand Rainbows

thousandrainbows.png

Eye of the Dragon

eyeofthedragon.png

A Twisted Sunset

atwistedsunset.png

Stained Glass

stainedglass.png

Mind of the Spider

mindofthespider.png

Mind of the Snail

mindofthesnail.png

Hidden Content: 12th generation (Complex webs / More color)

Same as the last generation, but I used more complex webs, added more color, added in some new techniques, and came up with a method for each piece in this style.

To Hell and Back

tohellandback.png

Bridge to Infinity

bridgetoinfinity.png

Summer (will be renamed whenever I finish my current song project)

summer.png

Privileged Peacock

skyaxis.png

Hidden Content: 13th generation (Two-color / More objects) ++CURRENT++

Same as 12th, but pieces now have two contrasting color schemes and I use more objects that I've previously made besides the jewel (I love that jewel though! :P)

Fire and Ice

fireandice.jpg

Edge of the Universe

edgeoftheuniverse.png

Web of Worlds

webofworlds.png

Mosaic

mosaic.png

xhin.png

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