Oma's gallery

[oma]

thanks zizOiz

this one is called "The need for a tranquil moment"

At the moment all I want is a hazy hot day sipping lemonade at the riverbank.

I'd really like you to look at this one full size on my DA if you have a moment to get the feel of the textures and subtle shifts in color

http://omagrandmother.deviantart.com/art/The-need-for-a-tranquil-moment-88356031

[$ylum]

Wow your last piece is so wonderful, did you made this image from scratch? The frame is awesome!

[oma]

yes 100% paint.net. I didn't keep track of number of layers as there was a lot of merging but must have been around 30 or 40. That's what I generally average on a work like this.

the frame is a combination of various text and 3d metal tut with some color balance and curves+. drop shadows etc added. the inner mat is three layers one solid, one stitch and one I think was noise. stray pixels were added and erased as I felt required.

found this one very theraputic artwise to do. Challenging of my art skills, are always my favs.

thank you for the comment .

[oma]

this one I've had on the back burner ever since I saw an amazing exhibit at the art gallery.

The Saint John's Bible a modern interpretation of old world style illumination of pages. This link shows about the bible. http://www.heritageedition.com/about.htm It is even more impressive to actually see the pages. Very spiritually moving. The use of gold leaf is awesome and the ancient style of using egg yolk just make the color jump off the page. I strongly recommend if you have a chance to see this exhibit anytime you all take it in, even if you are not overly religious. This bible undertaking is destined to become one of the greatest major religious art piece of this century. I'm not exaggerating either it is truly great.

My piece holds no where near the amount of icon imagery of Donald Jacksons lovely art illuminations, but it did inspire me to do this piece.

[Mike Ryan]

Very nice, OMA! Two thumbs up, and I reported your thread

[oma]

you did! did I break a rule!

thanks for the looky look in my gallery.

:wink:

[The_Lionhearted]

Very cool Oma...very cool. 8)

[oma]

thanks Lionhearted

I'm going to expand on my St. John's Bible page and submit to

http://www.saintjohnsbible.org/educator/create.htm I feel it will be a very spiritually rewarding experience to create something.

[pipp92]

thanks for your reply

from which part are you from in germany? (i am from schleswig-holstein)

nice work btw

[oma]

I'm Canadian Pippa hubby is a Swab.

[oma]

a technique trial/ practice. I've uploaded just because I think it's pretty. :wink:

[ZizOiz]

It looks sort of like colorful blown glass, with all of the intricate swirls.

[topezia]

Oil painting on canvas effect: Awesome!

Gold leaf effect on bible: Awesome!

(As per number of layers you mentioned I do not even dare to ask for a tut )

[oma]

no tut. but if there is something specific you want a tip on doing let me know..... before I forget what I did most of my work is by feel the number of layers is because I make small little changes here and there on separate layers. and always bits and pieces of pixel work and clone on individual layers incase I want to back up out of them.

[oma]

This image was in the hospital thanks for all the help everyone. It has now been sent home with a big bandade and a bottle of asprin. I've sharpened and highlighted and made the changes recommended. I'm now considering it finished and will tackle a harder piece next go around. I still need to perfect those color streaks and highlights. Not quite the same as doing peoples faces. I wanted to use fracture blur but still not sure its the correct thing.... more practice needed.

[LFC4EVER]

Very nice flower, and looks awesome and real, i can almost smell it

Some of the petal edges are a bit :AntiAliasingOff: .

[ZizOiz]

Looks wonderful, Oma! I love the way you use perspective and light and shadow to make it seem 3D

[oma]

@LFC4EVER yes I realize it now. I'm a bit tired so not likely to go back and change at this point, perhaps some day. I think it was when I tilted the layer back I should have done each petal layer and shading separately, but the number of layers just was too many to take a chance I blew it.

@ZizOiz thanks I'm still learning, but I can see improvement in my work in that regards.

ciao

[Crimson]

I really like your pieces, but maybe you should consider putting all the images in your thread starter. Just so we don't have to dig through 7 pages worth of posts. :wink:

[oma]

perhaps I could. not sure how to do that now, after 7 pages.

of course you could always just use the link under my sig to my DA account. They are almost all in my gallery there. There are even some older version pieces you might find interesting.

ciao

[oma]

when you feel an "Inner Peace"

[oma]

"Something more powerful"

[topezia]

As usual Oma beatiful works, I like the Inner Peace a lot it seems to have the layers of painting over it and all those beautiful soft colors!

I got also a look at your D.A. gallery (once again ) and whilst I am always impressed by your artworks, I could not find the bible with the coverbook made with the gold leaf method (sigh! because I wanted to get a closer look at it)

Ciao ciao

[oma]

@topezia thanks doing a few minor touches on the bible cover will upload perhaps later today or early tomorrow. anything special you wanted to look at closer? or want explained?

[topezia]

Lol, no thanks Oma, I am sure I will never be able to reproduce it! I just wanted to give a closer look cause it is so beautiful and shiny, like real layers of gold crackled by time(sometimes I wish my english vocabulary was a bit richer to better express myself...)

Ciao!