PeterPawn Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 (edited) "Apex." "Turning Point." "A Shot of Lime." "Pyro's Medallion." Edited February 13, 2011 by PeterPawn Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkbark00 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Why is the moon an egg? Quote Take responsibility for your own intelligence. 😉 -Rick Brewster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheesepuff Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 Yeah, the moon isn't a circle... And it the moon seems fuzzy and too pale (I know it's because of the clouds but it looks a little out of place) But I like the blackened and slightly blurred hills on the bottom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david.atwell Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 It's very evocative! I like it! And you can easily solve the "moon is an egg" problem, if you want to, by just resizing down without checking the "Constrain Proportions" box. But it's nice. Did you use stock images? Quote The Doctor: There was a goblin, or a trickster, or a warrior... A nameless, terrible thing, soaked in the blood of a billion galaxies. The most feared being in all the cosmos. And nothing could stop it, or hold it, or reason with it. One day it would just drop out of the sky and tear down your world.Amy: But how did it end up in there?The Doctor: You know fairy tales. A good wizard tricked it.River Song: I hate good wizards in fairy tales; they always turn out to be him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toe_head2001 Posted September 11, 2008 Share Posted September 11, 2008 Don't save your graphics as jpegs. Quote (September 25th, 2023) Sorry about any broken images in my posts. I am aware of the issue. My Gallery | My Plugin Pack Layman's Guide to CodeLab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 :? Don't know why the moon looks like an egg. This is an actual photgraph of the moon in lunar eclipse that I took with 35mm camera, 1000mm telephoto lens. Perhaps atmospheric disturbance. Basically, the pic is a composite of two photos, one of the moon and one of the mountain range. I'm a retired photographer and I use paint.net to create my own results from my own images, at least in this case. Click the link under my SIG. I've started posting some of my stuff just a few days ago. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 Don't save your graphics as jpegs. Sorry, I'm trying to figure that out. I just read instructions on how to do that from lfc4ever but his description doesn't work. I've pm'd him and waiting for reply. I'm not posting anymore 'til I get this solved. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
007 Nab Posted September 13, 2008 Share Posted September 13, 2008 When you imported the moon picture into your other - as you said "composite" - you didn't maintain Aspect Ratios. Make sure that if you do any resizing or scaling you hold down the Shift key while you drag the nubs to keep the same ratios. I like it though - even as an egg - you could go and get all deep about why you purposely placed it as an egg :wink: EDIT: The reason he said no jpgs is because they lose their quality - they don't retain the original. You can upload various other formats like Bitmaps or PNGs with hosts like Photobucket and Imageshack as well. Quote "pyrochild, you're my favorite person ever. We should go snowboarding some time."~ 007 Nab. Ish. PDN Gallery | I Made a Deviant Art! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted September 13, 2008 Author Share Posted September 13, 2008 When you imported the moon picture into your other - as you said "composite" - you didn't maintain Aspect Ratios. Make sure that if you do any resizing or scaling you hold down the Shift key while you drag the nubs to keep the same ratios.I like it though - even as an egg - you could go and get all deep about why you purposely placed it as an egg :wink: EDIT: The reason he said no jpgs is because they lose their quality - they don't retain the original. You can upload various other formats like Bitmaps or PNGs with hosts like Photobucket and Imageshack as well. Thanks for the tip. I'm not sure what is meant by "egg?" It's not egg shaped, and the texture on the moon are just the natural craters. It would've been fun to get all deep like you said... :wink: Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one_witch Posted September 14, 2008 Share Posted September 14, 2008 Egg shaped or not~this is a really good image. It evokes/invokes an emotional aura in its' viewing. The suggestions about re-sizing would probably have made the moon appear more "circular", but I think that is more personal taste in the rendering of the images. (quite often the moon does appear oblong or elongated). As for formats, perhaps when you flatten your final work from the layers, try your "save as" in file type .png~ I've found that the quality of various blending modes and effects maintains itself in this format better than .jpg or .gif Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted September 14, 2008 Author Share Posted September 14, 2008 Egg shaped or not~this is a really good image. It evokes/invokes an emotional aura in its' viewing. The suggestions about re-sizing would probably have made the moon appear more "circular", but I think that is more personal taste in the rendering of the images. (quite often the moon does appear oblong or elongated). As for formats, perhaps when you flatten your final work from the layers, try your "save as" in file type .png~ I've found that the quality of various blending modes and effects maintains itself in this format better than .jpg or .gif Just a thought. Thanks for your input. It's not the first time I've heard about the .png format. I'll do that from now on..... Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 10, 2008 Author Share Posted October 10, 2008 Famous Names. Click images for larger size. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 16, 2008 Author Share Posted October 16, 2008 First abstract I've made that I'm happy with. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 18, 2008 Author Share Posted October 18, 2008 Working on a new theme. Except for the background image of Mt. Doom, everything else is PDN. The emphasis was on the making of the ring. That was the hardest part. Thanks to Oma for helping me. I will continue on perfecting future rings. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
survulus Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 I like that absract one definately. The textures on it are really good. And for the record, I'm not certain myself, what is the best fomrat to save files? Cus I usually use jpegs. EDIT- oops, saw there the comment about pngs. Quote Check out all my newest stuff on my dA I iz bassist here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 @survulus: I always save in png because the quality is better and intended transparent areas will show up as transparent. jpg file types will not handle transparent areas. Also, I really like your SIG and thanks for your comments. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 21, 2008 Author Share Posted October 21, 2008 Finally finished my Tolkien wallpaper. This is now my desktop image. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 22, 2008 Author Share Posted October 22, 2008 My Digital watercolors. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Abstracts Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jiZer Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Abstracts Really cool Quote Simplicity ftw! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 25, 2008 Author Share Posted October 25, 2008 @jiZer: Thanks. I added another abstract. Congratulations on your 100th post. Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 Wallpapers Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterPawn Posted November 15, 2008 Author Share Posted November 15, 2008 Fantasy. #1: "Fairy River" #2: "Caterpillar Swamp" Quote My devART Gallery My SIG Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 I love your abstracts. Great job! Quote Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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