Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 - - - Well, my name is Mike but I s'pose many just call me 'Mike Ryan'. I once had one of these things, but I had it closed down. Then I decided 'Hey, I make quite a bit of stuff that just sits in idle folders, why not recreate my Pictorium gallery and get rid of some of it?' and to me that sounded like a great idea. So, here is some stuff to enjoy look at: I take great care with my design and flow when it comes to logos as they do tend to represent a person, product, or company. So why be represented with pure rubbish? As such, most of my fooling around deals with modifying text and creating a flow around said text. I think this highly benefits a signature more than anything else, and it is in all of my work Hidden Content: Added and Created on January 5th, 2009 Just as much as logos, I also love signatures. Mainly because a signature is a fusion of personality and logo. I don't think a signature is something to just throw a stock on and then color up with custom brushes, but something that expresses yourself as a person. As well, I have included all of my avatars that I could find along with their sister signature Hidden Content: (Added on 2/26/09 - Chaos Signature) (My first signature, ever. And it won me a competition ) However, I do find myself sometimes working beyond my comfort zone and this is a collection of just that: random stuff that I just 'did' whether it be for a competition, a test, or pure boredom. I wouldn't expect too much addition here, heheh. Enjoy! Hidden Content: (That is all for now, but keep checking back!) - - - Welcome to Mike.Ryan52's gallery, or should I say Mike Ryan? Remember when my username had that period? Remember me in my early days? How about some of my recent artwork lost to time and the other adventures of unrealism. Welcome to the archaic discovery of artwork created by the hands of Mike Ryan, and welcome to a limited time exhibit created for those wishing to see a dark side of my moon. Ask me for a revolution, and you know that I'll stick to my guns. Because in the end, I hold no quarter. Hidden Content: This image is a crossroad of old signature methods and my newer models. As well, if you search the forums for this username you may find an account with a similar signature. In fact, if I recall correctly you might even try Stegonagraphy to reveal what is beyond eyesite. This image brings revolution to the motion blur 3-D technology by providng two blended objects through one visual angle, along with proper shadowing and shading. This is on my business cards, so if you ever see this design again you now know who this belongs to. I'd like to thank CMD for the tremendous amount of criticism he gave me during the creation of the final card, of which I will not post for security reasons. This signature changes seasons from left to right using my emblem of initials as a bond of elements in an attempt to provide a highly visualistic view into my image manipulation and editing, something that was neither encouraged nor well recieved as a signature I only wore for some weeks. Using motion blur, shading, and shadowing to create visual depth in a 3-D object. This was meant as a spreading piece so as to enjoy what is possible with Paint.NET using only built in effects. This also uses the motion blue technology to create its intricate styles and detailing. A signature incompleted or a signature with no theme? That is all people could say during this pieces first unveiling, not realizing that I would be giving thanks to Paul McCartney by adding the text 'Sing the Changes' as a Paint.NET v3.5 celebration signature. This one, unfortunetly, died away. This was created as a redesign idea with some working code and was contributed to Rick Brewster. He never responded. I guess he loves lack of organization and ads skewed everywhere as I attempted to bring focus to important areas while allowing space for advertising and other money making schemes. One would think "Paint.NET cannot be ported to the Nintendo DS" but perhaps this artistic creation argues otherwise... Many would believe that this would be on the back of a Tool album, or had it had more vibrant colors that it would be an OMA creation. But instead this is just me messing with Zoom Blur, Radial Blur, and Xor. Look at the patterns created by difference methods! I begin to get my finger wet in realism as suggested by Oma. I like what I did here, but it just isn't my style. I wanted to finish the hand, but I didn't. This story applies to a lot of what I have contributed to Paint.NET: false truths, and promises that I could not carry out. This is a signal of who I was and who I am trying to put behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oma Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I enjoyed :wink: looking at it all. great gallery Mike. ciao OMA Quote  My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Wow! :shock: :o I really, really enjoyed looking through your images. I especially like the fern one (anhelo designs). It just looks so cool. Well, I don't know, I like ALL your images!!!! 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...
ShK_828 Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 your artwork is pretty awesome. oh and btw they realworld logo at the top wouldnt have anything to with paint.com realworld? or is it the same company :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 It was a name and logo proposition change for Paint.COM Thank you everybody for the warm comments. I will try to get into the habit of publishing things here instead of to my Recycle Bin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 you retierd! :shock: when was this! this cant be. well the paint.net canvas will miss you. but i love your art and wish to see more. Quote |my myspace|----------------|my site|---------------|my gallery| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 I retired around August or September, however my activity and artwork creation spark up when I go home for the holidays Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 oh so i guess i will be seeing new art of yours around the holidays? what about the summer? Quote |my myspace|----------------|my site|---------------|my gallery| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Yes, you will see a lot of me during the summer as well :oops: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 yay so your not retierd your like part time? i dont know whats half retierd. Quote |my myspace|----------------|my site|---------------|my gallery| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 So I added a 'logo' and then I added an actual logo I designed at the end of the page. Enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 the_numbers? whats that suppost to mean? Quote |my myspace|----------------|my site|---------------|my gallery| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 4 8 12 15 16 23 42 They are the numbers from hit ABC series 'Lost', I am a bit of a fanboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 lol well i saw your tut and i stoll that "mike ryan" thing and turned it red what do you think. i seem to like it better then the blue. Quote |my myspace|----------------|my site|---------------|my gallery| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Great work as always. I'd wondered why you never had an active gallery, but here it is. Looking forward to see more great pieces from you Mike! Hidden Content: What are the fonts in these sig/logos? Please? I just gotta know. Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆  .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 It is called 'Today' and is right now one of my favorite fonts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldnewser Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Quite a wonderful gallery Mike Ryan. Wondering whether you deliberately waited for the New Year to make your gallery Love the style of your logos. Nice stuff Quote  deviantART Space and the Relative---Space Art Basics Tut (BETA) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loganart Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 your gallery banner (i think) looks way better inverted see i like it. lol it seems that i keep manipulating your art..... Quote |my myspace|----------------|my site|---------------|my gallery| Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 When dealing with inverted versions of my artwork, you are seemingly dealing with my least favorite colors in design I am going to start working on organizing my gallery and then get some of my larger artwork up with a list too all of my generated content (plugins and tutorials). Also, no, despite what it may seem like I had no intention of the timing of my gallery to coincide with New Years, however it is most appropriate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 2, 2009 Author Share Posted January 2, 2009 Alright, so I organized it and added a navigation bar at the top and bottom, for easy viewing. I will get started on adding some real artwork soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFC4EVER Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 It is called 'Today' and is right now one of my favorite fonts Thanks man! Its an awesome font. *must be careful not to overuse it* Quote ☆★☆★Merry Christmas★☆★☆  .::.My Gallery.::.Make Gold Text!.::. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Introducing: The Mike Ryan 'See Through' 3D Text Method! (Better known as the 'I didn't have a good name for it' (Click for Larger) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I love it. I like how the letter has that 3D feel to it. Beautiful job! I think that maybe you should submerge it in "water" by using the Water Reflection effect. :wink: 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...
oma Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Mike I totally love all your sigs and avai work. Clean professionally done work. I totally respect how they shows a high degree of polish, not just a render with edges blurred and smacked on top with some brushes. That last one with the blue "M" is just magnificent. I always enjoy looking at your gallery, keep those wonderful pieces coming. ciao OMA Quote  My Deviant Art Gallery Oma's Paint.Net gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Ryan Posted January 7, 2009 Author Share Posted January 7, 2009 @HELEN: Right now, I am more concerned in learning how to replicate the process in different ways, and quicker. For instance, right now I am working on refining the edges of the shapes so as to create a better blur and toning effect. See the bottom of the post as an example. @Oma: I am happy you enjoy my work. To have such high established Paint.NET artists recognize something within the art I create means a lot to me. Thank you Now, onto business. I have been trying to get a different effect with the 3D shapes and letters. This time, the blending mode for the reflection doesn't rely on the color of the background like the blue one did, as well the edges of some of the letters are actually blended in a bit better. Perhaps when I am done, I will write a brief tutorial on how to create the effect. Also, one more thing: I didn't hollow out the letter as well as the blue one. The reason? I am trying to get this under ten steps, so the end part in which I do hollow out the letter is in the process of being shortened. If I am to ever write a tutorial, either I will have to get the end part under five steps or just include and .SLS with it, wich I really don't want to do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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