TrevorOutlaw Posted July 13, 2019 Author Share Posted July 13, 2019 It has been several months since I have posted something new. First, for those who have commented on "The Call," I am surprised none of you saw a person that was standing inside the person. When I saw that stock, I knew where I wanted to go, and hence, "The Call." It was the person inside a cave issuing a call to the man with the glasses. @welshblue's Dragon Eye inspired me to go back to my root and I present an orb on page 1. I used @dpy Circle Text plugin to make the jewel pattern, mirror over line (left half over right half, and then top half over bottom half), and @dpy's Metallize (still one of my favorite plugins). The background was created by going crazy with two colors gradient set to difference mode (an adaption from one of Photoshop's million tutorials). Enjoy! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted July 13, 2019 Share Posted July 13, 2019 Lovely image @TrevorOutlaw! Great 'metal' work and the choice of blues. A home run! 💥 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted July 14, 2019 Share Posted July 14, 2019 @TrevorOutlaw! "Orb1" your neue creations are beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with us! Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted July 14, 2019 Author Share Posted July 14, 2019 5 hours ago, welshblue said: There's something very calming about teal blue Indeed, according to color psychology, blue invoke a sense of calmness. It is probably why most of my art work, including photo manipulation are either warm or cool, depending on what I am aiming for. When I use Gradient Mapping, I almost default to orange-to-purple scheme, and overlay it at the final stage because I like how it create an ethereal, fantasy feel to it. 5 hours ago, welshblue said: I think I've only ever used Metallize a handful of times Metallize is basically Curves on steroid and very useful, for me at least, in making object appear metal. I would love to master your metal work technique you use in your artwork. 5 hours ago, welshblue said: Congrats on the USA women and the World Cup Here's the thing, man. I have not watched one second of the World Cup, and in my unpopular opinion, it is vastly overrated. More and more, I am pulling away from professional sports as they come across as never-ending divas. With that said, there is something to be said about the USWNT winning its fourth Cup, and being the standard bearer for women around the world, and I believe I have read that Europe is now focusing their effort to bring professional women club up to par. Now, if the USMNT would get up to their European and Brazilian counterparts, then they won't be a laughing stock anymore. Unfortunately, the power-that-be successfully ran off Jurgen who was trying to rebuild the pipeline to the men national team to be on equal footing as say the Barclay League. I think the tides are shifting in favor of soccer (to use American parlay) because more parents are becoming concerned with concussion syndrome from repeated violent blows to the head in football (using American parlay again). I would not be surprised if the next decade see America reaching prominence to be on par with Europe and Brazil. Right now, in America, football is king, followed by baseball, basketball, and then hockey. Soccer is becoming more popular thanks to the success of Major League Soccer that is trading with football clubs like Chelsea, Manchester United, etc. 19 hours ago, lynxster4 said: Great 'metal' work and the choice of blues. A home run! Thank you! 3 hours ago, Seerose said: "Orb1" your neue creations are beautiful. Thank you for sharing this with us! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted July 24, 2019 Author Share Posted July 24, 2019 Another orb on page 1 - only two stock photos were used in this one - fractal and landscape. The rest, however, all Paint.NET. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 @TrevorOutlaw! I find this very inspiring. Thank you for sharing this with us! 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted July 24, 2019 Share Posted July 24, 2019 Your new Orb is really cool-looking @TrevorOutlaw! The metal is really outstanding and there's a sense of 'flow' about it. 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionsDragon Posted July 25, 2019 Share Posted July 25, 2019 On 7/23/2019 at 7:03 PM, TrevorOutlaw said: Another orb on page 1 - only two stock photos were used in this one - fractal and landscape. The rest, however, all Paint.NET. That is some stunning work! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted July 27, 2019 Author Share Posted July 27, 2019 @Seerose, @lynxster4, and @LionsDragon ... thank you fine ladies for your kind words on the orb. --------------- New on page 1, a 15-minutes knock-up of Inception-style photomanipulation. Stocks used: levitating man, hallway, and clouds. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted July 27, 2019 Share Posted July 27, 2019 That's out-of-this-worldly @TrevorOutlaw Mysterious with a bit of fear thrown in. Don't think I'd want to be that guy...a long hallway with a door at the end....😨 Great job! The coloring makes it. Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted July 28, 2019 Share Posted July 28, 2019 @TrevorOutlaw! Quite simple but with a big effect. Thank you for sharing this with us! Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulioCoolio Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 I agree with @Seerose, there’s a lot of feeling in that image, even with how simple it is. Excellent work on the orbs too. 1 Quote Gallery Image Blog Portfolio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 Another Inception-style photomanipulation. Finally figured out to achieve this effect within PDN and it was easier than I thought. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 That's a bit mind-bending @TrevorOutlaw. Nice job, my head is still tilting... 🤪 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted August 4, 2019 Author Share Posted August 4, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, lynxster4 said: That's a bit mind-bending @TrevorOutlaw. Nice job, my head is still tilting... 🤪 Here are the steps. First, I duplicated the original layer, flipped it horizontally, rotated it 90 degree, and moved it until it lined up with bottom and right side. Then, on a new layer, I drew a right angle triangle and clicked outside the triangle, went to the duplicated/rotated layer and deleted. The result is what you see on page 1. Here's another example. Edited August 4, 2019 by TrevorOutlaw 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 WOW! Now I have claustrophobia! 😨 That is pretty cool technique @TrevorOutlaw Thanks for sharing! 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 @TrevorOutlaw! I find this very good and super idea. Thank you so much for sharing with us. 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted August 7, 2019 Author Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/4/2019 at 6:05 PM, lynxster4 said: Now I have claustrophobia! I get such a kick out of this. 😂 9 hours ago, Seerose said: I find this very good and super idea. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Thank you very much. ---- Looking again at the steps outlined above, I realized I completely blundered the step involving the right-angle triangle. Serves me right for not using a filled right-angle triangle. Nonetheless, pulling off the Inception-style manipulation was entirely possible in PDN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted August 10, 2019 Author Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) Tried a different approach after watching a YouTube video. I think I'll like to start dabbling more in typography manipulations from now on. Whoops, forgot to include the stock used. Edited August 10, 2019 by TrevorOutlaw 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seerose Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 (edited) @TrevorOutlaw! Wonderful presentation! Thank you for sharing your result and for video link. Edited August 10, 2019 by Seerose 1 Quote Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. Gandhi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynxster4 Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Smart and thought-provoking @TrevorOutlaw Wonderful work! 1 Quote My Art Gallery | My Shape Packs | ShapeMaker Mini Tut | Air Bubble Stained Glass Chrome Text with Reflections | Porcelain Text w/ Variegated Coloring | Realistic Knit PatternOpalescent Stained Glass | Frosted Snowman Cookie | Leather Texture | Plastic Text | Silk Embroidery Visit my Personal Website "Never, ever lose your sense of humor - you'll live longer" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixey Posted August 10, 2019 Share Posted August 10, 2019 Great piece @TrevorOutlaw I'll take a look at the video for sure 1 Quote How I made Jennifer & Halle in Paint.net My Gallery | My Deviant Art "Rescuing one animal may not change the world, but for that animal their world is changed forever!" anon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionsDragon Posted August 12, 2019 Share Posted August 12, 2019 On 8/9/2019 at 9:58 PM, TrevorOutlaw said: Tried a different approach after watching a YouTube video. I think I'll like to start dabbling more in typography manipulations from now on. Whoops, forgot to include the stock used. WOW! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 Thanks, ladies, for your comments. Just tried to create a light bulb with PDN. I have to admit it is tricky to get the transparency and I am open to suggestion on how to achieve glassiness ( @Pixey would love to pick your brains on this one). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrevorOutlaw Posted August 23, 2019 Author Share Posted August 23, 2019 (edited) @welshblue Many thanks for your tips and suggestions. Agreed, light bulbs are the hardest to get. I did use Texture Smoother as a base and worked from there. I used a lot of Gaussian blur and BoltBait's Transparency plugin. I used your screw tutorial for the light bulb socket. Agreed that the wires looked out of place and doesn't quite mesh with the image. Thanks for the compliment on BOLD. ------------------- Edit: Added Apple Aquarium on the first page. Was inspired by a Photoshop tutorial and decided to try my hand. The koi fish being bigger than the lady swimming and the natural stem are intended as a tongue-in-cheek. Self-critic...not happy with the shadows on the bottom of the apple. Edited August 23, 2019 by TrevorOutlaw 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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