barbieq25 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Doughty - yes, I meant that too. Both in real life the parts are harder to come by now. I rather like your explanation & what is most interesting is that one of the fellow TX owners was having nightmares about those very same parts. Apparently a recurring one. He didn't elaborate on why this was so nightmarish for him. See your idea was right after all. Sometimes what we see is what the artist was unwilling to reveal even to himself but art cannot be tricked like that. Jaxon, I stand by the comments I made in your gallery. A wonderful abstract. Love it! Delpart, I am thinking eye & embryo. Chillyingly scary (don't care if its not a word, it should be!) Great work guys & thanks for sharing! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim100361 Posted January 11, 2012 Share Posted January 11, 2012 Del: I'm not much of an abstract enthusiast as it were, but I must say it's quite an interesting piece and thought provoking. It seems to strike me in one sense as a very solid form, and in the other sense as being quite fluid ready to engulf something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxon Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 @ delpart - As happy accidents go, your desktop abstract is off the charts. It is mysteriously beautiful and thought provoking... Most excellent! Been gone for a few weeks, so doing a bit of catch up myself. Quote Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted January 23, 2012 Share Posted January 23, 2012 Weird...when I was scrolling through, I thought the ball moved, and had to go back to look at it again. I like how it has the ink swirls, like a squid squirting ink when it's threatened, and the darkness. Reminds me of the film of the deep sea exploration that was totally awesome. Quote Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 (edited) AD Summer Love 2 Back in Time - Chaosscope & PDN Edited January 24, 2012 by barbieq25 Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delpart Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 @Everyone. Thanks for that. I wasn't sure about reply in here about my own postings or not as its not a gallery so to speak. @BBQ: Great composition and brilliance with the new art decco. Strange book ends and crisp bright metallic feel. The time piece (pun intended) is simply brilliant. Fluid, and well blended. Offset stone clock is nice offset to the fluidity of the light swirls. Not sure what else to say, but as I commented elsewhere this is almost literally something I saw in my head from a previous work with that stone clock face ... Thanks for making images from my mind. Quote *** Gallery at PDN-Fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaManDan21 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 BBQ: How do you make those light swirls they are really cool! Quote Sig Battle Wins: 5My Gallery | Smoke>Flames Tutorial~96% of teens won't stand up for God. Put this in your sig if you're one of the 4% who will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 NMD, I used a fractal program called Chaoscope (misspelled it above) It is free too. A bit of Grim Reaper to get rid of the black, duplicated the layer, changed the layer blend mode, possibly duplicated some more... Delpart, isn't it just the oddest feeling when someone creates something that is in your mind?! Thanks for the time you took to comment. I really struggled with the Summer Love image but after leaving it & the others yet to come for a long time, they seemed to just fall into place fpr me on Modya night & I finished off 6... Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lance McKnight Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 barbieq, I have often found that duplicating the fractal after removing the black increases the color and contrast. Sometime running Gaussian blur at default helps too. There's a lot of combination you could do with some of the color editing capabilities of PDN and fractal. They are addictive! But "Summer Love" is golden! I love the stained glass effect you have going. Quote Officially retired from this forum. Have a nice day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xhin Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Interesting new technique here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted March 3, 2012 Share Posted March 3, 2012 Xhin, the seond & theird ones are my fave. Nice outcomes. Very soft & pretty! Derngate Glass Daisies Ebony Rose - this is the one that I had started when I saw Welshy's piece. So much alike. It's that camera working again. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo89 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) I used to run a small graphic website years ago but stopped and now im trying to get back into it but i lost my touch and i am going to attempt to revamp my skills. Here are two pictures i made, they are pretty basic but i am pretty much reteaching myself. Please give me opinions and don't be afraid to be blunt lol. With added Gaussian Blur Edited March 9, 2012 by echo89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Welcome to the forums & PDN! I like the first one. Great colours you chose. Has potential for a lot of uses. The second one reminds me of Van Gough's work. Try running a small Gaussian Blur to smooth the jaggy pixels a bit. I like it a lot just the same! Ok, how about a bit of feedback one mine above yours, please? Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo89 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 (edited) Welcome to the forums & PDN! I like the first one. Great colours you chose. Has potential for a lot of uses. The second one reminds me of Van Gough's work. Try running a small Gaussian Blur to smooth the jaggy pixels a bit. I like it a lot just the same! Ok, how about a bit of feedback one mine above yours, please? Thank you, with the second one i was trying to go for the old oil paint Van Gough work with a little twist to it. I shall take your advice with the blur. as for the first one it started out just playing around and i kept tweaking it until i got that. So far it is my favorite that i have made. I really like your first one, i hope to build myself back up to your skill level. Over all, the three are all really amazing. Okay i added the blur and put it in the first versions place, tell me what you think. Edited March 9, 2012 by echo89 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yep, that is a lot better. Another thing that I always do is to work in a canvas either 2 or 4 times larger than the finished image & scale them down after I am done. Easy for me since I have a lot of RAM. Generally I Gaussian Blur everything @ 2 if I am working on 4 x larger. Gives a very smooth result for me. YOu have great ideas & I really like your works so far. Tutes are a great way of finding your way around PDN. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echo89 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 Yep, that is a lot better. Another thing that I always do is to work in a canvas either 2 or 4 times larger than the finished image & scale them down after I am done. Easy for me since I have a lot of RAM. Generally I Gaussian Blur everything @ 2 if I am working on 4 x larger. Gives a very smooth result for me. YOu have great ideas & I really like your works so far. Tutes are a great way of finding your way around PDN. Hm, how much RAM do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 12GB Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 echo89 - good strong start Barbieq25 - always good! - 12GB!! Xhin - I like your work - same colour scheme through the latest ones - clever. Delpart - good image, but I prefer some of the ones in your gallery from your sig. here's something to balance against Welshblue's (brilliant) crucifix painting - offense not intended - (I'm an athiest ). Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted March 10, 2012 Share Posted March 10, 2012 The monochromatic scheme works really well in this. My eyes are trying to makes the spheres smaller as they come to the viewer bust instead they get smaller as they disappear behind the main sphere. Brilliant! Very nice the way the ripples play with the sphere too & the reflection of your name in the top left hand corner. Well done! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xhin Posted March 14, 2012 Share Posted March 14, 2012 I *love* that one, Red ochre. Make a tut? :3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red ochre Posted March 21, 2012 Share Posted March 21, 2012 Hello Xhin, - great work on the latest one - sort of polarized Mandlebrot - with little faces in the star points (or is that my imagination!). I think I'll leave off writing a 'tut' till I know what I'm doing + too many rules for me Quote Red ochre Plugin pack.............. Diabolical Drawings ................Real Paintings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doughty Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Red ocher, I like your image. makes one ponder - like the guy smoking his pipe. Xhin, Your images give me inspiration. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 Very nice outcome Doughty. I sepecially like the part that is pinky/purple & blue just about your signature. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. April Jones, 2012 Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doughty Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 Thanks Barbieq25, that section was different in color, so I change it to try and match the rest of the picture. I named this Don't Feel Well - I think it was motion sickness. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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