Image Umbrella: Abstract Images

[Possum Roadkill]

@ emanda1964 Wow ! That is so beautiful ! I noticed that you don't have a sig or avatar. You might consider using this image to fashion a matching set.

@ Yellowman, You never cease to amaze me. Beautiful and intricate images. Stunning !

@ Frontcannon Nice image. Very stark but bold. Nice use of red as contrast. I would like to see more of the interior (small middle) part in the lower right. It looks very detailed but is small for my old eyes.

@ Goonfella, I downloaded the Drost plug-in and this is my first attempt at using it. I was playing around with some of the abalone texture and messed it up. I didn't want to throw it away because my wife said the colors were "pretty". So this was my salvage attempt. She liked it. That's enough for me....

[nemo]

@Possum: Nice i like the oily effect under/around the hearts

[Goonfella]

Yes nice first go at Droste. :wink:

The hearts look as if they are floating on an oil slick!

[oma]

great work possum. see you've been playing with the droste plugin. :wink: like the colors. lots of shine.

here is an abstract called

"Cosmic Energy"

(thumb here full size in my gallery pg 58)

[Possum Roadkill]

Yes nice first go at Droste. :wink:

The hearts look as if they are floating on an oil slick!

Thanks ! And thanks for turning me on to it. I know it will be fun to experiment with !

@ Oma ! WOW ! I left some comments in your gallery on this one. BEAUTIFUL !!!

[Frontcannon]

oma, your picture reminds me of some strange alternate dimension hyper space continuum.

Definitely an abstract that's worth looking at!

My newest creation resulted from me playing around with some stock images I had.

My intention with this one was to create an atmosphere that represented the music this logo stands for (DnB), that means loud, fast and a somewhat agressive touch

[DarkShock]

Dude, that would look so much better without the face in the middle! :shock:

[Frontcannon]

But that would decrease it to a simplistic "fiddle-with-effects-picture"

[DarkShock]

But that would decrease it to a simplistic "fiddle-with-effects-picture"

I guess so, but honestly it just looks kinda random and a little tacky...

Not trying to be rude.

[DarkShock]

I got bored and just literally played around with polar inversion:

[LJXD]

Hey thats not bad, a very rare occurrence of something good coming of polar inversion.

[A Fleeting Glimpse]

DarkShock : Like the effect achieved , the colouring sets it off and gives it depth

This is an abstract i put together trying to achieve a glass effect

[Frontcannon]

Well..

I can't seem to find a suitable approach to criticise your picture

It looks strange.. it looks illogical, difficult to describe. It doesn't look like something at all. And this is not meant offensive,

it just underlines the effect your image creates in my mind: confusion

With much imagination, this reminds me of a toy under water. There's this childish, simple look to it, though I believe that it took your long to create this image, glass effects aren't easy

Some 'lenses' look like seashells, though.

Maybe you could make a gradient in the blue background to give the water (?) some depth.

I call my image Blitzball, which surprisingly means lightning ball.

[person_321]

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| that is pretty cool.

I have no idea what this is bu in the backround, it gives the effects of shadows. And I added some water reflection

[theonlychad]

wow welsh that is absolutely amazing

[A Fleeting Glimpse]

Frontcannon : your remarks are far from offensive strange, illogical, difficult to describe, confusion...just the way some abstracts should be and the effect they should have. Like the Blitzball

person_321 : That would look great framed and on a wall

Welsh : strange enough i had friends staying who just happened to be West Ham fans like the piece and makes me think pendant

[sokagirl]

@DarkShock , very nice . I love the color and the depth .

@A Fleeting Glimpse , love it . Reminds me of something cool on a hot day .

@FrontCannon , that's a neat lightning effect .

@Person_321 , wow , this reminds me of a mysterious tunnel . spooky

@Welshblue , your work never cease to amaze me . Beautiful

Well here's my snakeball , don't know why I call it that perhaps it was the color and pattern of it .

[A Fleeting Glimpse]

I can see where 'Snake Ball' comes from the centre reminds me of Rattle Snake skin, not that I've seen many and the ones i have seen are in the reptile section of the zoo... which suits me just fine

your coming up with some nice textures and effects...

[Frontcannon]

To me, it looks more like a basket-like texture with a worm-hole in the middle

But it's not chaotic at all, it has this superb order in it, like a fractal..

Good job!

[sokagirl]

@ A Fleeting Glimpse , Thank you very much . Actually I came across it by using the sphere texture ..

@Front Cannon , well everyone has a different out look on things but thanks

[Frontcannon]

Simple. But with a message.

[sokagirl]

Very cool , Heaven and Hell

[theonlychad]

I like that frontcannon but i have something you could add. You could make the water reflection a red hue. That would look cool imho. But altogether a great concept.

Edit: Also you could possibly add flames to the skull side with some clever layer blending

[oma]

Frontcannon that is a thought provoking abstract. It has the elements of contrast white vs black, good vs evil., but there is not enough spark. It just requires some tension. That element of surprise. Like one of the others suggested one way is to introduce one contrast color. red is a predictable, but safe color choice. perhaps some pattern ? I think the good needs to be more joyous and celebratory, the bad more somber.

ciao OMA

[Frontcannon]

Thank you all, I'm going to try and realise some of your ideas

Edit: Done

Better result?

And mind the paradox symbolic function of the cross: it simultaneously stands for heaven and death, redemption and loss.