Abstracted Concrete Please view Original:)

Still learning in Painter IX. I am attaching the original of this one.

 

I first applied a "dye concentration" effect to the original in Painter. Then I played in Painter's surface warp. Finally, I made a "sketch" of the end product in Painter. In PS, I overlaid the sketch onto the dye concentration layer/surface warp layer. I then felt an uncontrollable urge to play in PS transform/distort. Here's the end result.

 

 

Created this in Painter IX plus PSCS2 from an image I took of some

concrete church pillars. Critiques requested. Thanks :)

You are in real trouble with this image. Don't you know that it is impossible to do things like this with a camera and computer, and even if it is possible, it is probably a felony and the pure photo police now have you in their sights!

 

Great stuff!

 

John

I'm with John on this - I see a long sentence coming of nothing but cleaning CCD's. What a striking and beautiful image...

 

Fantastic.

Thanks guys :) Obviously (as evidenced by the ratings on this one) you are in the minority :) For my part, it was not only fun but knowledge imparting :) I think I will print & frame this one, just for fun. It "is" a national landmark, the first Cathedral built West of the Allegheny Mountains :) St. Joseph Proto-Cathedral.

 

 

Wow, this is a bit different for you Jayme. Beautiful abstract. I was wondering what it was & was floored to see the original. I think the added touch is the reflection reaching past the border. The ratings on this one are a joke

Thanks Ken,

I enjoy abstracts :) I'm always trying to attach meaning to them. Sometimes there just "is" no meaning :) But I can usually assign one :) (Vivid imagination :)

 

As for the rankings on this one, my feelings are "Oh well" :) I find pleasing myself more satisfying than creating dark, depressive B&W's that speak to other's dark sides :) To clarify, I love B&W's, I just tire of the depressive, humorless images some crank out on a regular basis. Occasionally, a little whimsy is good for the soul :) Plus..... it gives the viewer a sneak peek into the Artist's psyche.

 

"Still crazy, after all these years :)" That's me!

I love this one, Jayme! I think the low ratings can be attributed to those who think images like this happen with the click of a mouse button. My digital alteration images usually take me a lot of time, so I can appreciate the effort you put into creating this image.

Jayme:

What a supberb job. A lot of time and effort went into this and the results are just wonderful. IMHO this is just a great abstract. For those who provide low ratings I guess they just don't appreciate the efforts behind it all. Keep up the good work.

 

Thanks Kim & John.

 

 

 

Jayme,

I like the original, but the ab is fantastic. since i don't have painter IX or XL or VII, I can only imagine something like this (rest easy, i won't be imagining anything like this for a few millenia) so i leave that to you and Micki. you are a fantastic artist (it seems, but i've only delved briefly below the surface layer, you may only be stupendous really).

thanks for looking at my personal photos, and i hope the other ones are okay, too.

fergi

Thanks Andrew :) I really enjoyed your "feet". Such a wonderfully creative & whimsical idea :) Much like your images, this one gives subtle hints into my personality. Basically harmoniously congruent, but there is a bizarre twist of this strange sense of humor (ever present) :)

 

I "can" be serious, very serious (I use to be an ICU nurse for years, followed by a Hospice nurse for several years. I think one can not get much more serious than than this :). But.... even during times of extremely high stress, I continue to see the humor of the human situation. Some understand...... but strangely, some never will :)

 

I've always said that if I ever loose the ability to see the humor in almost every situation, I will be deceased :)

 

Here's a true story.

 

My father & I were very close. When he died suddenly about 15 years ago of a massive heart attack, I was devastated. I rushed to be at my family's side for comfort. I knew my life was forever changed. I was so sad & had such great pain, I was basically inconsolable. One of my older brothers & I went to the funeral home with my mother to assist in the funeral arrangements. (What a humorless situation).

 

My father had been in the Navy during the end of WWII. His experience changed him greatly. We use to giggle because he painted everything in need of re-paint, "Battle Ship Gray". He was a wonderful auto mechanic. He loved cars, especially those flashy cars of the 40's, 50's & 60's. They had to have lots of chrome, with the atomic era tail lights & the sleek "bat mobile" look. For years we teased him about this.

 

Anyway, as my mother was trying to pick out a casket, she became increasingly distraught. Both my brother & I had to walk away to keep from joining her in a puddle of tears on the floor. We were in a large room, filled with caskets. How depressing.

 

So.... my brother went his way, I went mine, aimlessly meandering around this large room of dispair. Eventually, we crossed paths way, way in the back of the room. Both of us stopped in front of the same casket, staring in disbelief for a long time. As we stood their quietly, almost at the exact same time, we looked up at each other & said, "Oh my God! This is the one Dad would choose for himself". Here in front of us was a metal casket, painted battle ship gray, trimmed in the most elaborate, bright shiny chrome I'd ever seen. After a few minutes of silence, my brother said," If we could add 4 wheels to this one, it would be perfect!" Exactly what I was thinking :) We both broke into a belly roll laugh :) I knew right then, my father was laughing too. He had seen our dispair & decided we needed a little humor :)

 

I know the funeral director thought we had lost our minds, but we knew we had just found our sanity in this insane situation. Today, when I think of my Dad, I think of all the wonderful things we shared. When I think of his death, I think of this humorous experience and say, "Thanks Dad, I love you!"

 

I thank him for teaching me how to see humor in almost every situation & never allowing myself to remain overly serious for an extended period of time :) The word that comes to mind is "Whimsical". My goal is to remain forever whimsical :)