Welcome :) Like you said, it might be better to have a specific sound art thread. This one has many pictures and the sounds may get confused :pQuote:
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Welcome :) Like you said, it might be better to have a specific sound art thread. This one has many pictures and the sounds may get confused :pQuote:
Originally Posted by symphony
Thanks for the tips!Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
No worries. Also the black areas are a fine sable brush fill. I use one with about four strands to about ten, going over it 2-3 times (once doesn't dry velvety black, but grey-brown)
Now you should be equipped to post something!
;)
This is the Khmer town, with the Angkor Wat in the center:
http://i.imgur.com/Arr2v.png
And the Lighthouse of Alexandria :)
http://i.imgur.com/9ccua.png
To the lighthouse, chapeau! http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/hi.gif (I just love lighthouses... must be the longing for the sea :))
Awesome K!
Thank you both :)
The following piece I have baptized as "birth of the fire doves"
Next was done experimenting with a few brushes and lighting effects on occasion of a friend's recent birthday.
And finally a collage I came up with after finding a few promotional photos on Spartacus, Blood and Sand (one of my fave TV shows) that gave me some ideas. I suppose it may be perceived as a tribute to the late Andy Whitfield (R.I.P.), because I don't do collages very frequently... but I just felt like doing it after realizing the many possibilities of fading and lighting that result from the combination of Paint.Net and the GIMP. I also removed some of the backgrounds and added the glares and a few blood stains.
Somebody please make a comment! http://smilies-gifs.com/hola-adios/13hola-adios.gif
Well done Kyriakos! I like the landscape effect - you'll have to explain how that was achieved
Good work Maxi - I like the first mostest, and the way it has a cool title too (evocative at that!) - the other two look are quite fine also, with the second being an accomplished greeting card thing (you could make money from similar renderings easy) crossed with a desktop wallpaper. The last is total fan wallpaper, and well-executed at that, but it could also adorn tee shirts or the side of a van, a billboard or a mural!
Thanks, Mystyr, I'll consider everything you said http://smiles.kolobok.us/personal/hi.gif (come to think of it, I could use some greeting card extra income :p)
For the following piece I first developed a cobblestone texture, and then I placed it under a wavy water animation, entitled as "waves on a mossy cobblestone floor." I'm just hoping it looks like the real thing.
It certainly looks real, or sort of from a game.
I feel when animated gifs get toward the 1/5 meg size it's a bit elaborate. At one hundred kilobytes I'm already looking at video as being a much better ratio - at least for uploading - and I know it's probably not feasible to embed a youtube/vimeo video. I think I tried once, though I may have stuffed up by not knowing what I was doing (highly likely!). I've seen it on other forums - perhaps I should check the construct of the page next time.
Keep 'em coming! :) I'm enjoying the holiday ;)
I love all of them maxi! They're awesome! I agree with Mystyr about them. I think the first is cool, awesome title and all. The second is so cute with the flowers, and the third...wow. I think I liked that one. And I could see it on T-shirts and whatnot! :p Great job on those three!
I also really liked the waves on a mossy cobblestone floor. I could stare at it for hours just because it's so...hm....alluring? I don't know. All I know is I like staring at it. :lol: By the way, what program do you use? I'm sure you mentioned it before, but I don't remember(excuse this old mind of mine)
Great!Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
True. In general, the bigger the gif the higher the quality but it's also imperative to consider carefully the program you're going to use to generate the gif, because many such programs do not really produce a high visual quality, especially considering that gifs can't go over 256 colors and if you were working with images higher than 256 colors, then the program has to reduce the number of colors in reasonably good equivalents (or the animation will look glitchy in many parts). For this reason I'm mostly using GIMP to produce animated gifs. It has a very good method for color reduction :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
Regarding videos, I'm afraid that all you can do here is posting external links and nothing else :(
I'll make some more in a while!Quote:
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Coming from an artist I feel honoured! http://smiles.kolobok.us/standart/thank_you2.gifQuote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
It does have a similar effect on me. I'm using it as visual therapy :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
I did the cobblestone texture on Paint.Net, by following this very cool tutorialQuote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
However, you can vary some settings as you are on it, and of course before following the tutorial you need to get familiar with the program's basics, such as installing plug-ins, but that's easy (this tutorial uses 3 of them). It's a simple yet powerful program and there's a bunch of cool plug-ins available here. You'll never stop producing new visual effects by touching all sorts of settings :)
As for the wavy water animation, I did it on GIMP, through its built-in wavy water plug-in, which I learned to use by following a video tutorial on Youtube that has been unfortunately removed :( Luckily, I downloaded the video when it was still available, so if you want it I can e-mail it to you. It's not very big and explains in detail how to use the wavy water plug-in. I had to experiment with the settings for a long while though :p That depends on what you want to achieve.
Following are two experiments with floral brushes on GIMP. I was just painting in a randomized fashion, and voilą!
Both seem like opposites of each other. one of night, and one of day. Both are beautiful, and it's another great job! The second one's my favorite. :D
Thank you :) The landscape is all Bryce defaults, it has wonderful terrain and sky features.Quote:
Originally Posted by MystyrMystyry
Thank you very much Beau. Am glad you like them http://smilies-gifs.com/hola-adios/13hola-adios.gifQuote:
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Originally Posted by Maximilianus
I love this.
I'm glad you do, symph. I may do some more in the future.
So much can be done with water I guess...water's just so wonderful to look at, and so refreshing. :)
I tend to use water as therapy, and many others do so as well. I suppose it's because we are kind of water-made people.
A rather heavy animation. I hope it will run smoothly and won't take too long to load:
These two came out by chance when I was doing a present for a friend:
* posted in the wrong thread oops
Very good Max :)
Thank you, friend Mystyr http://smilies-gifs.com/hola-adios/13hola-adios.gif
:)
Currently working on a Theodosian walls unit:
http://i.imgur.com/YUZiI.gif
Max: Very nice job Max! I love both, but I've got to say, those flowers are beautiful! Keep up the good work! I want to see more! :D
@K: Looking good! I like the little animated flags too! :p
I'm liking them much too, and they were born just by a mere chance :p I will try to see to your request :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Beautifull
Took on a challenge from a friend. Each day I'm supposed to draw four different expressions. I'm a little behind, since I'm on day 06 and should be finishing up day 07.
But here's up to day five. I love how each one changes!
Day 01
http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/i/20...re-d4b973b.jpg
Day 02
http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4bcjjv.jpg
Day 03
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4bkfkz.png
Day 04
http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4bv9ym.png
Day 05
http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4bvdtz.png
Beau, I wouldn't know how to define what you do. I think you are an admirable artist. Every time you try something new it feels like you are getting even better, if such a thing is possible. If you don't mind, I'd like to use some of your sketches as models and see if I can remotely imitate them :p Of course without taking credit.
Thank you so much for the compliment Max! Of course you can. I don't mind. I just wanna see your final product.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maximilianus
That's quite an interesting exercise Beautifull Bella :) I like the sketchy roughness to them. I'm intrigued to see what you come up with next :) (Remember the devil's in the details - just give those eyes a realistic sheen and glint and the faces will come alive like magic
Thank you so much Mystyr! I guess that's what most people like about my style is the roughness. And details are fun, especially the shading. :D I just took this exercise as a simple one. Maybe I'll add detail in the future. Who knows. :pQuote:
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Here's day 06(I'm reeeeeaaaaally behind!) http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4cdrwa.png
I did this in a few hours and it may not look very artistic, but it came out as an intention to cheer up a friend who is considering to give up her cello lessons:
Interesting
Weird - but definitely interesting...
:lol: I like the talking cello. If I were Paula, I would smile as soon as I saw this. Great job Maxey!
Here's day 07
http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...re-d4chlsc.png
:) Does it look really weird? I was planning to make an animation out of it, but I suppose that would make it look even weirder :p and it would take an amount of time I actually lack at the moment :frown2: On the other hand, I'm interested in seeing whatever comes out of it, if I ever have the time to try a talking cello animation :p
Beau's day 07: http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/just_cuz/JC_rockin.gif http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/just_cuz/JC_cheers.gif http://smiles.kolobok.us/artists/just_cuz/JC_clap.gif
Max, are you asking if it 'really looks weird' you mean? I didn't say it looks 'really weird', I said interesting weird. But I'd like to see an anime version... a weird anime version... yeah... :)
Hey Beau! Looking good. Like 'em! :)