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I took a breather durng the card project to work on one for myself. It is so relaxing to begin working without any idea of what the theme would be. I start by just playing with background, piecing bits and pieces, then blending, manipulating until a mood and idea begins to emerge. I had no idea in the beginning that I would make a woman with a bird. Whereas, when I’m working for a client, with a specific theme, it’s much different. When I do art for myself, I just let my hand lead me, instead of forcing the art to comply with a specific idea. It is very relaxing … until …

At 3 a.m. after working for about 6 hours without saving, Photoshop crashed when I tried to distort an object that had a Mask applied plus was linked to several other layers with Masks on them. The Photoshop file was already more than 6 gigs! with about 70 layers, so the calculations for this distortion exceeded the available RAM, so down she went. I remember emitting a loud "NO !" (I hope I didn’t wake my neighbors There was nothing to do but to redo all that work. I had to redo most of the dress that I had painstakingly worked on for hours, had to redo the bird, the flowers and the woman’s chest and collarbone, which you might think is easy, but that portion alone had taken me more than an hour to complete.

You think I would have learned my lesson by now. Once I lost an entire day’s work when Photoshop crashed and since then I’ve gotten into the habit of saving more frequently. But when the files are 6 gigs unflattened, (169 MB as a flattened Tif), it actually takes 17 minutes for the file to save (I timed it). That’s the reason why when I’m in the ‘zone’, I hate to have to sit and twiddle my thumbs while the file saves. But I sure paid for it, I had to redo 6 hours of work. I was up until 9 a.m. finishing it up (and had worked day and night for 3 days before). This image took me 4 days and nights to complete.

The woman is made from too many pieces to count, ie: the eyelashes from one, irises from another, eyebrows from another, nose from another, hair from several, shoulders from another, and so on. I love this kind of challenge, creating things from bits and pieces. I made the dress in Photoshop, using tiny bits and pieces. I tried so many hand poses, and different birds, eventually settling on this little sparrow, comprised of 3 different images.

For anyone who is interested, I've just created a book of my images, available from www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/451343 This link just shows a few sample pages. It is really an experiment, I've not yet received the copy I ordered so I can't yet attest to quality, but I have heard that their book quality is good. I created it mostly as a portfolio piece and out of curiosity, but anyone is welcome to order a copy if they would like one. :-)

The Falconer by Gale Franey

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This one took 3 days to make. I needed to take a little break from making the children's cards, in order to refresh my creativity. You can view them on my blog www.galefraney.wordpress.com , several that I've not posted here.

One of my friends had mentioned to me that many of my images are of females. This is not my intention. I enjoy doing images of men/boys too. I had actually intended to do some of male subjects to balance the scales.

The character is comprised of too many bits and pieces to count. He is purely a figment of my imagination ... ie: hair from various sources, forehead from another, eyes from another, chin from another, neck from another, bicep from another, shoulder from another, hips from another, hand from another and so on. This is what makes it so fun, creating a person who doesn't exist. I tried to give him a sort of Mowgli personality ... the jungle boy all grown up :-)

Amber by Gale Franey

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Here is another collaboration with Anne de Haas. This is an image of Amber (original photo taken by Anne), to which I've woven a graphic fairytale. Here is a link to the original image: www.flickr.com/photos/annedehaas/180745967/?#comment72157...

Visit Anne's wonderful photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/annedehaas/

Bespin Dream by D U B L

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Star Wars Battlefront Ultimate Edition

New works for Da'ten7 by dolphin_dolphin

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I made these images for "Da'Ten 7" which is a small exhibition of computer graphics.

You can see more details on the original size.

Enchanted sea by roup 14

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In this work I tried to use all colors related to Sea and made it like enchanted sea which is full of beautiful tiny sparkling stones . The Waves and deep swirls are making this sea even more beautiful and giving it feeling of enchantment. So I named it Enchanted Sea.

Liberation by Paul McManus

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Rapture by Paul McManus

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A Quick Chat with Sara by Robert Goldstein

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A Quick Chat With Sara: wp.me/p47Ymh-20q

The most simple drawing Iter 46859 by Brainswitch Media

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Modifying the curvature of a single line.

A series of images created with exactly the same generative code.

Made in C++ with Cinder

Meteorite by Paul McManus

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Pollinic by Paul McManus

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The Last Fire Tree by Paul McManus

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Geometric shapes and small dots. Minimalism. Halftones. by Dmitry Posudin

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Geometric shapes and small dots. Minimalism. Halftones.

Pumpkin has an Ax to Grind by Storm Davis

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The Whispering - For Kathy by Gale Franey

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This one is for Kathy: www.flickr.com/photos/raylan/225890152/ Ray asked me if I could do a digital art piece with his daughter's photograph. Her face has such a natural nymph-like quality which inspired me.

Visit Ray Haych's photostream: www.flickr.com/photos/raylan/

Slopes of Layered Deposits on Mars by Kevin Gill

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Rendered using Autodesk Maya and Adobe Lightroom. HiRISE data processed using gdal.

Data:

NASA/JPL/University of Arizona/USGS

Source: www.uahirise.org/dtm/dtm.php?ID=ESP_048372_1715

Astral Corona by Paul McManus

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rainbow lotus by By Juergen

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with iridescent petals of a lotus, painted bright sparks on a black background

Spike Thorn Reconciliation by Storm Davis

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giantrom2 by cstarw20

Respire by Paul McManus

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Computer Rendering 1 of 2 by Don White (Burnaby)

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The Lake Virgin by Hemali Tanna

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Many thanks to the following for their stock:

The beautiful model:

goddness of purity II by *angelcurioso

www.deviantart.com/deviation/47411319/

Swans: Swan 35 by ~eldris-stock

www.deviantart.com/deviation/50989032/

Lilies: Lily sheet... by =chop-stock

www.deviantart.com/deviation/35058614/

Melting Boundaries by Hemali Tanna

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I will let me go

My walls melt away

You are more than all that is outside of me

You are more than that which is inside of me

You have no boundaries

I have no borders from you

-Skillet Boundaries Lyrics

I love the mood and the glow in this graphic so much!

I am very happy with how it shaped up! :)

And since the graphic has so many candles, I take the chance here to wish all my Indian friends a "Very Very happy Diwali" :-)

Diwali is an Indian festival that celebrates light! :D

Many thanks for their stock to:

The lovely model: dt01 by ~F2FStocks

f2fstocks.deviantart.com/art/dt01-89472634

candles 3 by =Lady-Werewolf

lady-werewolf.deviantart.com/art/candles-3-45767435

Three Small Round Candles by ~DarkenedHeart-Stock

darkenedheart-stock.deviantart.com/art/Three-Small-Round-...

Wild-Stock Pearls Pack by ~Wild-stock

wild-stock.deviantart.com/art/Wild-Stock-Pearls-Pack-7272...

take a breath and fly! by Andrea Tachezy

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Periodicity by Paul McManus

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Bound Up 1 by Evan

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Pathogen by Paul McManus

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Bruja Mala by D U B L

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Freecam|Console debug enabler|No Dirty Lens Effect|PhotoMode 2inOne|Ps

Composite|Daz3D|Ps

“Every day you wake up, practice, and try to be better than yesterday, even if it’s just a stroke better, small but it’s still an improvement”.

Thought I would try something new and got hold of Daz3D. Have never used it before but found it to be relatively similar to Poser.

A lot to learn here, but thought I would share my first attempts at a composite, using a Witcher 3 background pano..

Hopefully things will improve with time, as I learn more full scene rendering techniques.

doodle small pattern on abstract Artistic background by Dmitry Posudin

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doodle small pattern on abstract Artistic background

Grid 19 by Paul McManus

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UV Mum by Ronny Mariano

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Third Valentines Card by Gale Franey

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Here is another that I made for the children's card series that was commissioned by Flattenme. There is also a boy version of this card.

They will soon be launching this card series on their new revamped website (soon to be launched). This card, like the book illustrations that I did for them, are made in such a way that they can be personalized by inserting children's faces into the image for customers who order the cards or books.

If you want to read more details about what went into making it, you can read my blog: galefraney.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/425/ I've mentioned a few Photoshop tips and you will find other tips there :-)

(I do not make any commission nor profit from the sales of these cards).

Mandala flic007 by Storm Davis

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Honeymoon by Hemali Tanna

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Blue Moon, you saw me standing alone,

Without a dream in my heart,

Without a love of my own,

Blue moon, you knew just what I was there for,

You heard me saying a prayer for,

Someone I could care for,

And then there suddenly appeared before me,