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The more I tweak this project, the more I love it. Through controlled accidents, I got it to look rather Nebular. I will continue tinkering and if all goes well, soon I will have an audio-responsive universe!
Read about it here. There is a short video too!
*** For all those do-it-yourself-at-home kids......Never never never!!! wad ALL the hair up into one knot or bun on top of your head if you're using 30vol/high lift, or bleach. The process of lifting creates A LOT of heat, and that will build up inside the 'bun' causing excessive damage, and possibly even burning the scalp. If you're wondering why the hair on your crown is melting??? That's why. Split it into smaller sections so that air can circulate.
I find drawing posed pictures straight onto the computer pretty horrible. There are too many choices, and the slick feel of the tablet leads to hasty, speculative strokes that go nowhere. I prefer to render a sketch in ballpoint pen then work it up.
Over troubled waters memories soar
Endlessly, searching night and day
The moonlight caresses a lonely hill
With the calmness of a whisper
I wear a naked soul
A blank face in the streaming water
It is cold in here
Frost scar my coat with dust...
- Opeth (Black Rose Immortal)
Here is a sample of what, after a decent bit of work, I am able to get out of the Microtek i700 with a 4x5 slide.
Please view at original size for the intended sample!
The process involves a few steps - some of them because I am using Silverfast SE, which only scans to 24-bit RGB.
First I scan after modding the levels using the Silverfast Histogram to truncate the flat ends of the histogram. I use 'medium' USM when scanning.
Then after imported into photoshop, I convert to 48 bit, then export each channel as a 16 bit greyscale image.
I run each greyscale through Neat Image to minimise noise - this has the added effect of 'rebuilding' some tonal detail by averaging pixels interpreted as noise and resampling that average back into the image.
After noise reduction I open each of the processed greyscales in photoshop and run another tone adjustment using the levels tool, slicing off the low end until the blacks are black, and the whites are bright.
I then run a Smart Sharpen on each of the greyscales, using Lens Blur.
After that, I recombine the image, copying each greyscale image into its appropriate channel in the RGB image.
I then run more curves / levels adjustment, colour enhancements, and a manual clone touchup to remove any dust marks I find.
Finally, I run an appropriate USM on the final image, and resize for output. I may run an additional minor USM on the resulting resize as well, depending on whether it needs it.
An opportunity to shamelessly mention "Flora & the Prince", the brand new oratorio I've been writing for Dundee University, and which will be premiered in Dundee on 12th March! The first performance of the complete new piece will be recorded.
Patterns generated with modified code from the Creative Coding course from Monash University on futurelearn.com
I never posted this, but it's on my list to post, but instead of adding yet another old photograph I thought I would share what I did to it with my Soft Pink Afternoon Glow preset before I uploaded it...
This was when it was quite a bit warmer... ah, I wish winter clothes were more colourful, all this black, grey and brown is boring!! Can someone invent colourful winter clothes? Pleeeeease!
This performance was made after the opening of my current exhibition at the Lars Bolin gallery in Östersund, after hours with only the gallerist and photographer as participants / spectators.
photos: www.jimmydahlberg.se