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Published: 2005-12-06 22:15:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 629; Favourites: 17; Downloads: 63
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Just playing with textures...
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denise-g [2006-05-26 04:31:37 +0000 UTC]

Because I am already here, I can also leave immediately a comment.
This is still ever one of my absolute favorites. I simply love everything in it,
the colours are wonderful and the texture also.

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sharkrey In reply to denise-g [2006-05-26 19:29:54 +0000 UTC]

This is one of my "grannie" pics. Meaning that lil' old grandmothers like it.

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denise-g In reply to sharkrey [2006-05-26 19:37:00 +0000 UTC]

So many thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....hahaha....
Would you want that I don't talk any more with you? You need it only say!....

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sharkrey In reply to denise-g [2006-05-27 03:10:45 +0000 UTC]

What?...lol...

Not calling YOU a grannie...just talking abou the pic!

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Deea-Dee [2006-04-12 20:20:54 +0000 UTC]

Autuuuumn

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FarDareisMai [2005-12-14 04:32:29 +0000 UTC]

I absolutely love the colors and textures; they capture everything I love about autumn. I only wish there was a bit more unity and focus to the piece, however I think this would still make an excellent wallpaper. In fact, if you don't mind, I think I'll gank it.

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sharkrey In reply to FarDareisMai [2005-12-14 20:23:16 +0000 UTC]

No problem...

Unity and focus...yeah, I had originally titled this piece "Where's Waldo"...cause that's what it felt like.

And is "gank" a word?...I mean...officially?

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FarDareisMai In reply to sharkrey [2005-12-18 04:25:11 +0000 UTC]

Psh, I dunno. Official words are overrated sometimes.

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helekri [2005-12-13 17:25:52 +0000 UTC]

It really looks like autumn leaves! At first glance I thought it was a photo...
You captured the feel and look beautifully!

I don't like the center piece too much, but it gives great balance to those lustfull, rich orange leaves...

This is an interesting piece. It looks somewhat like a photo, another times like a watercolor, sometimes just clean digital image...

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sharkrey In reply to helekri [2005-12-14 20:21:09 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much!

I have another version where the center has an orange hue, but I just chose to post this one.

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helekri In reply to sharkrey [2005-12-14 20:34:04 +0000 UTC]

Maybe it's better this way. The contrast makes you really look!

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ArtistInWaiting [2005-12-11 15:36:18 +0000 UTC]

Great approach to the "butterfly" theme! The partial transparancy works well; did you do that with a mask or the "grey" tone?

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sharkrey In reply to ArtistInWaiting [2005-12-12 04:28:08 +0000 UTC]

It's a masked layer using a subtraction merge mode. Take a layer of colors, duplicate that layer with the same colors, mask parts of it, set it to subtraction and you can get some nice effects...

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ArtistInWaiting In reply to sharkrey [2005-12-12 13:48:41 +0000 UTC]

Strange you should do that and I should do that at the same time! Well mine didn't have masking, just color removal, but the 2 layer thing we did at the same time. Had finally gotten something usable in Talis and Friends, not contest level, but nice.

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sharkrey In reply to ArtistInWaiting [2005-12-12 23:10:32 +0000 UTC]

grrrrrr...talis and friends....grrrrrrr

I have about 40 scraps so far....

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ArtistInWaiting In reply to sharkrey [2005-12-12 23:58:11 +0000 UTC]

Mine were so horrible, I didn't even think to scrap them. Out they went! Too much noise in the formula if your not careful. The go from "gee another spiral" to comets of the gradient's colors. I have so far gotten 1 I'm not ashamed of and God knows how many others that gave me a headache!

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Raventhird [2005-12-11 01:41:43 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful fractal work here. Wow.

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sharkrey In reply to Raventhird [2005-12-11 03:56:30 +0000 UTC]

Thank you, sir!

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Ymihere [2005-12-10 05:19:25 +0000 UTC]

Wow, that is the most amazing texture I've ever seen...

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sharkrey In reply to Ymihere [2005-12-10 06:55:31 +0000 UTC]

Well, gee...thank you.

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Phoenix-22 [2005-12-08 03:05:24 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful piece, i love the colors, and shapes.

The entire shape and color combinations make it looks like a painting and it should be a print, if you ever get to wanting to do them. Very nice.

+fav

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sharkrey In reply to Phoenix-22 [2005-12-08 03:39:29 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I was working on my textures, and there are a lot of different textures in this piece, but I tried to align them so that one texture leads into another.

And I do prints on my pieces...16x20's...show and sell them locally. I have a print account here but haven't used it yet.

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Padawancats [2005-12-07 05:09:24 +0000 UTC]

This is so fan-bloody-tastic Gary!

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sharkrey In reply to Padawancats [2005-12-07 06:28:40 +0000 UTC]

Yippie!!!!!

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Padawancats In reply to sharkrey [2005-12-07 14:08:45 +0000 UTC]

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denise-g [2005-12-07 03:57:48 +0000 UTC]

i like the colors and the whole composition.

Denise

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sharkrey In reply to denise-g [2005-12-07 06:28:27 +0000 UTC]

You know...I was just thinking of you. (Saw a frac on the main frac page and thought, "That looks like Denise's work."

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the nice comment.

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denise-g In reply to sharkrey [2005-12-07 08:56:47 +0000 UTC]

are you serious gary? wow, thats abash me... hehehe.
i think this a very nice compliment for me. thank so much.

you're very welcome. i love your artwork.

Denise

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Meow360 [2005-12-07 00:50:53 +0000 UTC]

it's messy!! everything is just... there! hahaha cool! I like how messy it is... and the colours are... *thumbs-up*

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sharkrey In reply to Meow360 [2005-12-07 06:26:16 +0000 UTC]

Messy it is...yep...not a lot of subtlety with this one.

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