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Published: 2009-11-08 08:53:15 +0000 UTC; Views: 6197; Favourites: 60; Downloads: 0
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Well, in my search for a good Apo fish fractal, I came up with something almost passable, but I also found some crabs! So, I thought I'd let my crabs and fishes and shells (Oh,my!) all play together in another underwater collage. I hope you enjoy my little aquatic friends.Everything in here, with the exception of the water (and my signature, of course) are fractals made in Apophysis, either 2.08 3D Hack or Apophysis 7X.9. Postwork done using Photoshop CS.
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I'm not totally thrilled with this, but I thought I'd put it up and see what you think.
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My goodness girl, what's not to like? I love it, think it is so charming, and I love the bright coloring. One of the things I love about these collages you do. They are so vivid and they catch the eye of the viewer.
I can't decide which I like the best, the fish or the crabs. The fish I think. That one orange one makes me think of those exotic oriental goldfish.
This has some good depth in it.
Although you might consider making some of the fish a bit smaller to give a greater sense of depth to this. They are all fairly close to the foreground and if some of them were smaller it would give the illusion of depth.
Also maybe a couple of more nautilus shells, smaller and spaced a bit more apart; the depth thing once again.
Another thing I like is that some of the ovals in this look like rocks and some look liked eggs.
I love the seaweed/kelp. Surprisingly the one thing I looked for that is absent are those jellyfish.
Space-wise I am not sure if you could do the additional changes without making the image look too clustered, but it would be interesting to see it, and knowing your commitment and the time you put into these, I have every confidence in you.
All in all, I think this is a very fun and charming collage. A creative idea as all your collages aree.deviantart.net/emoticons/r/r… " width="15" height="15" alt="
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WOW!! Lea, you've done it yet once again! You've written a critique that offers so much more than a "nice texture or color" kind of critique. I so appreciate the in-depth analysis you've given this. God knows, I wanted some feedback on it because I struggled with this one. I agree about the sizes of the fish and the shells. I can rework this a bit and maybe add the missing "jellyfish"!
I was considering starting a collaborative collage - a "collaborage", as it were. I can start with a fractal background or a Photoshop background and ask people to contribute fractalets to it to make a collection of fractals from various artists represented in a single cohesive piece. What do you think of the idea? Do you think people would contribute? Would you contribute? I would credit everyone who sends me a piece for it. Is this a stupid idea? Please let me know your thoughts on this, Lea. I really trust your judgment and I would like some feedback or advice on this.
Thanks again so much for the wonderful critique. My work always seems to take on a whole new dimension for me after you have critiqued it. I always see new things or see things a different way. Thanks for keep me "honest", sweet Lea.
I hope all is OK at home and that you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday. I will enjoy being off work for a couple of days. This week has been a bear!!
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Oh Peggi, you are so welcome! I enjoy giving critiques. I probably don't give what would be considered a very professional critique. I only know what I like and what I think might work better. I try to be objective. I am sure you know how it is. Sometimes I work hours on an image and try different placements and angles and it just doesn't look right, or feel right to me, and I will start over again from the point of the fractal, or just put it away for another time.
I learn to, by giving critiques. It gives me a more discerning eye with my own work. Just like I know that I depend too heavily on tubes. I love the butterflies and I love the flowers and the flowers work so well with the flames. I have pretty much stopped using the poser model tubes and it is really unfortunate in a way because I belonged to one subscription site for a year, and I still belong to one that I have a "lifelong" membership to, and she mainly does female poser model images. But that is fine.
Now as to the "collaborage" I love that word! Artists are soo creative! It would be wonderful! I think it would be great fun and interesting to see what you could do with different flamets. 
I would love to contribute! I would have to go through and pull out the big guns and go through all my flames, well maybe not all of them. 
Oh honey, I don't think it is a question of keeping you honest, at all. But having another perspective does help.
Oh and I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving sweetie. We all have so many blessings, despite whatever hardships we may be going through and it is good to have that awareness and focus.
I will start looking at flames.
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Absolutely amazing!!!! There is just something about it that makes me smile!!!!! Lovely work, Peggi!
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This beautiful work has been featured in my new Journal [link]
Hope you like it! In case you have any objections, please let me know, than I will remove it.
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Thank you very much for featuring this, Esther! I'm delighted to be included with those wonderful water fractals!
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What a beauty of a scene! It's so full of life and colours, and fantastically composed. I love it.
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Thank you so much, Josette! I'm so happy you like it. I definitely think it's time for another collage. i haven't done one in ages!
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Thank you so much!! I'm thrilled you liked it!
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What a wonderful undersea world you have created here
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ups... I meant underwater... sigh my English gets worse and worse
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Thanks so much, Barb! Undersea, underwater...it's all the same, so your English is doing just fine!
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Thank you very much, Josette! Well, like you, I love colors and this one seemed to have some of that going on.
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well i love it! very impressive! i assume this is one of the images in the calendar?
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Thanks so much, Dwayne!! And no, this isn't an image in the calendar. I only used a couple of collages for that. Plus, I don't think this one was finished when I uploaded the calendar.
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ah well, better luck next year right?
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It just amazes me how you find the pieces and put them together. You have some imagination there Peggi. I haven't had the courage to try a fractal manip yet but you are encouraging me to play.
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Thanks, Iwona! You should give fractal manips a try. Just find a good background and plunk some interesting fractalets into it. I'm sure you must have plenty around. I'm thinking of doing a "collaborage" - a collage made up of fractals from various artists. I'm playing with the idea. I would like to do something for the holiday season. I just hope I have the time to get it together. Maybe you'd care to contribute if I get it up and running?
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Thank you so much, Helena! I'm so happy you liked it.
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I love these collages you do!
The shells and fish are wonderful...
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Thank you, krigl! You don't care for the crabs? That's all right, no one really likes the crabs.
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very cute!!Love the concept..are you going to work on this idea any further?? I think you should..I'd love to see what you come up with!! By the way I know there are many wonderful fractal artists on this site but you are the only one I watch so far!!
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Thanks so much for your wonderful comment! I may still add some things to this and make some slight changes based on 's critique. Plus, I'm actually thinking about a "collaborage" - a collage that's a collaboration between a bunch of fractalists who will contribute individual items to a collage. I may provide the background or I may ask one of them to provide a background. I'm still toying with the idea.
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sounds like an interesting way to go with it!! Looking forward to updates
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Thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate the feedback!
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Maybe so. But then I'll have to make some other fractal critters and do an Apo Farmyard Collage. Otherwise, the pigs won't have anyone to play with.
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"....but I also found some crabs!"
Sorry, but I completely lost it right there.
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I'm so glad you got a chuckle out of this! Now, the question is, do you like the collage?
I really had a lot of trouble with this one. The shells are essentially transparent and the "cave" background gave me fits with the coloring. But, I went ahead with it. Sometimes the more you play with something, the more you make it worse.
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psychedelic fish , its really,really amazin art , peggi
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Thanks, Mark! I've been enjoying your latest fractals! Great colors and design.
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