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Dark matter

Postby PiroStitch on Fri Jun 11, 2010 12:26 am

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First cab of the rank in a new series that I'm working on. Not sure if it's too dark as my laptop monitor is fairly cruddy.
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Re: Dark matter

Postby gstark on Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:53 am

Wayne,

You're clearly having way too much fun at the moment.

I like this as it is, and I don't think that it's too dark.
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Re: Dark matter

Postby bigsarg7 on Fri Jun 11, 2010 1:40 pm

I agree with Gary, I think it looks great as it is, on my screen that is! i like the hint of green at the top, a very moody shot, well executed!!
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Re: Dark matter

Postby Geoff on Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:02 pm

Love it, but what is it??
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Re: Dark matter

Postby surenj on Fri Jun 11, 2010 5:58 pm

Geoff wrote:Love it, but what is it??

Geoff, the bottom left part is the face of a child who is being help by mother (whose back is towards us). They are entering the spirit world above....... :mrgreen:

Nice one Chris. Are the colors via snooted flash or by PP? :cheers:
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Re: Dark matter

Postby zafra52 on Fri Jun 11, 2010 7:49 pm

I think it is some ink suspended on a liquid possibly water
or something else with more viscosity. Whatever it is,
it is certainly very intriguing and well done because you
have captured its mystery and our imagination.
I am now being pedantic, but because the thing itself has
some colour to it and is floating on emptiness, I would rather
baptise it with something like "Form in Space" , "The Shape
of Thought" or "Evil Thought" because of its amorphous but
sinuous nature.
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Re: Dark matter

Postby aim54x on Fri Jun 11, 2010 10:22 pm

Looks awesome....you are having way too much fun!
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Re: Dark matter

Postby Geoff on Sat Jun 12, 2010 12:23 pm

It really is a sublime image - I keep coming back to look :)
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Re: Dark matter

Postby PiroStitch on Fri Jun 18, 2010 1:29 am

Thanks for the comments everyone. Looking at this on a different computer with a decent monitor, I'm actually not that happy with it. There's a lot of detail that's missing from the image which means a rework.
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Re: Dark matter

Postby Oz_Beachside on Tue Jun 22, 2010 7:58 pm

wayne I love it. its disturbing, almost painful, disgusting, ugly, grotesque, vomit inducing, but i cant look away, very intruiging! :cheers:
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Re: Dark matter

Postby sirhc55 on Tue Jun 22, 2010 10:57 pm

After doing some work on the image I can only say - wow!

Parts of bodies including a hand plus what looks like a face behind a mask enclosed in a helmet - disturbing but brilliant.
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Re: Dark matter

Postby wendellt on Tue Jun 22, 2010 11:56 pm

im racking my brain on how you did this
its innovative and hautingly beautiful
well done
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