Some (digital) art for you all to let sink like a stone

[ghostsofgiants]

I decided to try my hand at photomontage this weekend. This is what happened.

[Tsiyu]

1. Very way cool!

You're good at that, as well as being a kind and generous person :)

[ghostsofgiants]

2. Thanks.

:)

[lizziegrace]

3. I like it!

Very cool.

[ghostsofgiants]

13. Merci.

Yeah, that's right, I'm speaking French on an American message board. I'm just that badass.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

4. It's Dali-esq

bravo! :yourock::applause:

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Yeah, Dali's one of my favourite artists, so it's only natural, haha

Thanks.

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

7. my pleasure

and thanks for posting!

[progmom]

5. i dig it!

:hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

8. Thanks!

:hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

9. You know that's very good!

What programs did you use to do it, just PS? How did you do the shadows?

[ghostsofgiants]

11. Yep, all Photoshop.

Select the layer you ant to have cast a shadow, fill it with black. use the various transformation tools (distort, perspective, skew, whatever) to get the angle you want, add a gaussian blur to whatever degree you wish, and play around with transparency and blending modes. This shadows are at around 75% with a hard light blend setting.

[Call Me Wesley]

14. I've seen people using

Bryce/Cinema 4D/Carrara, etc. alltogether to do something like this but couldn't come up with this result.

As I said, I really like it. Thanks for sharing!

[ghostsofgiants]

16. Thanks. It's just a matter of using the right stock images and textures.

Chck out this guy's work: http://drahomira.deviantart.com/gallery/

That's what inspired me to try my hand at it. Some brilliant stuff there.

[KyndCulture]

15. Wow I been a graphic artist too long...

I understood every single word you just said!

WAY WAY COOL art!!

Dali was the first thought I had... my favorite painter!

[ghostsofgiants]

19. Haha, glad someone could follow, haha

Glad you like it. I've got a poster of "Les Elephants" hanging on the wall behind me. I love Dali. I actually want to get the two elephants from that painting tattooed, one on each of my triceps.

[Trigger Hippie]

10. I like it too!

Really cool! :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

12. Glad you like it.

:)

[Initech]

17. I like it!

[ghostsofgiants]

21. Thank you.

[ZombieNixon]

18. Klool!

I likes me some digiArt!

[ghostsofgiants]

20. As do I, sir, as do I...

Though making it can oft be frustrating, haha.

Glad you dig it.

[chknltl]

22. Sinks???? Stones????

I see an imaginative photo-montage that needs neither sink nor stone.

[ghostsofgiants]

23. Haha, thanks for not letting it sink in a stone-esque manner.

[asthmaticeog]

24. It's good.

Part of my job entails auditing other people's artprodukt, and I have to look at a LOT of crap. And this ain't crap. VERY good work, especially for a first try.

[ghostsofgiants]

26. Thanks.

I never promise my art won't be crap. I just do what I do. Glad to know this isn't crap, haha.

[SeattleGirl]

25. Wow! I like it!

Well done!

[ghostsofgiants]

29. What, no spanking?

:P

[SeattleGirl]

32. Oh, my bad!

I REALLY like your picture! :spank: :spank: :spank:

Better??? :evilgrin:

[ghostsofgiants]

33. Haha, that's the SeattleGirl we all know and love

[SeattleGirl]

51. Yes, I momentarily forgot myself.

:evilgrin:

[DJ MEW]

27. That is great.

Were you going for any sort of meaning or is it just something to look at?

[ghostsofgiants]

28. Well, surrealism is always open for interpretation...

But for me it's sort of representative of death and the afterlife. (Even though I don't believe in the afterlife, haha, so the afterlife more as a concept.)

[jus_the_facts]

30. Reminds me of The Dark Tower....

....by Stephen King...trippin'! :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

31. I've heard of the series, but I've never read any King

[jus_the_facts]

36. S'really good......

...this picture made me think of it immediately! You should read this series now...I HIGHLY recommend it! :D :hi:

[ghostsofgiants]

38. Cool

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to reaid it at some ppoint.

[WCGreen]

34. What Does it MEan... What Does it MEan....

Yaaaaaaaaaaa

[ghostsofgiants]

35. What doesn't it mean?

[WCGreen]

41. fish

[ghostsofgiants]

46. Correct.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Outstanding, my dear primate1!!

I REALLY like this......

Yes, it does remind me of Dali as well......

You need to keep on doing this sort of thing, I think.....

BRAVO!


:party: :toast: :toast: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :toast: :toast: :party:

[ghostsofgiants]

39. Thanks Peggy!

I'll definitely be doing more of this, don't you worry.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

40. good..........

[ornotna]

42. Very nice!

I like it. Now get back to work and do more. :D

[ghostsofgiants]

48. Yes sir!

[Shine]

43. Are you familiar with the Tarot deck? Your pix reminds me of the

major arcana card, The Tower. Very cool. Deep stuff. :thumbsup:
Shine

Check this out:
from: http://www.angelpaths.com/majors/tower.html

The Tower is numbered sixteen and shows a tower struck by lightning, with raging fires within and the top of the tower falling. There are usually figures falling, head-first, from the ruins.

The Tower shows us a basic fact of spiritual life - the power of the Gods can strike unexpectedly to break down all the long-established patterns and assumptions that we have taken for granted for so long.

Sometimes our limited vision of reality blocks our understanding and perception of truth. We begin to believe that the Tower - which we have been building higher and higher in order to reach the Gods - is the only reality. A cataclysmic force is needed to destroy this fantasy so as to allow us to recognise the powers which surround us. When this happens we must react with hope, letting go of our fears. The highest truths can now be realised.

[ghostsofgiants]

47. Interesting...

I know nothing about tarot. Not exactly my cup o' tea. That's cool though, thanks for mentioning it.

[djeseru]

44. Thank you, I rather enjoy this.

The tree with the "flame cloud" is quite profound for me. Don't know why bare trees always make such a statement, at least to me.

Now, let's see more...

[ghostsofgiants]

49. The tree is sort of a nod to the TV series Carnivàle...

So if you like that kind of imagery, check it out. Brilliant show.

[El Fuego]

45. I love it!!!!!!

It reminds me of a Rene Magritte painting. That is very, very cool.

:bounce:

[ghostsofgiants]

50. Thank you!

I don't know Magritte's work that well but I know it well enough to appreciate the compliment. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

52. dude, it's a pink floyd album cover

:crazy: i like :thumbsup:

[ghostsofgiants]

53. Storm Thorgerson did a lot of their covers

I'm looking through a gallery of his stuff now and his work has definitely influenced me.

Thanks. :)