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Subject: It's FINALLY done...

retrocity opened this issue on Jul 02, 2002 · 8 posts
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retrocity ( ) posted Tue, 02 July 2002 at 4:29 PM · edited Wed, 06 November 2024 at 11:51 PM

file_14723.jpg

I've been working (on and off) on this piece for quite some time. I did it as a practice for painting glass. It's all done in Photoshop with enough layers to choke a horse (or crash a system, which it DID on a number of occasions!).

I KNOW some of you "render warriors" could have done it in Poser or Bryce in 20min (including the render time!), but i don't have any 3D apps, and if not for PS i'd be left with just my pen and pencil. Normally i post to the 2D forum but i wanted to show what could be done with PS and alittle (alright ALOT) time and patience!

:)
retrocity

Slynky ( ) posted Tue, 02 July 2002 at 6:19 PM

screw the rendering, you actually created this. post it at a much bigger size now please.

bevchiron ( ) posted Wed, 03 July 2002 at 12:36 AM

This is way cool & inspiring!! You got the glass effect really well & it also has a beautiful abstract quality, it would be great if you could post it in 2D too ; )

elusive.chaos

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)

svdf ( ) posted Wed, 03 July 2002 at 4:15 AM

WOW!!! this is amazing man! worth the work! you're da man ;) 10+++

retrocity ( ) posted Wed, 03 July 2002 at 12:05 PM

file_14724.jpg

Sorry for the file size to everyone with dialup...

Here is a screencap of my workarea in PS for this piece.

Man, if it wasn't for creating "layer sets" it would have been a mess!!! I had at least a dozen "sets" just for the bubbles. A lot of "blend modes" were needed for the bubbles to seem reflective. I merged a whole lot of layers as it progressed and got the hand kinda' right --at a larger size it seemed off but if you reduce your view every once-in-awhile you get the idea of how it'll look (this is a trick you use when working on large pieces like murals...).

I find if i work large and then reduce in size i can get "tighter" resolution/detail.

See ya' around
:)
retrocity

Slynky ( ) posted Wed, 03 July 2002 at 1:36 PM

i didnt even see the hand rthe first time, i just saw all the glass... holy crud man... photoshop 7 looks juicy, but i won't be able to run it til next summer, and by then 8 will prolly be out, oh well.

PunkClown ( ) posted Thu, 04 July 2002 at 1:22 AM

Excellent result! Cool looking image that I seriously doubt could be replicated quite as strikingly (for want of a better word), in a 3d app. Great example of patience and talent retrocity! :-)>

miasmak ( ) posted Fri, 05 July 2002 at 3:07 AM

Inspiring, you have a lot of patience.

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