Hi All!

The new challenge is here!  mcw1917 sent in this intriguing challenge:

"Let's have a challenge wherein you create a picture within a picture; where you look at the initial piece of art and can discern a second or third subject therein.  To simplify with a mundane example:  a tree wherein several faces may be seen when viewed carefully.... "

This sounds like a fascinating challenge!  The challenge is for everyone, regardless of their creative tools.  Everyone can enter, whether they are using 2D, 3D, fractal, animation or any other software;  whether they are photographers, writers or even musicians.  The challenge arena is open to all.  Come and join in, test your creative tools against all the others!

The Challenge begins immediately and will close to entries in the middle of July.  I wanted to extend it a bit so there is plenty of time, then we can have a July/August Summer Challenge.  I will give you a few days notice.  All entries will be to this thread or with a link to a larger image. Voting will begin then in the same thread. 

You may enter an existing work if you like, but we would prefer to see a new work created for this challenge... it IS a challenge after all, lol!  You may enter more than one work, but remember that in the voting, each entry will be judged separately; we vote for an entry, not an artist. If you choose to enter more than once, please NAME EACH OF YOUR ENTRIES!

Go and create!!

~Viv
 

Fractals will always amaze me!

Oh, my!  Now that is a challenge. Never done anything like that. This will take some thinking.  Nice idea mcw1917!

Images that run around in my head eventually end up in my gallery.

Dragons like to have fun too!  Dragon Mischief Art

It sounded like a good idea at the time.... but now I'm fresh outta ideas! LOL!  But we can do it, can't we, everybody....  ;-)  ???

of course! (i hope)

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

Very cool topic, I'll give it a try If I have time..

Ooh!  Hidden images! :)

I'll try to enter (although my Mac with all the art programs is still unbootable).

Doing something like this verbally would be a bit tougher... although some folks here might know Alice Through the Looking Glass, where the land as described is a giant chessboard, and you can follow the moves of the game through the story.  It is much easier to see patterns in clouds and faces in trees.

Carolly

I would think the secret might be using something with pattern. Then adding your 'face, or what ever' in a faded layer.  Sorta thinking out loud here as I'm not sure how I will tackle this.  Maybe a will googling to see if I can can some ideas.

Patrish

Images that run around in my head eventually end up in my gallery.

Dragons like to have fun too!  Dragon Mischief Art

Attached Link: Smotherhood

Well, I'll pull something out of my gallery to start this....

"Smotherhood"

Can you see the wary eye in the tree?

and the link goes to the full image.

Terrific!  But I see a whole lot more than Mom's eye in the full image.  I see about four monkeys, at least one snake, four or more wonderful faces....and I only studied it for a minute or so.  It's great, hauksdottir!

Here's a submission from the writers side...
Hugs and good luck all!

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The painting

I paused at the illuminated painting in the airconditioned gallery.
The swirls of various colour on the black background were intriguing and made me very quiet inside..... at first.

Then they began screaming, louder and more obvious.

My sight started spinning round and round along with the arcs of pattern till I staggered and stumbled into someone beside me. A hard grip steadied me and I took a deep breath and mumbled a quiet word of thanks to my partner. I gripped his arm then focused on the painting again.

"It's quite disturbing isn't it?"  Mark's voice nudged my senses.

"Mmmm, hang on a bit. I need to see this a bit longer if that's ok?" I was being drawn deeper into the picture again but this time I had an anchor.

"No problem," and Mark reached out to a passing waiter and grabbed a scotch on the rocks.

The patterns swirled like before but I was prepared and held on. They steadied and opened up a glorious world before me, deep, deep inside the canvas. A couple strolling along in a field of multicoloured, bobbing poppys turned into a murky rainbow of gas floating on water.

The picture changed again.

This time into Mark lying on a bedspread of many colours. His face was full of love and in his hand was an open golden box containing a delicate diamond ring. A glimpse of joy filled his expression before the colours swirled again into a shining jingle of a child's cot mobile.....

I inhaled deeply and broke the spell of the painting.

Turning to Mark I smiled... "Yes."

He frowned at me in query. "Yes, what?"

"This is the one I want and yes, so are you." my heart overflowed as he joyfully realised I was answering his question from the previous night.

My answer was within the painting.

Copyright S.R. Hulley
Chin up, stay strong! Hugs!

Wow SusiQ, what a neat submission.  So glad to see a writer's contribution!  And it's great!

Here's one.... called "Swim at Your Own Risk."  The project was created in Vue 7 with a photo backdrop.  (I took the picture last fall in the Southern Caribbean; it has not been doctored in any way.)  The boy on the dock and the pier are Vue, as is the palm.  I think I'll  work on another one...

These are great!  I know this is a tough challenge, but you are all making it look easy

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Wow, SusiQ, the story was awesome! 
Hauksdottir Loved the tree with dryad's eye peering out ..
And mcw1917 .. just love how you did this .. I love the cloud .. light streaming out of it's eyes .. what a dramatic work!!

Thank you for the kind words. :)

I've been down with a bloody urinary tract infection, so have to recover myself before fixing the computer.  Perhaps some of these approaches can spur more entries?

Remember those hidden images posters and puzzles?  Some types of play are fun, such as this teddy bear in the clouds:

http://www.planetperplex.com/en/pareidolia.html

And others, such as "magic eye" floating images are just fiendish.

http://www.planetperplex.com/en/magic_eye.html

Anamorphosis, is mostly twisted images (look at some Renaissance paintings through grooves in the frames to see (OMG) a huge skull, or other such trickery.  Or place a metallic tube into the middle of a drawing to see the unbent original.  I think of it as a gambit, but many masters liked playing with their art.

Anyway, the Planet Perplex site has lots of fun, different things to do when making an image:

http://www.planetperplex.com/en/index.html

Silhouettes hiding other images?

Catasterism was unintentional: viewers pointed out the "giant parrot head" because they saw it from across the room, whereas my POV was inches away.

http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1037133

And silhouettes lead to...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rorschach_inkblot_test

(Years ago, this test was given to me.  One of my responses was "trireme", and I had to explain to  the pysychologist that the Greeks invented a vastly superior warship with 3 banks of oars and lots of pointy bits for ramming enemies.  Intelligent, widely reading, artists do very badly on tests like this.)

Maybe one of these ideas is a starting point?

Carolly

Thanks, Carolly!  You are always so generous with your ideas

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Thank you for your lovely comments.  :o)
I've also challenged some of the other writers to join us here.
I really love the tree photo called smothered. That is how I feel sometimes... lol
Great cloud picture in Swim at your own risk.  To me the cloud looks like a shark... :o)

Copyright S.R. Hulley
Chin up, stay strong! Hugs!

Took this one sometime in the last few weeks, wanted some cloud shots to make some cloud brushes. As I was looking at it, trying to decide what portion to work with, I saw the profile, and it's shadow, or maybe two profiles. Think the image comes out as thumb .. zoom in Rita 

Title: Face 1

Oh yeah, this is my kind of challenge!!! I see things in everything!
This one came out of a folder I have called "Bristlecone faces. Bristlecone trees are the oldest living things and we have one of the biggest forest of them here in the White Mts bordering California and Nevada.

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

this is a crazy challenge :)
I'm going to have to really be creative on this one.

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854

WOW ! Even a writer in this.  THat is indeed awesome. WOnderful images so far and ... IM on :-)
Be back later, you bet.

I hope I can send this even though i have it on my gallery, but if you want to see it in bigger size i can send the link.  This is just a biginner image. :-) Here is ALOT to see.

wow, helanker ... very nice indeed...a bit dark on top half to see everything, but it is all full of stuff for sure :)

Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together.
All things connect......Chief Seattle, 1854

Thank you very much Dave-So. I made it by pushing pixels in PSP9. :-)  
I am sorry you are not able to see the upper part. I myself have no troubles seeing it. I guess it is depending of our monitors.

Helle

YES!! That's a wonderful image, helanker!  Filled with so many marvelous faces, animals, things!!!!  Terrific job.  I love it. 

Here's another one....created in Vue, trees come from PS brushes....  You have to look REALLY closely to see what's going on here.  I have a map, if you need it.  ;-) 

This was created entirely in Vue, no postwork whatsoever.  Gotta admit it was made in response to a lesson by Peggy Walters in LVS.   It's called "Birth of a Dragon."  The more you look, the more you'll see.  (I hope)

Last one, I promise.  I call this Mid-Eastern Marketplace.  It's the most complicated, and really asks a lot of your imagination.  Created entirely in Vue; no postwork.

Thank you mcv1917 I am glad you like it

Yes i see the face in the tree.  And the profiles in the clouds.
I cant see anything  specific in your beautiful jungle image, but it sure looks great. I think i see a  face in the middle birth of a dragon.  Awesome one. The last one I see severel dragon faces :-)

Oh, wow!

helanker, mcw1917, please send links to the larger images (old eyes aren't what they ought to be, yet I can tell there are lots of interesting bits). :)

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1609619

Hi hauksdottir here is the link to my image :-)

Thank you.  BTW, it doesn't appear to be a mermaid, but a selkie leaving her skin, and I'm surprised that nobody mentioned the basilica. ;)

My entry name: Butterflies are free!

This is an older image with two hidden creatures, can you see them both?

A very beautiful Image,   Katanas and I see the 2 hitten creatures :)

I'd love to send a larger image, but being REALLY new to Renderosity, I don't know where to send it.....  How do you get a gallery page?  Are there instructions or special requirements?  Please, somebody, point me in the right direction.  I'll do the rest!  Thanks!
Peggy (mcw1917)

Here is one more from me. There are 3 in this picture.

a very good one, helle!

"The light at the end of the tunnel may be an oncoming train"

Thank you Koosie :-))) 

Attached Link: Upload Link

*"I'd love to send a larger image, but being REALLY new to Renderosity, I don't know where to send it..... How do you get a gallery page? Are there instructions or special requirements? Please, somebody, point me in the right direction. I'll do the rest! Thanks! Peggy (mcw1917)" **  *Peggy, you already have a gallery, every member gets one when they join!   Go to the top of the page and find the silver buttons between the Renderosity logo and the "Announcements".  One is labeled 'Galleries'.  If you hover on it, you will get a dropdown menu.  The first item on it is 'My Gallery'.  You have no entries yet.  To make your first entry, use the page link  at the top of this entry to go to the upload page.  Maximum 4000x4000 pixels, and up 512kb in file weight.

If you have any problems or questions, send me a sitemail.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Some very interesting pieces here!

Images that run around in my head eventually end up in my gallery.

Dragons like to have fun too!  Dragon Mischief Art

grassmonkeys.

its a photo from blooming grass in the sunset.
the wind spoiled the moment, but left me with those playing monkeys.

monica

Hi Monica. I like that image alot. Awesome.

So do I, Monica.  It's really fun. Talk about serendipity! Wow!

Just love all these .. the face in the bristlecone tree; I could spend DAYS looking pouring over helanker's digital manipulation, it's fantastic!!; MCW's jungle posting is a little small, but I can make out a few things.. it's one you really have to study, marketplace is awesome, and I see faces in the sky of the dragon's birth. 
What wonderful stuff there is to see!! You all have such wonderful imaginations!!

Oh my .. I missed katanas'  image .. I see the two hidden images in your wonderful render!  I think there are more then three in your last post, helanker! I saw at least four and the faintest hint of a fifth!! It's an amzingly awesome image. As it your forest one, I just love all that's in that one! The creatures as well as the folks! Thank you for the larger posting of it!
That posting by ligt .. wow .. what an awesomd capture, it looks more like a fractal then a photo! Sometimes the blurred mistakes are the most gorgeous, as this one is.

Attached Link: http://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php?image_id=1913081

Sorry it's taken so long to upload a larger image of those tangled jungle vines....  You can see it here:

Tomorrow I'll upload one of my "maps" to help you gaze through my eyes....  heh heh.  ;-)
Any and all comments are welcome.  Thanks!

Hi Peggy,

I did a quick edit on your post so that the link would work perfectly.  There are some seriously awesome entries for this challenge!

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Thank you very much for your kind words, three_grrr. ** It is very kind of you.
**

Here's a map to those tangled jungle vines.  I found 17 incipient objects, including 12 faces, 2 calves, one dog and one rabbit.  Perhaps there's more???

renderosity.com/mod/gallery/index.php

Thanks for fixing my other link, Viv.  I hope this one is ok.

Best.... Y'all have a happy weekend!

Cheers, mcw 1917 -- Peggy

What a fun topic this has been, and lots of amazing entries!   I would like to close the entries on Sunday, the 19th of July (that gives us a weekend for final touches!).  I will be calling for votes just after midnight on Sunday (Renderosity time), so let's get in all those last minute entries !

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

I am going to close entries a few hours early, because my computer has a strange problem that no one knows what to do about, and I am working on a loaner.  It's terrific to see some new faces this month!  We have two pages this month, so be sure to look at all the entries.  It's time to let the voting begin!  The voting will be in this thread, after this post.  You get to choose your 3 favorite entries, giving each of them 3, 2 or 1 points.  Remember, you are choosing an entry, not an artist.  If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice.

Your vote should look something like this:

Hidden - "Pictures" - 3 points
Shades - "And Shadows" - 2 points
Secret - "Images" - 1 point

Feel free to nominate Honorable Mentions or make comments.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

I have send 2 in and I prefare the first on page 1, golden on black called :
"Hitten in the Dark. What do you see?"

 

helanker- hitten in the dark-3 points
bentchik- face 1- 2 points
hauksdottir- smotherhood- 1 point

tough choices this time!
monica

What a strange topic!! (LOL) But some fascinating responses....
Here's my vote:

helanker, "Hitten in the Dark" = 3 points
hanksdottir, "Smotherhood" = 2 points
ligt, "Grass Monkeys" = 1 point

Thanks to everyone who took this challenge....
Best,
mcw1917 -- Peggy

Here is my vote

Benchick     - Face 1                             -  3 points
SusiQ          - The painting                   -  2 points
Katanas:     - Butterflies are free        -  1 point

Please have a bit of patience with me.  My computer is in the shop for repair and I don't have my tools on this loaner, so I will just leave the voting open for another couple of days.  I will be checking in on the forum meanwhile.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

My votes: good luck everyone..

bentchick - "face 1" - 3pts

mcw1917  - "birth of a dragon" - 2pts

susiQ - "the painting" - 1 pt

These were delightufl - so creative!

Bentchick:  Face 1                     3  points
helanker: 2nd entry (has 3)       2 points
mcw1917:  birth of a dragon     1 point

Images that run around in my head eventually end up in my gallery.

Dragons like to have fun too!  Dragon Mischief Art

Hello  Digital_Mischief.
I am sorry, but I said earlier, that i myself prefare to use the first and it wouldnt be fair that I can have 2 pictures in this challenge. So i am afraid this wont go.

Tough voting.... so many wonderful entries and such variety!!!

helanker - 1st submission - 3 points
SusieQ - The painting- 2 points
mcw1917 - Mid-Eastern Marketplace- 1 point

Thanks for all the wonderful comments and votes on my tree face, I'll have to post a couple in my gallery!!!
Good luck everyone!

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

I really appreciate the votes ...  thanks, guys!  All the submissions were such fun.  Good luck to all the participants.

ligt - "grassmonkys" - 3
hauksdottir - "smotheres" - 2
suziq - "the painting" - 1

I had such a hard time deciding .. I wanted to give each of you a 3 because each had something i really loved about it, LOL, I hate voting for that reason. Which one .. oh dear, which one to vote for??? Sigh .. 

What a fun topic this has been!
Thank you!!

I think I may be late with my votes .. we've been gone and I'm so far behind and I forgot to look when the sitemail came and all that. Sorry about that if I'm late.
Rita 
PS: I hope you've been able to resolve your pc issues Viv!
 

There is no limit to how many images a person can submit.   I know that this can sometimes be difficult, but really the reason for a challenge is to get people enthused and inspired to use their creativity.  I have always been surprised at how others see some of my own work, they see things in it that I might never have noticed :)

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Maybe I can sneak my votes in over the transom...

3 pts: Helanker..... "Hidden in the Dark"  first image (golden)
2 pts: SuziQ..... "The Painting"
1 pt:  mcw1917..... "Birth of a Dragon"

This was an extremely creative challenge!  And everyone pulled layers of imagery together for this one. :)

And Viv, sorry for your computer troubles.  My Mac is still dead, but the PC is finally rebuilt.  They're always a source of trouble, but without them, how would we communicate?  I hope your beastie gets fixed and back home soon.

Carolly

Good "my" morning.  :-)

OK Viv, then I have misunderstood the whole music. Silly me.
First I didnt think there even was a vote. Often we have funny challenges without votings and i must have mixed them up. Later after reading this:
If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice.
I misunderstood AGAIN and thought that we could sent 3 or more pictures in but had to chose which of them should be the final for voting.  Maybe I am good at writing english, but I am certainly not good at reading and understanding  LOL !  I am sorry :-)

I just think this is fun, with or without votings. There are so many exiting images to enjoy.

Helle

I do agree with you, Helle, about it being fun!  I'm so sorry that my computer is still in the shop, i probably should have chosen a different shop!  I will try to find access sometime today to count and post a winner who will then choose the August challenge!

I will try to think of a better way to phrase that post about the multiple entries!  Thanks for calling that to my attention. :biggrin:

~Viv

I am really sorry that  you must go so long time and wait for your computer. it must be quite frustrating. I think I had gone bananas.
I hope you will be able to get it very soon.  Dont worry about this voting. It can wait until you are ready for it. You have enaugh troubles witdrawelling.  (dont know if it is spelled correctly, LOL !)

Viv?

Do you have your computer back yet?

First of all, many thanks for your concern!  I am well, but am still living with the nightmare of nightmares, a bad hard drive which we are struggling with, hoping to save all my data, including many months worth of image files and the base files for most of my textures.  It is very slow going, and in the meanwhile I have the occasional loan of a computer here or there.  It's quite frustrating for me, because the loaners are typically old and have unsupported OS, which means they are slow and also don't have any of the software I am used to.  This weekend may be the make or break point, I am keeping my fingers crossed!

 This was a difficult and fascinating challenge, I really enjoyed seeing such cleverly hidden images!  The images were all so well done, everyone deserves a cheer!

Here is the count:

 

Tied for seventh place, with 1 points: Katanas' 'Butterflies are free' and mcw1917's ' Mid-Eastern Marketplace'

In sixth place, with 2 points:  helanker's second entry

Tied for fifth place, with 4 points: ligt's 'Grass Monkeys' and mcw1917's 'birth of a dragon'

In fourth place, with 5 points: hauksdottir's 'smotherhood'

In third place, with 8 points: SusiQ's 'The painting'

In second place, with 11 points:  bentchick's 'face 1'

In first place, with 12 points: helanker's 'hitten in the dark'

Congratulations to everyone!  I can't wait to see what the next challenge will bring!  helanker, please let me know what you want to challenge for September.

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!

Thank you everyone.

I am very honoured that it was my image,  that was the winner. Thank you very much.  Congratulations to all too :-)))  It was a fun challenge.

I will try to come up  with a new challenge. I just have to (try) to think a bit first :-)

Helle

great fun, this challenge!
monica

Excellent images... a lot of imagination was expressed and curious eyes and minds could wander freely.  Especial congratulations to helanker. :)

Viv,

I understand about the computer, believe me, I do.  My trusty old G4 is belly up with what is probably a bad hard drive (the error message is vague, but the trouble-shooting CD can't find it).  ALL of my Photoshop files, ALL my Bryce files, ALL my Poser files, ALL my digital photographs... inaccessible.  I need to do some art, and I can't.   :(   If I wasn't already living with a migraine, this would give me one. 

I hope that some Igor in a lab can bring your computer's brain back to life.

Carolly

Attached Link: New Challenge!

Go and have a look at the new challenge that helanker has set for us!!

~Viv

Fractals will always amaze me!