The pics thread

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Vihris: what do you mean "based off a mirrored picture"? You mean before I frayed the edges asymmetrically, etc.? In addition, it isn't meant to be a "robot" per se...it was actually meant to be a kind of "organic structure"...it's titled "Cathedral I" so yeah.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

That was hastily worded, but it does look like many/most of the elements in your image are mirrored on both sides, so I assume that at some point you put together some image / collection of images for one half and then 'copied' it to the other half... right?

As for the robot thing, that was just an interpretation I was drawing since we were talking about "figures" while I was looking at it. All I was trying to say is that there are ways to achieve 'natural symmetry' in an artwork without compromising the overall 'shape' of your subject (which is what you seemed to be worried about).

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I'm interested in your explanation of 'natural symmetry' actually. The way in which this was created is that it was built in a modular fashion, and treated (in Photoshop itself) as a "living thing". It has a distinct "anatomy" and the layers (sets of symmetrical parts) are organized into groups such as "wings", "horns", "arms" and "pelvic region". I did this about half as naming convention and half because the more I worked with it, the more organic it felt. Though it is definitely, as Anti said, a more "biotech" kind of 'organic' than something purely animal/human. In any case, no it wasn't a process of building a left side then mirroring it, but rather of working from the center out (and down; I started with the top center piece, and the "halo" was the last addition), choosing images from my selection (only 3 actual unique 'images' are used in the entire composition, actually) which I felt were able to be arranged in an interesting way, searching for continuity of the black shapes prevalent in the three prints used to make up the "figure", and duplicating the images on the other side (where they would naturally fit perfectly due to symmetry). Anyway, yeah, talking too much, glad people dig it, word.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Ah I see... sort of. Weird-ass esoteric Photoshop effects, lol.

Maybe I should have just said "there is some sort of copying of several major components of the image in order to achieve symmetry".

But yeah, definitely play around with that style more man. It looks fucking wicked as it is.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

Essentially, each set of "limbs"/"anatomy" can be re-contextualized on the image itself, via the limbs' own modularity. Each set of limbs is organized into a "group" containing both symmetrical layers in Photoshop, meaning if I select the 'legs', I can move them around on the page and change their location, scale and rotation (and, indeed, change each individual 'leg's location/scale/rotation as well).

And yes, what you should have said would probably have worked better, but I realize that it is patently impossible to see the image and assume the process through which I worked, rather than assuming the more traditional definition of bilateral symmetry

I will probably work more with this style in the future...I DID manage to save the original, anatomically-designed file, so I can play around with body parts, color, shadows, light, etc. essentially infinitely. I predict more pieces like this will show up at some point.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

Can't wait

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

 

[A1a23]

neat-o

 

[Zephyrus]

I like it, Andy. Nice work.

 

[ASD]

That is really fucking cool. I can look at that for a long time and see different things in it.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

I don't think I posted the DeviantArt link which contains the large version that can be modified for desktop use (it looks best centered with a black background whereever the image is not i.e. the sides).

http://gorefisted.deviantart.com/art/Cathedral-I-144081214

Click the image to get full size.

ASD: precisely. In my opinion, the most essential nature of abstract art (and sometimes, in a broader sense, "modern art" in general) is to present an image or other form of experienced phenomenon to the "experiencer" (I say this because it works with music such as noise and some metal, too) and let the person experiencing the art discover whatever they want/happen to discover within it (or, rather, to see that which is subconsciously 'represented'). In my opinion, this kind of abstract art is a purely open-ended medium which subverts the traditional search for "beauty" in art and instead merely presents without dictating. I'm big into this kind of philosophy, so it's cool to see someone agree with me

 

[zabu of nΩd]

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I loled

 

[Vimana]

V5 is doing all my album covers in the future.

 

[A1a23]

 

[ASD]

A1a23 is doing all my album covers in the future.

 

[Satanstoenail]

 

[Srontgorrth]

Satanstenail is doing all my album covers in the future.

 

[Einherjar86]

The first time I looked at this I thought it was a drawing of someone sticking a blunt in his crotch.

 

[Eligos]

That really cracked me up.