Julio PDN Pics

I was looking at a gemstone digging kit a while ago, and saw that it came with an Alabaster. I liked how that stone looked, that I wanted to create an abstract version of it. It took a while to get it looking right, but I think I got the orange and white looking how I wanted them to. I did a few things differently in this image too that I haven't done before and it made it turn out nice. I may continue doing things how I did and see how images turn out, but enough talk, here is the image. I used some of my favorites such as Polar Inversion, Glass Vignette, Dents and Radial Blur. I also used layer blend modes Color Dodge and Glow to give it the colors that it has. I also changed the center of the Polar Inversion when I was doing it multiple times, and that gave me a nice texture that I had never really seen before. I really like the outcome and that is what I will try in future images. Enjoy!

I was looking through some of my older images on my flash drive that I’ve had for about 10 years, and I found an image that Heat Stroke sent me when I was starting to use Paint.NET. The title of the image is called Water and I used it a bit to see how he made his images. Here is the image. I remember looking at it and thinking, “How can I make something like this? There are so many complex shapes and shading that I’m not sure if I can do this.” Little did I know that it was actually a simple program to use and that I would get better with time. Just look at my first image ever called Divided and you’ll see what I mean. I decided to use this as my stock image and I manipulated it to give to you an image called Underwater Crystals. I did a few layer blend modes so that you can see the colors and textures through the layers. I also did Polar Inversion, Gaussian Blur, Glass Vignette, and Radial Extruder for the crystal effect. I think it turned out really well and if my high scho

So I did another competition that was titled Lava Lamp, and I didn't place in this one, but I certainly did learn a lot. The competition wanted just a lava lamp with no background, but I made one with a background anyway. Here are both images. Nothing too fancy here. Some layer blend modes, gradients, and blurs were used. I also used the wood tutorial for the sig entry on the wooden table. Even though I didn't place it was still a great learning experience for me and I hope to do it again soon if time permits. I have a hard time with posting two images per month as it is. I'll see you here soon with my latest image.