Julio PDN Pics

Happy Holidays everyone! Hopefully everyone is having a great day and that everyone is staying warm. In the last post I did say that I liked to stay warm. I'm sure everyone likes to be warm to some extent, otherwise there wouldn't have been hot chocolate or Apple Cider made. With the holiday season here, I wanted to share some of the warmth in the form of an image, and I call it Spirit of the Season. This image has a nice warm feel to it to give that warm feeling of friends and family around. More or less the same effects as the last one and used the same technique for the middle rings. I did fade them out so that they aren't very noticeable or overpowering. I also had the goal of having red, green, and yellow, and that happened here. Fun fact, no yellow was used in the making of this image, it came out of blend modes. I hope you enjoy your holidays and stay warm!

In some parts of the world, winter has already taken it's grasp. I will say this much, I really don't like winter at all. I hope it doesn't last that long and that summer comes soon. I just love the warmth and can't get enough of it. When I think of winter, I think of a very cold, yet beautiful scenery. That is why I took the best of both worlds in this new image titled Winter's Approach. Dents, Crystalize, and Radial Extruder are a few of the effects I used in this one. I actually had to take the design on the lower right and make it in a larger canvas since it was too big to fit in the center. I then offset it to the lower right so that it looked a bit nicer. Plus, I'm not wanting to place things in the center very often. I then did a few blurs in the background for that smooth feel. Enjoy the winter everyone and I'll see you here soon.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. I can say that even though winter is around the corner, and fall has nearly come and gone, it is one of those days that just feels warm. I love Thanksgiving, since it is a time to feel thankful for all that life has brought to our lives and it is a time for family and friends to gather and enjoy each other's company. For this reason, I made this image a warm and inviting one. I was trying to think of how to make another Thanksgiving image since it is hard to make an abstract image of a holiday. I went back to the image from last year and it helped me with the color pallet so that I had something to start with. I then went for the smooth background that has become my style since last year and I have developed it into what it is now. When I finished, I realized I had the center of the piece on the same side as last year's so I  flipped it to make it different. Not much else to say now except to remind everyone to be thankful for the things you ha...

I was thinking of what I could do for another image since I was running out of fresh ideas, and I thought, why not manipulate an image that I already created to create something new. This image is a manipulation of The Rush . It's a good image by itself, and the colors are nice and all, but I wanted to make it better. I believe I succeeded with the new image from an old one that I call Aurora. Mainly used Radial Blur to really get it smooth and then got Polar Inversion to get it to have that look of it coming at you from afar. I then did another polar inversion to get the different textures into the rest of the canvas and added some subtle dents. I then played with layer blend modes and when I got a color scheme that I liked, I thought it was good to go. Enjoy this art my friends. It is nearly the end of the year, and I have been working hard to bring you at least two images every month, and I can honestly say it has been awesome! It was hard since I hardly have time, but I...

This I made a while ago (like about a year ago), and I decided to post it on here just for kicks. I did another photo manipulation here, with Orange Energy as the base, and I wanted to share this with you close to Halloween. Also it has some fall colors in there, so I feel it is ideal for this time of year. Here's the old image called Orange Energy. This one I was experimenting with Kaleidoscope and a few other effects that I don't remember. Here is Candy Corn Dreams. Radial Blur Deluxe, Polar Inversion, and Splinter blur. I then added two little orange dents and filled in some dark areas. Hopefully you enjoy these images and enjoy your Halloween in a couple days. Get lots of candy, and then eat some Candy Corn.

This image is a bit different from what I usually do. I created the background first, which has autumn colors, but it took a slightly different turn than I had anticipated near the beginning. I made a few wisps coming out of the image, which then made it look like a fire image. Not what I was going for, but decided to play with that idea. It wasn't going too well after a bit so I decided to try with the autumn theme that I had originally planned for. I proceeded to make the kaleidoscope design in the middle of the main leaf, and thought about making the leaf outline itself. I did a quick Google search of leaves, and copied it the best that I could from the image I pulled up. I made half the leaf, made some changes, and then duplicated it and flipped the duplicate vertically. I then decided to create leaves in the background to give it a more fall sort of look. I duplicated the leaf, added veins, and then used the Shift/Rotate tool to create a lot of leaves in the background. Dupl...

It's been about a month since school started, and I'm sure that lot's of people are wanting to stay home and relax after a nice summer vacation. That of course, is not the case for many since school is an important thing since it will help you out later in life. I made this image a while ago, right after Dragon's Breath actually, and wanted to share it with you since I think this is a lovely image depicting my home town. I used Dents and Gravity for the texture of the red and blue mountains, as well as Gaussian blur and gradients for the 3D and shading of the mountains. I then used a lot of layer blend modes to get the texture and colors that I was looking for. I then added the sunset in the sky and darkened the image to show that sunset sort of feel. I hope you enjoy this image, not like most things I do since I make abstracts, but this still life was a cool experience that I may do again. Take care and I'll see you here soon.