Julio PDN Pics

Welcome back to another installment here on Julio PDN Pictures. I'm trying to make more unique images, since it seems that recently I've been discovering new techniques to bring to my images, and now I can kind of merge everything to make somewhat stellar images for you. Below I have one I call Molten Echos. I started out with the lines there in the middle using Motion Blur, then everything evolved out of that. The circles in the middle were done with Polar Inversion, and I deleted everything I didn't want from that effect. I then selected the initial Motion Blur to the diameter of the circle, inverted the selection and did a small Gaussian Blur. I kept moving that selection out ever so slightly, repeating the effect so that it fades out as it goes. Then the orange background was made with Radial Blur, Radial Extruder, and fading it slightly. I then made the circles and lines glow with Additive, Screen, and Color Dodge layer blend modes. Again, I enjoyed making thi...

As you may have noticed, I've only posted one image in January, and here I am on Valentines Day to give you yet another image. I'm a bit bogged down with work and home life taking a greater toll, so I may not be able to do two images each month like I have been. I'll keep you posted on that. This one I wanted to make it look a bit flowery and to make it pink for Valentines Day. I think I accomplished both feats with this image titled Mystic Rosettes. The center is what I started with, mostly making a flower shape out of scribbles. I then did a Gaussian Blur to blur it out a bit, then did a few radial blurs to spread it out a bit. I then did two Polar Inversions to kind of separate them and give it a few inner "pedals" in the center. I then filled in some black with some rose color, and did some more Radial Blur and created the two bigger "pedals" on the outside. Hopefully the wait wasn't too long and that you were excited to see what I had in...

As they always say, new year new me, right? Well in this case it's true. It actually took a couple of days to get this image created, but I think it looks spectacular! Honestly this is one of the most complicated images I've made so far, with over 60 layers and the help of a metal tutorial found here . There was a process to the whole thing though, and it started as a completely different idea. Below is the concept of what I was going to be creating. I had the idea of making a metal circular structure which would be part of a machine, then put some lights on it and make it look old and worn. After having the idea in my head, I quickly drew up the concept art as shown above so that I can have some grounds on what I was going to do. I started working on the metal of the circular structure, which was made with the Clouds, Stitch, Motion Blur, Random Shape Fill, Relief, Color to Alpha, and Basic Adjustments effects. The layer blend modes used are Xor (which I've never use...

Happy Kwanzaa! Here is the last of the December Holidays. I knew the colors of Kwanzaa, but had to look them up to make sure they were right. I then started with a red background and had the red in the middle, while I had black and green added on both sides. I'm not sure if the order of the colors matters, but if it does, I apologize for that, and I'll do better next time around. Here is the image called Spirit of Kwanzaa. I mostly used Polar Inversion, and Radial Blur. I then used the layer blend modes Additive, Lighten, and Difference to give it the look that it does. I had fun with this little project of December Holidays and I hope that next year I'm able to do it again. If you have suggestions for other images or projects make sure to comment below or email me those ideas.

Merry Christmas! I hope that you are all having a great time and that you got to spend time with those that mean the most to you. I created this image a while ago, but decided to wait to post it until now. I had a vision in my head about what I wanted to do for a Christmas image, and I wanted to do a close up of a Christmas Tree. I found a tutorial on the Paint.NET forums and gave it a whirl. It wasn't difficult, just a bit time consuming like the tutorial said, but I got it looking how I wanted it to. I then added the orbs and lights to the tree which made it seem a bit more real. I then decided to try to add some texture to the wall and I did that using a rendering called Clouds, and then I made the wall a little transparent to allow the texture to come through. Aside from that, not many effects were used, nor layer blend modes. I hope the holidays are good to you all!

Happy Hanukkah! Here is the first of the December Holidays that I mentioned. I looked up the colors of Hanukkah and they were blue and white, so I got started with those. I wanted to do a bit more like I usually do, but I had a certain combination of layer blend modes that I really liked so I couldn't do much more than what I have here. Here is Hanukkah Celebration. I did a few effects that you can see right off the bat. Radial Extruder, Radial Blur, and Polar Inversion were all used here. I also used Darken and Overlay as the main layer blend modes. I think it looks pretty good, not what I was going for, but I think it still looks pretty good. Enjoy and I'll see you here again soon.

I had a thought of doing a December Holiday series and posting an image for three holidays that I know of in December. Those holidays include Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa. Reason I am wanting to do that is to include all of the holidays instead of just doing Christmas like I have been doing. I hope you enjoy that and I'll see you here with the first image on the 22nd.