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Feonix-Lancaster β Lightning Ball 2
Published: 2009-03-28 10:23:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 682; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 34
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A finished version of my previous attempt. Now De saturated somewhat, to remove the luminous blue.Inspired by the lightning of the electrical storm of a few nights ago. I sat by the window, and watched as the sky twisted and turned with brilliant flashes of jagged light. I was listening to Ludovico Einaudi and watched as the storm moved about, the time between thunder and flash varying greatly throughout the night.
It was a very interesting night, and my thoughts were scattered to the howling winds... and tranquillity, often thought a stranger to my mind, was there to take the place of my usual erratic patterns. I enjoyed it greatly... I have always loved storms, not so much the rain, but the lightning and the dark fire of the clouds have always held a fascination for me. And thankfully, this peculiar Australian Summer promises to bring more frequent and more ferocious storms... a fact I look forward to.
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m8. you got to animated these things and mess with peoples heads!
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I've done a few attempts at animation, and they're not terrible. Plenty that I didn't upload... Nothing like yours though...
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i know! i faved that one a while back... its in my "unique collection" its like my top collection!
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Yea... I seriously have to upload more animations... and get my Flash working properly. So much to do... but then again, it's always like that.
I always forget to collect things... I see them, look at them for ages, then forget to click the right buttons... too distracted by the images I guess... but still, rather sloppy of me.
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Your style of art could create some incredible mandalas. This is beautiful. I'm not usually drawn to this sort of art, and I know very, very little about fractal art. I've seen many that I love, and at first glance I was not curious about your work when I first visited your gallery, simply because I've never paid much attention to this artistic style. But so far, I find I enjoy especially the full views of your work. I stare and dream, as I once did upon traditional art forms before learning more about the way they entrap the viewer. I can't do that when I look at your work, pick it a part the way I usually can with realism, and I enjoy that, more in a way, then I enjoy realism. It's a new sort of inspiration for me, one I would not have now if we hadn't started communicating, thanks for making me curious 
About the full views again, I am often very disappointed when I take a closer look at a lot of the digital art that I love, the realism. I still enjoy the work, but I am disappointed with the fact that digital work gives us such potential to add detail and gift the viewer's curiosity up close but is so seldom taken advantage of. When painting digitally the ability to create is immediate and raw in a way that traditional mediums can't offer, and while this restricts many, many things which make traditional mediums so beautiful, it also makes up for this with the potential we are given to create anything in any color on one surface. We don't have to mix paint, we don't have to fear mistakes, we can dive right in, layer after layer, and create anything without a care in the world. But what has been done with this ability so far? Not nearly enough! In the short time we've had to start painting digitally there are almost as many digital paintings on this site as there are traditional works of art that have been created over years and years. But they are all made so quickly...and even when they're great despite the speed...imagine how much more incredible they could be if the artist were to take the medium to their greatest potential given their knowledge? What could be accomplished! So my point in this...long comment...is that so far from the fractal art, and similar kind of art that I've observed; your kind of art, the intention is pure. When the viewer takes a closer look the effect of the image is maximized, like taking a closer look at a magic trick and seeing real magic, not the illusion the image is created from by messy lines ignored from afar.
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I would have to agree entirely... there are plenty of good examples of digital art, and digital paintings... as with traditional art, there are many pieces of poor quality, there needs to be a platform of mediocre artwork to show the exceptional pieces for what they are.
I think the more interesting artforms are found when the two styles merge, as with Manipulation and HDR style photography. They create some intense images, otherworldly in quality, yet scenes from our own reality... they can convey a lot of emotional intensity through those pieces...
Some digital artistry, namely 3D rendering, is intricately detailed, and by very definition, a fractal is infinitely detailed.
I have some very detailed, very high-resolution images (not mine) that I use as wallpapers... although clichΓ©d, they're great effects and interesting wallpapers.
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Oh yeah
I only learned about HDR photography a couple days ago, it's amazing.
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The world of art is a microcosm for reality, or at the very least, our deluded understanding of that reality. I think that digital art is impressive, but often lacks the character and emotional weight present in conventional styles. That is why manipulations and digital painting, the fusion of technology around the creative, results in contemporary classicalism. Some very interesting works are on display here that look to be from artistic movements long gone, but were created only last year... it is comforting to know such styles are not lost... and with the nature of the internet, art has become more accessible, which, whilst bearing many negatives, has made art truly immortal. These digital paintings will last for thousands of years... they will not decay, or need restoration as the ancient masters often do.
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It's a beautiful thing. Sometimes I am horrified at the thought of some catastrophe turning off the lights forever on all these creations...but then, their glory truly lies in the moments they are created in, and in the moments viewers find appreciation for witnessing them. It's a comforting realization to understand. That's what art really is for me, and why so many other activities are called 'an art'; it is the act of experiencing a focus within this infinite reality.
I just thought of macro photography too; how beautiful it is to bring into focus the infinity of things so small that we glance over and miss galaxies of art
"digital art is impressive, but often lacks the character and emotional weight present in conventional styles" So true! With all the convenience of digital painting the draw back is missing out on the act of melding ones very DNA into the work, the fingerprints, sweat, blood, tears, breath, accidents, and textures from nature all mixed into one's best effort to physically 'enact' what they create as it is made. All these tiny things that can be observed in traditional art must be consciously placed into a digital works of art...that is a challenge too often overlooked. That is also something so beautiful about understanding the integrity of mixed media, it should be respected to logically take what we have at our fingerprints to give a vision the best it can be given by us. Imagine what Michelangelo or Leonardo could create today! Sometimes it seems as if things have become so convenient that there is nothing left to discover, but so much potential has been sitting and waiting for the creative twists that could take it in so many directions.
I really love seeing what is currently being called 'visionary' art, I often observe a mixture of styles within it. It seems to try to purposely break through conventional methods, but to make this its aim I think is to completely misunderstand 'art'. Of course I can't know, but I doubt that Monet or Picasso created their works as they did because they believed it was a style that would change the way future artists would choose to create art; rather it was simply the need to experience their creations as they did. Forms of art, like genres of music, should be used to appreciate observations, but once they are made into sets of 'styles' like sets of 'rules' they start to hold potential back they way that religion held science back in the dark ages.
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i like the powerful effect the blue had against the black...i though of it as very mystical ..more like an illusion, but the description of the storm really does bring out the deeper emotions in the piece.
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Do you like storms? I find them fascinating... inspiring and majestically beautiful.
Blue and Black contrast nicely... however, a touch of purple would not only make it a little more realistic, but more attune to your tastes.
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ah yes, definitely. the purple would add just the right touch but alas it is your art my dear, and i would love it none the less.
in the caribbean lightening is usually accompanied by thunder and rain,i love the storms , the billowing wind and eerie feel as the sky is covered in black clouds, and coincidentally my best art work or poetry is done when it rains, or during any kind of stormy weather.
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I'll just have to make a purple one then.
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every artist is responsible for their own art, making me happy is not necessary though it will make me feel all warm and fuzzy inside..you may proceede if your comfortable with my fuzzy interior....
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I'll add it to the colossal list of things to do.
1X Purple Thing for Helena.
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yay
i get a purple thing !
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Amazing work Fe. I can understand your inspiration from the electrical storm.
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Thank you Malcolm, I am going to enjoy this summer. It was very rushed and somewhat unfinished technique, but I think I papered over the cracks well enough. The problem with symmetrical geometrical application is it requires prefect alignment, and I was off by about 4 pixels, at one point those four pixels threw the entire design off, and I had to go back to the beginning.
Some very important lessons learned... diligence and patience always yield results, blindly rushing something should never be an option.
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My pleasure Fe. I hope that you have had an enjoyable weekend.
That would have been very frustrating to start over again however the final product looks like it was worth the effort.
Diligence and patience are very important as a photographer too. Not often do you get a good result without them.
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wow looks amazing way more complex than the first. Excellent design.
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Thank you... The colours need a little bit of fixing though... too much saturation.
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Yeah I was thinking about that after I commented. I kinda like color you had for the first draft
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I tried to fix the colours... what do you think of it now?
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yeah the colors are better now
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Thanks for your help. I appreciate it (eh?)
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Ludovico Einaudi you say. Very nice classical music set to natures cleansing of the atmosphere in a violent rampage of light and sound, its sound amazing to behold.
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Ludovico indeed. The soundtrack to my thoughts...
That night was extraordinary... One could even attempt to conduct the thunder from the lightning... A flash of jagged brilliance, a few notes of that divine piano, and then a rolling thunder that puts the artillery to shame. The thunder was incredibly interesting, coming in waves, loud then soft then loud once more, before fading into apprehensive silence, the entire night just waiting for the next rendition of the unique display.
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sounds spectacular and en-lightning.
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The second one just seems... much more violent than the first. A detail, that Im loving.
The color is a little too vibrant for my lightning enjoyment, but Its still within acceptable limits.
And for some reason, every sort of ball you make, reminds me of Hoberman spheres... Oh well.
Im also hoping that these violent storms will put some ideas into your head, that you will be able to make a visual reality. Storms do some amazing things in the head, I do proclaim!
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How many times to have to mention those infernal contraptions? I am going to buy one of those... send it to you, and watch as you go crazy.
Or better still, recommend you break one and photograph it somehow...
Oh, and I fixed the lighting... de-saturated it a little, what do you think?
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I thought I was the only one that Mentioned them to you... I thought we had something special.
And if I break it... it will definatly be photographed.. but unfortunately the way i would break it, would involve cheating...
Two matching Propane plumbing torches.
And I am definatly much happier with the desaturated color. Neon Lightning just doesnt float my boat anymore.
The colors now cause a storm, in me!
In my cerebral cortex.
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And my heart.
not really. But I still like it more this way. You have an impeccable eye for color.
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Neon... extraordinary colours, but not really lightning. I think it was definitely an improvement.
They're just like Rubiks cubes, except tripper and less likely to be thrown against the wall in disgust. I smell one of the clichΓ©d white-colour images that always seem to get nominated for Daily Deviations.
My eyes are giving me grief lately, I should replace them with a new pair.
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Maybe thats why *I* dont have any DD's, I dont have any white washed images of something or another.
And if I could ever find a good source of cheap rubiks cubes, I would totally use them in some photo ideas.
Id offer you my eyes. but they are pretty fucked anyway. Not on colors, but on shapes. i cant see anything unless its right up close to my face.
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