A Jug of

palms · #1 09-10-2010, 12:37 PM

FLOWERS

These beautiful asters came from a pack of seeds that cost 39p ( to little to convert for you ) they are stunning and unusual in colour

I will add a few more tomorrow when I have a little bit more time

hope you enjoy

Palms

lkroll · #2 09-10-2010, 02:55 PM

Thanks for the play Palms. Decided to do a Black light Chalk for this one.

palms · #3 09-11-2010, 03:22 AM

nice one Lyle, thinking of a black chalky one myself

Palms

cookieater2009 · #4 09-11-2010, 08:54 AM

What fun! I love the colors! I tried to make a fake watercolor with this picture...

palms · #5 09-11-2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by cookieater2009

What fun! I love the colors! I tried to make a fake watercolor with this picture...

nice one cookie i like the soft feel

Palms

geepee52 · #6 09-12-2010, 06:15 PM

Can't remember what I did but had fun playing the pic. Thanks for the play Palms.

Grant

FranS · #7 09-12-2010, 07:03 PM

Wow, you certainly did play, Grant. Amazing job.

Fran

Veralisa · #8 09-12-2010, 07:07 PM

Wow, you are inspiring people. Palms, I don't ever recall seeing asters in anyone's garden. You did a stupendous job raising them, trust me on that.
Cookie (that's my nickname actually), the watercolors, sooo nicely done. You said,

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I tried to make a fake watercolor with this picture

. Well, how about, "Mine is a digital watercolor version...." Doesn't that sound, mmm, kinder?
Lyle...I was thinking the other day, I'd love to see your computer/electronic setup. What you can squeeze frome those pixels is amazing. And, GeePee, first thing I usually aim for, first, is a change of color. I love the direction you took, warm, rich colors, sparkling! Maybe later I'll try a version.

lkroll · #9 09-13-2010, 12:44 AM

Thanks Veronica; I just use a nearly 2 year old barebones that my brother got me for Christmas at that time. I've since upgraded the OS to Win7 and also the memory to 6GBytes, but it's still an old Gigabyte GA-M61P-S3 motherboard AMD 64 bit processor 2.4GHz processor, so definitely nothing fancy. Anyway, still trying to break my Gyroid binge (but hard to do; having too much fun; lol). Went ahead and did another chalk concoction on this one since Palms added it since the last time I looked at this thread.

palms · #10 09-13-2010, 09:33 AM

Grant happy you had fun and got such a great outcome
Lyle another nice chalk effect mine didnt work out

Veronica the Asters are very easy to grow here but are late summer flowers

messed around with fractalius

lkroll · #11 09-13-2010, 10:15 AM

Like this result Palms; Fractilus blend by chance? Need to get this filter one day.

lkroll · #12 09-13-2010, 10:47 AM

OK Palms; you liked my Droste concoctions in the past, so I added an artistic note to that result. Apologies for the quality.

lkroll · #13 09-13-2010, 11:04 AM

Decided to run my last result into FotoSketcher (smudgestick) and did a few other things for this different look. Click here for the full rendition; attached is a slightly lower quality crop.

palms · #14 09-13-2010, 11:38 AM

Yep Lyle two different settings blended together and ( i forgot to mention ) a bit of aaa additions

and yes still like the Droste the second one is my fav though !

Palms

sylvia1065 · #15 09-15-2010, 09:15 PM

Not too often I paint flowers...

AHB + smart sharpen.
Sylvia

palms · #16 09-16-2010, 02:28 AM

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Originally Posted by sylvia1065

Not too often I paint flowers...

AHB + smart sharpen.
Sylvia

very nice Sylvia, good to have you back, hope you had a good time

Palms

sylvia1065 · #17 09-16-2010, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by palms1

very nice Sylvia, good to have you back, hope you had a good time
Palms

Thank you, Palms

Yes, I had a good time.
Next trip will be to Asia again for the winter...
Sylvia

Veralisa · #18 09-16-2010, 12:05 PM

Hmmm, will soon google 'Droste'. I like the effect.

Palms,

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Veronica the Asters are very easy to grow here

...well, it would be nice to grow such pretty flowers here but unless they're wrapped in fencing they become deer food.

...after so many pretty variations I'm posting up my version. All I really wanted to do was make a displacement map for the vase, then the whole thing just became really overworked. I should have stopped with the vase.

palms · #19 09-16-2010, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Veralisa

Hmmm, will soon google 'Droste'. I like the effect.

Palms, ...well, it would be nice to grow such pretty flowers here but unless they're wrapped in fencing they become deer food.

...after so many pretty variations I'm posting up my version. All I really wanted to do was make a displacement map for the vase, then the whole thing just became really overworked. I should have stopped with the vase.

No Veronica not overworked at all in fact i would probably have gone a bit further on the background with some extra glass distortion
I love the vase and what a wicked idea, here is me looking in all the junk shops for some cast of vases/jugs when all i need is a white one then decorate via photoshop ! ! !

great work

palms

lkroll · #20 09-16-2010, 02:54 PM

Thanks Veronica; Flickr has a pretty good group dedicated to Droste, but I'm not currently a member.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/escherdroste/

Nasturtium · #21 09-17-2010, 02:47 AM

pixel bender and a texture from webtreats

those sweet little flowers have terrific lines for virtual painting programs

lkroll · #22 09-17-2010, 08:44 AM

I like the result Nancy. I've toyed with Pixel Bender already (stant-alone free version) and do look forward to when I can buy the upgrade at Office Depot (they just are now offering CS5, but don't see the upgrade for it yet; just the full version) since I want to use a B&M to buy it.