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r4v1 — Psychedelic Splendor

Published: 2007-01-16 17:16:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 17667; Favourites: 98; Downloads: 11972
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Description Ive gone back to the psychedelic-abstract style I first started out with. You can see some examples here - [link] and here - [link]

As usual - all done on photoshop, one layer no filters

advanced critique encouraged.


I hope to do more of these, if you want me to do more, please say so in your comment so I can dedicate time to this as well as fractals and video tutorials.
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Comments: 34

jasonpgray [2018-03-18 10:57:59 +0000 UTC]

Wonderful. I would like to walk around inside this picture!

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arapito [2010-09-12 10:55:01 +0000 UTC]

great

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J4FFR0 [2010-05-25 15:46:30 +0000 UTC]

I have seen these colours before, with no digital help

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shreyatantia [2010-02-23 08:20:54 +0000 UTC]

wow this is really nice !
can you teach me how to do this?

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shreyatantia [2010-02-23 08:18:10 +0000 UTC]

wow this 1 is really nice!
can you teach me how you did this?

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northangel27 [2009-06-10 22:50:55 +0000 UTC]

This is just fantastic!

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hermitsrme [2008-04-10 02:05:30 +0000 UTC]

i like this

interesting patterns

and there is a type of motion to it too

cheers

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r4v1 In reply to hermitsrme [2008-04-19 10:52:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the great feedback

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wubbahduckie [2008-02-23 11:27:46 +0000 UTC]

This is just beautiful!

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r4v1 In reply to wubbahduckie [2008-02-29 18:53:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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wubbahduckie In reply to r4v1 [2008-02-29 19:48:51 +0000 UTC]

no problem!

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faeriecrone [2007-12-01 16:46:12 +0000 UTC]

I have the smallest memory bank in the world! I picked this out of Speedy's journal feature as being the coolest thing there! And it is YOU!

you are one of the most enormous reservoirs of potential I have ever known ...

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r4v1 In reply to faeriecrone [2007-12-07 22:49:49 +0000 UTC]

not to worry, we all forget things sometimes. I'm flattered by your comment

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FractalRock [2007-02-01 17:43:09 +0000 UTC]

Wow! I know this isn't a fractal, but it is so fractal-like in appearance. It reminds me of hypnagogic vision.

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r4v1 In reply to FractalRock [2007-02-01 18:29:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the great comment

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Blooming-Angel [2007-01-20 01:37:40 +0000 UTC]

So cool! Great job! I really like this!

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r4v1 In reply to Blooming-Angel [2007-01-20 09:32:58 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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MamaLucia [2007-01-19 04:20:20 +0000 UTC]

The colors, lighting and shapes are cool. And I like the paisley and ripple effects. It just seems to lack a focal point. And a full view makes it more confusing, rather than clarifying the picture or adding needed details.

Perhaps less would be more?

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r4v1 In reply to MamaLucia [2007-01-19 17:19:41 +0000 UTC]

Its not really meant to have a focal point. However I do understand that the full view is a bit too full-on. Though, it may also be dependant on your screen resolution as when I saw this from I a friends computer I agree with you, but from my computer and the ones at school, it didnt have this effect.

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Viscious-Speed [2007-01-18 09:05:33 +0000 UTC]

Trippy! They look like planets given a paisley effect. The light that this piece has is brilliant!

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r4v1 In reply to Viscious-Speed [2007-01-18 16:30:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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faeriecrone [2007-01-16 22:46:24 +0000 UTC]

I find it fascinating that you accomplish something similar to some of my stuff but with a completely different technique. One layer ... wow! Mine have hundreds sometimes.

Do you build the colors? Or choose them as is?

Plus, did you cut a small portion out of a big painting or did you paint it as is? I am so curious.

Lovely.

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r4v1 In reply to faeriecrone [2007-01-17 20:54:06 +0000 UTC]

Mine would be so much better with hundreds as I would have more control - but I don't have the patience to or the CPU processing power too.

I start off with 2 / 3 colours and work with them and if I like how I'm doing, I continue; if I dont, I scrap it and start with a fresh set of colours. by continue, I mean add many many more colours - sometimes even upto 9 - 12 at a time.

I partly build them and partly choose as is - it all depends on the first 2 - 3 actions.

I decide how large I want the canvas to be before I start and work on that.

However, unlike my fractals where you can see all of it, I make my abstracts fill up the whole page to give the 'full on' effect as though there is more beyond the frame. I dont crop/adjust anything.

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faeriecrone In reply to r4v1 [2007-01-17 22:50:11 +0000 UTC]

Most of my paintings are a small portion of a much, much larger canvas ... just to get that same effect.

It is always fascinating to hear how someone else works. Are the colors chosen thematically?

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r4v1 In reply to faeriecrone [2007-01-18 16:19:12 +0000 UTC]

thematically? is that meaning as though I know what I want in mind? no - I actually just 'play' around with randomly selected colours to see if I like the effect. I always name the title after I make it as I think the art should define the title and not the other way round.

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faeriecrone In reply to r4v1 [2007-01-18 17:52:43 +0000 UTC]

that is what I did when I started. now I have an idea of something that happened or was said or I saw in my day and that is the start for the basic shape. the colors are always the same.

as you know, I avoid titles altogether unless it is a very personal piece.

thanks fro explaining.

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ashmaster100 [2007-01-16 19:22:31 +0000 UTC]

wooooooooow this is really kl. nice detail, colours fit it well !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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r4v1 In reply to ashmaster100 [2007-01-16 20:02:16 +0000 UTC]

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unafraidsage [2007-01-16 18:38:45 +0000 UTC]

crazyness... how did you make this?

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r4v1 In reply to unafraidsage [2007-01-16 20:05:36 +0000 UTC]

circular gradients (if you look carefully, you will see some ripples - these are the tiny ones and the huge circles are gradients too ) and a dash of some brushes bigger than the picture size. Takes a while to work out what you want but I always start off with black - which leaves no trace but a shadow when all the other gradients are put on top.

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unafraidsage In reply to r4v1 [2007-01-16 21:06:36 +0000 UTC]

coolness

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r4v1 In reply to unafraidsage [2007-01-17 20:54:34 +0000 UTC]

glad you like it

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Ravmaster [2007-01-16 17:28:08 +0000 UTC]

>:@ damn colors! but nice mix and arrangement...

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r4v1 In reply to Ravmaster [2007-01-16 20:02:06 +0000 UTC]

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