Under the heading 'computer graphics' I'm including everything
that is not a photopainting or a photograph. I'm creating
compositions using whatever works from my array of tools, both
software and hardware, often exploring a particular technique
or function that I've discovered, stumbled on, read about or
otherwise come across. Computer graphics offers
a breathtaking range of rich colours, a capacity to endlessly
reproduce shape, and to apply and to explore modifications which
can be simply undone if the results are not to your liking.
The approach you adopt can
be very methodically exacting and
pre-planned, or you can take a very experimental approach and
follow the image wherever it leads. Using the experimental approach,
when you get a result you decide to keep, it can sometimes be
hard to remember how you got there - but you've thoroughly
enjoyed the journey.
The Skein of Life
In the Skein of Life I make allusions to the well-known
image of the DNA string and at
the same time to outer space and the cosmos. There are
three elements to the composition: a blue-to-black background
gradient, a circular vector shape which has a Photoshop
layer style, and the skein which is a custom-made Photo-paint
spray image. The image looks best on high gloss photo paper
printed at A3 size - even bigger if I had the technology!
Abstract - Light and Shape
This abstract image was created in Corel Photo-paint using
its gradient and fill tools on a number of layers (or Objects
as Corel calls them). The layers were then blended until
I was happy with the result. I was pleased with how the
green coil lights up under the blue, flanged disc. I like
both the shapes and the translucent lights I was able to
achieve.
The Green Man - The Garden God
The Green Man, the god of fertility, found in gardens
ever since Roman times, and readily available on eBay today
for your garden! In this image the green man looks at us
out of the darkness. Is he fearful? And can he bring fertility
to the earth today, and for how much longer? The face was
created in Poser, imported into Photoshop where the eye
was made. Some filtering was then applied both to give
texture and lighting to the face. Lastly the moon and lettering.
Tiny Spheres
This is another image created using
Photo-paint's image spray tool. The intention was to
create an illusion of depth and of the spheres rising
out of the surface of the image. It was essential to
use a graphics tablet for this. In fact, I
could have done with a larger one. I also used the Symmetry
function - very fast, too.
