Missile or Airplane?

While driving home from work I saw an airplane flying through the twilight of sunset. Then I saw this report of some UFO/Missile/Airplane. And then I made this:

And of course I made this using that cloud brush I love so much.

New 4th generation iPod touch takes photos

"I wonder what the photo quality is of this 4th generation iPod touch?" I asked myself.

The answer: meh.

The resolution is 960x720 pixels, which is around 0.7 mega pixels. Sadly, my 3 year old cellphone has a higher resolution camera. However, it is nice to have a large screen and slim camera with me all the time. The iPod takes photos in color, but I've just got this thing for Black & White right now. Enjoy!

Family of Fire

Rain Drops

Not Amused

Obligatory Flowers

Go Towards the Light

Memories

Astigmatism

My friend asked me what its like to have an astigmatism. I tried to find some images on the web, but found few photos that were good examples. So in Photoshop, I endeavored to simulate what my astigmatism looks like. This is a bit exaggerated, just FYI.

Simulated Astigmatism

Corrected Vision

Cerulean Galaxy

I love looking at galaxies! Each one has a unique identity: shape, size, spiral. I wanted mine to be blue. Also, I wanted it to have a bright center and chaotic spirals. Like, maybe its just being formed and new life is still bursting from it's core!

Anyways, that Photoshop cloud-brush comes in real handy.

Night Billboards

It was a cold, foggy, dark night. The billboards along the free way made the low hanging clouds all-a-glow. It was very cool.

Wooden Bridge

I like to combine materials and add color. (bridge image source)

Old Time-y Photo Processing

So my brother, who is living in the Czech Republic, sent me this photograph he took of a town square:

I thought it was pretty cool, but decided it could be AWESOME! I wanted it to have a 1960's sort of feel to it; vibrant colors, texture, vignette, etc. So, with a little experimentation in Photoshop I came up with this:

It has a kind of a retro feel to it. Much better!

Ice, from SPACE!

So I recently ran across some super cool images of ice from space. I thought they'd make a great base for some abstract wallpapers. Ta-dah!

Cloud Formations

"Earl, I see writin' in the sky!"

"Yep, them crop-duster-planes done got fancy on us again."

"Earl, why is it all skiwampus?"

"The plane run right out-a-room."

"But in da sky!?"

For those fixin' to make clouds, here is an awesome tutorial. That's how I done did them clouds just now.

Modern Family: Father

Some social commentary following some of my own observations. Father, the largest of the nesting dolls. Traditionally father is the hardest working. But today, maybe he's just hardly working... "Football Onlines." Ha!

Columbus' Nightmare

"So, the world is flat. Nooooooo!"

"Whoa, that was a scary dream. I bet it would make a great t shirt though."

Here's the vote page.

This Could Take Time

This is my idea for the nightmare derby. It's supposed to be Christopher Columbus' nightmare: SAILING OFF THE EDGE OF THE WORLD! This will most likely be placed on a dark-colored shirt with a center positioning. This is still in the developmental stages, so we shall see where this goes. I'll need some way to demonstrate that this is the Santa Maria. Crosses on the flag/sails? Thoughts?

Modern Family: Mother

This is the first of what I hope is a full family of modern-nesting-dolls.

Mother Russia must be rolling over in her grave...

A Joke Illustrated

Q: Why do ducks have webbed feet?

A: To stamp out fires.

Q: Why do elephants have large feet?

A: To stamp out burning ducks.

Ha ha ha! Poor elephant.

Pattern+Discordance=Burned Retina

I'm getting dizzy and these hurt to look at! Whats going on!? Two things: vibrating colors and pattern. The image with blue and red contains colors that are discordant. That means they don't really "match" and are similar in value. So when placed together they clash wonderfully and make "vibrating colors". The pattern only adds to the confusion. The pink and red image has matching colors but the same wave pattern. Both are painful to look at.

But good can come from this. I made a new desktop image. It's quite nice. have a peek:

His Future's So Bright,...

...He's gotta wear shades. And the sun is setting on top his head, so that might be why he's wearing shades...

For Woot Derby #129. VOTE PAGE

Your Future Is So Bright...

Sun Gods sport sun glasses. Especially Ra. 'Cause the sun pretty much follows him wherever he goes. I mean, it sits on his pointy falcon head ALL DAY. Poor guy.

Hands Up!

This would count as a self-portrait if I had a moustache, wore orange shirts, walked around with my hands in the air and my eyes closed. Other than that, it's spot on.

I was going for a marker-colored look but I think it came out more paint-like.