Against Privacy Withdrawal and Silence

[neurolurker]

For some reason I suddenly wanted to post some images I've made recently. Curious to me because my default modes are privacy, withdrawal and silence.

All made in GIMP. The river and insect photos are mine; the others are public domain.

Red Running River.png # (1.29 MiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

Public Domain Skull Song & Metropolis Android.jpg # (74.97 KiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

Wasp Head Macro Kaleidoscope.jpg # (79.34 KiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

Churchyard Blue Sky Healing Edits.jpg # (103.67 KiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

Skyline Storm1.jpg # (113.28 KiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

Skyline Storm2.jpg # (159.87 KiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

Blue Buddha Illusion.jpg # (65.98 KiB) Viewed 4054 times (Thumbnail | Recognize | Sq Tile)

[skinnyhouse]

Wasn't sure what the thread was going to be from your title - but really enjoyed the varied treatments and thought-provoking concepts.
Thumbs up from me:

[neurolurker]

skinnyhouse, thanks for looking in and enjoying what you found!

[Krikor]

@neurolurker ,

I really liked these images, mainly the tone used in some images and the technique you used in the 'Skylines'. Reminds me of a tutorial made by Issabella on a technique created by Dinasset.

The Buddha image seems to contain a Fibonacci pattern implicit in the merger of a spiral staircase with the face of Buddha, it looks very good.

I'm glad you allowed yourself to share these images, they will always inspire others.

[neurolurker]

Krikor, thank you for your kind words. You are right on the money RE Skylines. They are from tweaks and variations [I can't program or script] on Dinasset's Free Painting plugin published recently on GIMP Chat. It is my absolute favorite "photo to painting" plugin effect. I want to try it out on everything. The Churchyard image is also variations on Free Painting using CLUTs as color preparations before running the plugin itself. The Buddha image came from the default settings under Filters: Map: Illusion. The wasp head macro turned Andromeda Strain-like cellular threat is from Filters: Distorts: Kaleidoscope.

[neurolurker]

I don't know how to make this correction to my original post. Three photos used above should have been credited as being available under Creative Commons License. They are not "public domain."

Skyline original is a photoeverywhere photo, Shinjuku Tokyo Japan skyline00159.jpg

Buddha original is a pexels photo by Rodolfo Clix.

Churchyard original is a morguefile photo by justben.