@NoNamesLeftToUse here again with some of that fancy-schmanciness.
This took awhile to produce:
Just eye candy.
No hidden meaning.
A blank digital canvas. That's how it all started.
I place an all white layer behind a transparent layer, so I can see things better.
I apply color, then smear it around. I don't care where it goes or how it looks because that's only the first layer and most of it will get covered up.
Once I'm happy with the base layer, I add another transparent layer on top and remove the all white bottom layer because it's no longer needed. I then do much of the same stuff I did with the first transparent layer. Nothing matters, I keep my mind clear, listen to music, and smear colors around; just like you would with a paint brush. That second layer won't matter much either because most of it will be covered up, eventually.
Layers are important in digital art. It's much like putting a sheet of glass down, painting on it, then placing a sheet of glass on top of the first sheet of glass, and then painting on it. The paint on the top layer cannot blend with or affect the colors on the bottom layer; until I merge them together, which is something you can't do with glass unless you're some kind of mystical wizard who lives in the bush somewhere. Since the layers are like glass, one can see all the way down to the bottom, provided the paint on the higher layers doesn't completely block the view.
So anyway.
More layers, more smearing.
It goes on like that for a long time; but I typically lose track of time. Sometimes thirty songs will play from my playlist before I even notice I haven't been blinking my eyes. Zoned right out. Adding layers and smearing colors.
Then, finally, after however many days I've been locked inside of my house painting layers most people don't see, the real base is complete.
If you look closely, you can see some of the older layers. I get something like a marble effect going. This one isn't as marbly as some of my previous works of a similar style; but it's there.
Airbrush time.
It's just like spray painting a railcar but without the mess, and police.
Now I want to look for lines. I want to bring out certain areas, and darken or push down other areas. Without that subtle shading technique, the image would appear flat and boring. If your mind senses a three dimensional effect happening there, just know it's all an illusion. Some of that swirly goodness would not be there had I not put a little bit of black here, and a little bit of something lighter, there.
Yeah
Boring
I can hear you snoring. That's why I typically produce an image and then say nothing about how it came to be. I'll show off the end result, then write about something else.
An image like the one above I'd say for me, was simple, but time consuming. Some of my other work is incredibly complex, and time consuming. Other images have crazy meanings I never reveal. Some mess with your mind and offer up visions of things that aren't really there. Some images have hidden messages encoded within and I doubt anyone will ever figure out what I've been saying all these years, in silence; and I'll typically place those secrets in the places where you'd least expect them.
Nothing like that here though. Nope. It's just eye candy.
Have a nice day.
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