Found something which caught my eye for my scientific scrapbook. This article speaks of a perpetually rising and falling landscape on the ocean floor:

A Lost World? Atlantis-Like Landscape DiscoveredBy Wynne Parry ( Read more... )

Seems in her latest video, Katy Perry is trying to out-weird Lady Gaga. Ever try psychedelic drugs, kids? No? Then this video will give you a taste of what hallucinogenics are like:

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Also, lol at Kanye West. What a fag.

This is a practice picture, specifically practice with painting the eye. For the eye reflection, I used Photoshop CS 5 to warp and older picture found here and add it to the eye surface with some layer blending legerdemain. The idea was to make it look like the beholder was looking out onto an outer space vista. I honestly think this pic could be ( Read more... )

Haven't done any art in some time. But today I got an urge to do a picture. I don't know what possessed me to make this. But the idea is of a planet-sized eye floating in space with an odd formation of stars in the background. After looking at what I made, I figured it fit in with two previous works from here and here. My guess is that the Eye is a ( Read more... )

I got Adobe Photoshop CS 3 recently and I've been puttint it through its paces. One nice thing about it is that there's a metric fuckton of brushes for it on the internet. Here's one experiment I've done so far with the program. Click to enlarge:


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Second and probably last in a series. Click here for the first in the series. I'm sure there's a million ways this piece could be improved but I actually enjoy looking at this one for a change. Had fun making it too. I drew inspiration and influence from some of Michael Whelan's artwork from the 1980's, specifically his fantasy plus surrealism ( Read more... )

Done in my usual toolbelt style...mostly Corel Painter X, followed by some DAZ Studio, followed by more Corel Painter X, then some GIMP, then some final postwork in Corel Painter X. Click to enlarge:


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Been a quiet New Year's Eve so far. Instead of partying with my friends like I've done in years past, I stayed home. The wife and I put our daughter to bed and put on a movie: Painted Skin/Wa Pei/画皮Hua Pi. I just thought I'd share this lovely bit of Chinese cinema with you before 2010 hits. It may take a bit to load so give it a little time. My ( Read more... )