Gary Bouton's non-Xara Art II

[gray]

I'll drink to that. I hope I don't get corked.
Perfection as always, Gary.

[Gare]

I'll drink to that. I hope I don't get corked.
Perfection as always, Gary.

Oh, Graham, as always, you are too kind!
I'll settle for "expressive", especially the capability to self-express, over the largely unattainable "perfection" any day.

I'm not denying a compliment...I need as many as I can get! Just like everyone.

I'm just adjusting your praise downward to account for your personal bias for me as a terrific guy.

<evil grin>

My Best,

Gary

[Gare]

I wasn't happy with my render of the model I did, perhaps the lighting, probably the fact that I'm not all that familiar with AutoDesk Mudbox for scraping the scoops a little to suggest coarseness in areas not melting.



So rather than try to push the piece toward photo-realism, I pushed in the opposite direction. I used Filter Forge and tweaked a few features of some of the user-created filters.



I like groups of pictures. The first time I saw variations on a theme groupings was Andy Warhol's silk screen work back in the late 1960s.

My Best,

Gary

[gray]

I think I like that lower left. Lots of texture.

[Gare]

Heh heh...when I post a group of variations, it's ore likely someone will like at least one of them!

Thaks, Graham. That was more or less a "bleach bypass" render. These sort of filter effects are freee as a standalone app at:

indispensable filter collection

I paid $55 years ago for a fraction of the number of effects Nik offers now.

My Best,

Gary

[gray]

Thanks for the link, Gary.

[Gare]

[Ron Duke]

Thanks for the link, Gary.

+1

Also, I am hooked on your work, Gare.
It's amazing to me how life-like, and expressive these drawings are. I wish I had the discipline to learn new things, like you.

[Gare]

+1

Also, I am hooked on your work, Gare.
It's amazing to me how life-like, and expressive these drawings are. I wish I had the discipline to learn new things, like you.

Oh, let me be totally honest, here, Ron. I did not render or model out pet cat Alice. I just modeled the hammer and Photoshopped it into her paw using an existing photo,

Same deal with Domino, our Norwegian Coon:




And I'll try to defend the posting of this by saying it's iconic and Fair Use:



Photoshop, and Xara, and little pieces od photos and rendered models can produce some very weird and occasionally wonderful results!

In the wrong hands, of course.

My Best,

Gary

[gray]

You have a large bag of graphics, Gary. They're all very entertaining to see. Keep it up, sir.