Bouton's stuff, Volume 2

[Ron Duke]

Is that a Boucasso? Really cool!

[Gare]

Hey, Ron—

It's just an abstract thought, drawn out.

The little piece of art was an icon I " upgraded" to become a piece of art in its own right. Simple stuff can benefit immensely as a statement just by filling in some "missing pieces".

If anyone would like to, attached here is a simple vector drawing of a lime slice. The screen snag below shows it and a couple of minor variations.



Take something simple, and while keeping it simple, add some human (IE: Your) qualities to it.

Because why not?


:)

[Ron Duke]

Hey, Ron—

It's just an abstract thought, drawn out.

The little piece of art was an icon I " upgraded" to become a piece of art in its own right. Simple stuff can benefit immensely as a statement just by filling in some "missing pieces".

If anyone would like to, attached here is a simple vector drawing of a lime slice. The screen snag below shows it and a couple of minor variations.



Take something simple, and while keeping it simple, add some human (IE: Your) qualities to it.

Because why not?

Hence, that Picasso (sp) (Boucasso: Bouton abstract) was developed from a lime slice? WOW!

[ss-kalm]

I thought I replied to this thread yesterday ... Love the abstract "Boucasso" Gary. That's something I aspire to create, and it was probably really simple for you! I could hang that on my wall ... of course, my other half wouldn't allow me to do that though.

[Gare]

I thought I replied to this thread yesterday ... Love the abstract "Boucasso" Gary. That's something I aspire to create, and it was probably really simple for you! I could hang that on my wall ... of course, my other half wouldn't allow me to do that though.

Your spouse? Your top half? Your left half?

Sorry, Keith!

Start with something simple. Then mess with it as freely as your mind will allow.

Sorry for these vague instructions. There really are no instructions, but only suggestions.

Here's a small Lichtenstein.



What does it say to you?

What part of it would you embellish differently, to suit your own sensibilities?

What can you learn from it to change your sensibilities somewhat?

Just let it flow. Don't work to hard at it. Let it be an introspective journey of sorts.

Offer void where prohibited. Some fading may occur. Tumble dry only. May contain allergens. I've never seen a happy vegan.

These are just my own inner voices.

Aren't you glad you don't live within 100 miles of me?

[ss-kalm]

What does it say to you?

At a quick glance it says "Jack of Diamonds"

Aren't you glad you don't live within 100 miles of me?

It's possible that I actually do ... lets have a quick look at google maps ... According to Google Maps it's 201 km (125 miles) ... Phew, Safe ... Just check - 106 miles as the crow flies. Still safe.

[Acorn]

At a quick glance it says "Jack of Diamonds"

It's possible that I actually do ... lets have a quick look at google maps ... According to Google Maps it's 201 km (125 miles) ... Phew, Safe ... Just check - 106 miles as the crow flies. Still safe.

A crow would follow the Earth's curvature. A laser would carve through the ground and be a shorter distance so the chord length brings you a bit closer.

Acorn

[Gare]

At a quick glance it says "Jack of Diamonds"

Hmmmm. Okay. Go with it.

1.) What appeals to you about it, if anything?

2.) How about the colour palette? To me, that's where I'd get the playing card inspiration.

I could put more questions to you here, but it wouldn't be the point.

It's all about a process, Keith, if that makes any sense, or resounds at all.

When input (for lack of a better term, offhand) makes me stop for a moment or two, I tend to ask myself why.

And often the answer lies in Art. A design unrevealed, a possibility stacked up out of a fragment here and there that please my eye.

But for me, the process isn't done, then.

You might not know it, but I'm a playful guy. </under-exaggeration>

I'll take a bitmap copy of my unfinished idea and filter it in Photoshop. Or extrude it in a modeling program, or perform other path operations in 3D, such as "lofting", or spinning the path around an axis to create a 3rd dimension. Or smearing it a little in a way that cannot be done easily in Xara. Here's a graphical thought process; begin with a primitive...oh, a triangle's good.

Then mess with the triangle; lop part of it's top off so it's not equilateral. Hint: Asymmetrical is usually better than symmetrical in a design. Stuff can be balanced without being symmetrical.



Add a rectangle almost bisecting it laterally, and oops; well there, it sort of is beginning to look like the first letter of the last name of a dud who is afraid he lives to close to moi :)




Mooshing-around time, because why not?



Attached is the original XAR file with which to play/experiment.

You have XGD version 18 installed, right?

[wizard509]

Hey, Ron—

It's just an abstract thought, drawn out.

The little piece of art was an icon I " upgraded" to become a piece of art in its own right. Simple stuff can benefit immensely as a statement just by filling in some "missing pieces".

If anyone would like to, attached here is a simple vector drawing of a lime slice. The screen snag below shows it and a couple of minor variations.



Take something simple, and while keeping it simple, add some human (IE: Your) qualities to it.

Because why not?

Well Gare, I finally did something with your lime, it's not simple.
Mostly it's a photo manipulation. The lime is yours, the text and stream made up, assembled in Xara almost everything else is bitmap.

[Gare]

THAQT is funny, Larry!

I'd never had thought of this on MY own!

Is there also a Tequila Nebula and a Salt Quadrant out there? :)

Here is yet another splash screen I designed (photo plus mostly Xara layout, text, design) eons ago...



I took the colours from MAGIX's abstract original splash and tried to make it equally abstract, but a little more artistic. Some day, I will try to put these bitmap strokes into XD's Strokes Gallery. I created them using ArtRage.

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