This is one of those off days....

Mr. Author · Post by **Mr. Author** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:21 am

You know, where Mr. Author likes to pretend he's an artist.

Actually a pic for an Advanced Class called a Punker Daemon...did this in only a couple of hours or so, that's why the poor quality.

Post by **goodmangames** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:25 am

I think it looks pretty cool. I love the Matrix floor.

Mr. Author · Post by **Mr. Author** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:37 am

Why thank you. I consider myself the master at making bad art look better through photoshop. You're looking at one of my favorite filterin' tricks.

This is actually proto-art for the setting I'm doing after the Aesca site is fully up.

RSKennan · Post by **RSKennan** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:52 am

I like it too. You're a good deal better than me.

RSKennan · Post by **RSKennan** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 11:56 am

Why not...

Here's my one and only Photoshop improvement, aside from touching up scans. It's a goofy subject, but hey.

Mr. Author · Post by **Mr. Author** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 12:01 pm

Yeah! How'd you do them clouds? Paint a solid color and then use the smudge tool?

My clouds look a little different.

RSKennan · Post by **RSKennan** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 12:03 pm

It was about 6 months ago, but I'm pretty sure I used a series of semi-transparent layers with the Airbrush tool, which I then smudged. I like your clouds. How did you do them?

Mr. Author · Post by **Mr. Author** » Tue Dec 17, 2002 12:25 pm

I used a clouds filter, oddly enough, and I find that liberal application of large airbrushes and erasers makes the look like actual clouds...I was quite pround once I figured it out. You can see another example of this at http://members.fortunecity.com/aesca/intro.html

BenPowis · Post by **BenPowis** » Tue Jan 14, 2003 10:11 am

Two nice images, Mr. Author, you are certainly the master of self-proclaimed 'bad art'.
A pat on the preverbial back to both of you :p