Art update

I've been on MakersPlace for quite some time. Haven't posted a lot of my artwork. Frankly, it is quite a challenge to decide what style to put on there. I'm currently uploading one of the first series that I made in 2015.

Usually when I create, I just go with the flow. It makes me end up with some different 'styles'. My gallery is a mess. I've been trying to manipulate my photographs and turn them into works where you can't recognize the base photographs anymore. It isn't hard to make them unrecognizable though :p, however.

As some of you know, I must create everything myself. I always thought it should be without saying, but I noticed that some NFT artists download and use their photographs (photo manipulation), use presets, or one-click 3D models. Personally, I think it's a shame, even if the work looks amazing/top-notch. What's your take on that? Luckily for me, I don't have to download images from Google since my database is big enough to create a lot of different stuff.

After 6-8 hours of playing around, I finally finished an artwork that instantly moved to my top favorite works. You can see it down below. I got inspired by Path Of Exile's Celestial skins/cosmetics (Discharge skill mostly). It's that dreamy, vibrant look and feel. I'm planning to do a series of four. Not sure yet if I do 4 different color varieties or four different faces.

_{© 2021 | Ruben Cress}

Before I finished this one, I've been trying to push myself for the last couple of days, weeks, and months to improve my works. I think I went into a rabbit hole where I was trying to explore more of the neon-, and vibrant colors. I used different techniques, but most of the artworks contained circle-shapes, I like circles!

So, right before the above artwork, I created a few chromatic gradient splashes that were floating around in space.

Before that, I played around with some offset round shapes and photo manipulation, coming along with some proper color grading :).

Before I made that one, I was mostly playing around with shapes and gradients. I created a gradient, that I later used as a brush.

Anddd... before that. Yeah, you'll get the idea. I'm moving backward. Anyway, I had the idea to manipulate my photographs so hard, I wouldn't even recognize them myself anymore. Check this before and after shot. Yup... It's -only- one photo and some Photoshop techniques.

_Before

_After

_{After After}

It's kinda interesting to see what you can do with Photoshop. You literally can do almost anything you want. The last (first image) artwork that I made is something I'm looking forward to creating more. Maybe more interesting is "how" I got to that point. Just go with the flow!

Do you have a favorite? Let me know in the comments.

Cheers,
Ruben