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Fractal Art Logo Baseball Cap

Chris Allen — Sun, 16 May 2010 20:17:48 +0000

Another day, another shot at doing something, well…different I guess. Why a baseball cap you ask? Got me, it just seemed like something different to try. I’m always browsing the web looking for new things to try and techniques to utilize with regards to digital art and happened upon this idea.

This was created entirely in Photoshop using primarily the pen tool to establish the general shape of the cap and then from there adding in the color and lighting effects. The logo was created in a fairly simple manner by utilizing a combination of fractal brushes. Then after a few hours of playing around with textures, brushes, blurring, smudging, burning, highlights and shadows it all came together.

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Deep Space Vista

Chris Allen — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 16:56:46 +0000

Its been a while in the making, but I have finally finished up on my latest digital art work, Deep Space Vista. This was definitely something new for me and I was happy to take on a new direction with my art. I’ve always had an interest in concept art especially from the Science Fiction and Fantasy genres for books, movies, and games, so trying my hand at a ’space scene’ of some sort was something I’d been wanting to do.

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In the future I would like to explore more into the creation of traditional concept artworks and possibly come up with some original ideas showcasing various structures, environments, and landscapes. All just because of an interest and a desire to delve into something new from a creative perspective.

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Spatial Entity

Chris Allen — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:08:54 +0000

Spatial Entity is the result of some simple brush work in Photoshop mixed with some blending and blurring of a few luminescent colors. Add to that some stars in the background and it all just came together. Again, this was mostly an exercise of creative exploration and just putting into pixels what comes to mind.

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Tropical View

Chris Allen — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:23:04 +0000

I have been rather enjoying creating more digital art works in my free time as late. And Tropical View is essentially a follow up piece to View from the Sea although far more colorful and well, tropical. This composition is all about the perspective and sense of distance. A destination I would not mind visiting and one fun to not only imagine, but create as well. Maybe it’s a sign that I need a vacation, as a secluded beach with such a view kind of sounds good right about now.

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View from the Sea

Chris Allen — Sun, 03 May 2009 14:25:22 +0000

View from the Sea was essentially my second effort in creating a digital art piece using a pen tablet. My intent was simply to capture a hazy view of the land while meshed with some low lying clouds from a distant seaside perspective. Simple air brush effects and soft gradients were brought together to realize this final composition.

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A Break in the Clouds

Chris Allen — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:01:06 +0000

Wanting to get back into Illustrator and have a little fun, I came up with this little bit of inspiration to share – simple and straight to the point, I think. And moving forward I’d like to spend some more time creating small works like this just for fun. After all, sometimes less is more.

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Chicago Cloud Cityscape

Chris Allen — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:07:45 +0000

Here we have another look at the Chicago skyline captured with an enhanced vibrancy and falling within a soft cloud shaped perimeter. A photo I had on hand was used to establish the general outline for the overall cityscape to which I then continued to add further detail. I have included this reference outline of the city which was used in colorizing and detailing the final work.

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This was completed at the end of last year, but this is the first time I have posted this work. Additionally, if you like this work you may also enjoy the Chicago Skyline Stylization, which used some similar Photoshop techniques.

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The Totally Rad Show Backgrounds

Chris Allen — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:26:49 +0000

I have mentioned before that I’m a fan of the Revision 3 network and enjoy the programming options offered through this internet television provider. One of my favorite shows on the network is The Totally Rad Show (TRS), a news show for gamers, movie watchers, comic readers, and TV show fans from today’s geek culture. Furthermore, it is a show that I highly recommend if you have not as yet come across it, especially if you have interests in any of the aforementioned topics.

TRS has a close following of fans, some of which like to submit original background art for use on the show that incorporates the shows logo and perhaps is even themed specifically to coincide with a recent movie, game, or other popular topic. I created and submitted the following backgrounds for consideration; however neither made it on the show, so I thought why not share them here – possibly some of my fellow TRS fans may be interested in them.

TRS Urban Light & Shadow Background

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TRS GTA Background

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A Winter Scene (and a new pen tablet)

Chris Allen — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:42:32 +0000

I received a Wacom Bamboo Fun tablet as a gift for Christmas and of course I was very eager to give it a try. This is my first Pen Tablet and so far I have spent just a few hours literally playing around and just getting used to working with the device. It is all very new to me, but I think I am starting to slowly become more acclimated to this more natural input device. I can definitely see this as the right tool for any type of graphic design or artistic creation, but I know I need more time to get over some of the mental barriers that are a result of having used a mouse for so long.

A Winter Scene is my first artistic work utilizing the Bamboo Fun (medium) Tablet with Photoshop. I wanted to start simple and see what I could accomplish with relatively few hours of experience with a tablet. It was fun to actually draw/paint digitally with the device, even though I struggled with it at first. Again, a mind over matter thing for the newbie tablet user that I am. However, I do look forward to spending a lot more time perfecting my pen tablet skills, but for now I think I am off to a decent start.

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Golden City

Chris Allen — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:30:01 +0000

Well not really a city of gold per say, yet a period treatment applied to the image resulting in something classic, something more distinctive. Light, shadow, scratches, and film grain all added to bring about this perspective. The setting here is that of beautiful downtown Indianapolis, Indiana looking south from Monument Circle.

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