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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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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This is 11th Street, do you recognize it? Well more precisely it is a sign for 11th Street residing in downtown Indianapolis, IN. This work is based off an image I took this past July while in Indy for the NASCAR race. I liked the perspective of the shot as well as the all the little details contained within and decided to create the following work from it.

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This stylistic representation of an old time shoe shop was created using a single perspective photograph that I had taken a while back. The result makes use of various filters as well as some quality time with the burn, smudge, and liquify tools in Photoshop.

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I was playing around with some new filter techniques in Photoshop along with some lighting and gradient effects in creating this composition. Changing an ordinary image into something a bit more defined was the goal; adding a stronger sense of structure and contrast.

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