Distrub: A Different Direction in ArtRage

Disturb


Disturb With Close Up Lips

I decided to leave portraiture behind tonight and brought back the lips from last winter (Feb and Mar 08). (I found that I had made a stencil of the lips and saved it.) The initial ArtRage is done in grays, but I added some transparent color in multiple layers and resized it for the second one. The area above the dominant lower lips was a bit too messy for me, so I added another layer and smoothed out some whites with "stitching" on top. The lines are just the roller feature with one click of the mouse for each stitch.

More Women

Woman Version 2


Woman Version 3

I added some background to the woman that I worked on earlier tonight. Version 3 is more defined compositionally and looks iconic while version 2 is more "windswept" -- less defined in terms of specific space.

Woman Simplified

Woman

I simplified the image of the woman by erasing out much of the hair and edge of her shoulder. She looks like she has a scarf on her head instead. I also corrected some of the bone structure of her face and opened up her eye by erasing out her upper lid and adding the whites of her eye. She looks like she is thinking of something. I am not sure how she feels about it. I don't think she knows herself yet.

Plain Face No Butterflies

Plain Woman

Tried another face tonight and liked the plain, grayish-green background with it. I tried a bunch of other stuff, but this one just wanted to stay simple.

Another Butterfly ArtRage

Hat and Collar

Here I have taken the image of the woman and added a butterfly hat and collar. She looks better with the dark around the face. I like the negative shapes made by the wings too.

Butterfly Hair

Butterfly Hair

I made a few changes to the butterfly for this ArtRage. I used the same altered face from yesterday but made the butterfly larger. The butterfly blends into a layer of black and looks like the wings of the butterfly are part of her hair. The white areas around her head add needed contrast.

New Butterfly Face

Three Butterflies Yellow


Three Butterflies Purple

I took another face from the Internet, altered it, and added a different butterfly image. I decided to use the three images together to make a better composition. I wanted the whole face and couldn't get it it to have nice negative shapes -- so I made multiples.

Butterfly Team

Butterfly Team

This ArtRage uses the combined faces and butterfly in a softer background. I layered the face imports so the wings were blended into the softer background. The team name comes from the swimming cap look that the two faces have. One on the red team and the other on the blue.

Butterfly Collection

Butterfly Collection

Tried another one tonight. Did this one on a very dark background. I duplicated the layer of the two faces and the blue butterfly and slid it out to the edge. I then duplicated that layer and flipped it horizontally. Not sure I like this one (the faces seem too high), but I like the brown colors of the face with the blues of the wings.

Many Butterflies

Butterfly Combo


Butterfly Green


Butterfly Fade


Butterfly Silk

I decided to push this butterfly theme a bit more by adding a butterfly image from the web to my two overlapped faces. I used past background ArtRage images and added the butterfly and faces in layers. I erased out parts of the face to show the wings more in "Butterfly Silk."