General artwork (non-game related)

[KIO]

Here are a couple of HDRs I made today. HDR didnt actually add that much, just some details to get a "fuller" picture, in fact it added shit loads of detail, i just keep noticing more and more now:) the petals on the flower are just beautiful, but tonemapping did improve a lot:

[KIO]

MY TEAMFORTRESS 2 IS FIXED!!!
After half a year of it lagging and being shit, a recent patch fixed it all. Hurrraaaayy.. Plus some small help from steamsupport. All in all, tha spy is back to stab yer back!
Here is a spray I quickly made yesterday:

Its transparent, thats why thumbnail is black and full picture is white.

[DARKIUSMAXIMUS]

Here are a couple of HDRs I made today. the petals on the flower are just beautiful, but tonemapping did improve a lot:

YEAH beautiful
any HDR pics of hot chicks instead of flowers next thanks

[FuzzyBear9]

YEAH beautiful
any HDR pics of hot chicks instead of flowers next thanks

DARKY!!...that's cold and insensitive!!...

..but +1

[KIO]

Came across an old digital camera while going through my junk. Firstly decided just to take it apart, then in the process found it's visible light filter and remembered an article that said how to make an infra-red camera.
So, replaced the visible light filter with two pieces of developed film (i.e. the IR filter) and now i got myself an infra-red camera:).. One drawback of this device now is that I kinda damaged the chasis as I was taking it apart, so I couldnt use it again. It is very cyber-punk, but, erm..fragile.


But here is a pic I took with that camera. It will be much more exciting in the daylight, gonna try it tomorrow:


This is an example what daylight in IR would look like:

Of course for something like that you need a proper camera with a proper IR filter, not a frankenstein like mine is... but still, nice to experiment.

[F1r3]

cool nice effect

[KIO]

Its not just an effect, its really seeing the normally invisible InfraRed spectrum.. Many objects seem very different, ill make a few comparison pictures. Its really amazing... But for starters, most people's hair looks white, eye retinas look really fucking scary, many black objects are white in IR etc...

EDIT:
Made some outside shots, but spent most of the day trying to fashion a battery holder because the "dangling on the wires" system kept getting disconnected.. Was hard given that i have no tools but a screwdriver and a hammer at this place...
But yeah, a comparison shot of some boxes, a bottle of sherry and a penguin to see how different things are in IR. Interstingly, most colored drinks like grape juice or that sherry are almost perfectly transparent in IR, but a transparent ironing liquid is dark grey in infrared:)




Many pics come out unfocused because the camera had a pre-set lens that wasnt supposed to be moved. But as I was changing the filters around, I had to unscrew the lens and screw it back on. So now I have to keep turning the tiny plastic lens holder around all the time to make sure it focuses where I want it to. And on a LCD of the size of a fingernail its really fucking hard to see the difference...

[KIO]

Learning how to take these pictures. I know its the same setting like one of the other ones - the pics are from my kitchen window, as the device is not very outside-friendly. But I do like the lighting now, I just added a sepia effect rather than just black and white.

[DARKIUSMAXIMUS]

FREAKY MAN wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[FuzzyBear9]

you might want to block out the number plate KIO, just from a legal standpoint...

..otherwise great work!!!

[KIO]

I think that would be faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too much... Cant really go around every single picture I take blocking out numberplates, faces, occasional strings of numbers, name badges, street signs... Out of political correctness could also photoshop all people to be of a neutral greenish color with no secondary sexual traits.
Quite silly I would say. Dont think there is a legal standpoint that forbids me from seeing and remembering the number plate.. How is taking a picture of it is less legal.

[FuzzyBear9]

I think that would be faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar too much... Cant really go around every single picture I take blocking out numberplates, faces, occasional strings of numbers, name badges, street signs... Out of political correctness could also photoshop all people to be of a neutral greenish color with no secondary sexual traits.
Quite silly I would say. Dont think there is a legal standpoint that forbids me from seeing and remembering the number plate.. How is taking a picture of it is less legal.

erm..but you're the moderator... ...just needed a reason to say that hehe

[F1r3]

Installed a bird feeder at my countryside place this week and it's become very busy since day one While most of the birds it attracts are small and they don't eat that much, there are these huge bastards who don't visit very often but seem VERY hungry every time and gobble everything up in seconds:

[KOMBATIUSMAXIMUS]

Yeah feed them well m8 and make them ur winged creatures of death who do ur bidding for food

[DARKIUSMAXIMUS]

hahahahahahahahah

[F1r3]

If they're as good at killing as they are at eating I'd definitely consider the option

[KOMBATIUSMAXIMUS]

if they r good at eating m8 the must be that rare breed kombatius hawkius

[F1r3]

Made an abstract wallpaper today:
E=mc² FTP : f1r3/wallpaper.png

And following a promise to Darkius and Kombat here are their (a little belated ) wallpapers (1280x1024 resolution):
E=mc² FTP : f1r3/4dark.png
E=mc² FTP : f1r3/4kombat.png

Hope you like it

[KIO]

Niiice, what did you use to make the curves?

[F1r3]

Niiice, what did you use to make the curves?

The program is called Apophysis (http://www.apophysis.org/index.html), the version I use is Apophysis 3D hack (a little more advanced, allowes you to rotate/zoom like in 3d)

[KIO]

Yeah i thought it looked like a generated fractal. Nice program, im guessing its opensource and free. Ill give it a try at some point.

[KOMBATIUSMAXIMUS]

OOOOh sweet fire m8 u r the man cheers m8

[KIO]

Oh, and btw its E=mc^2, not E=MC^2 :P general conception is that c is the universal constant of the speed of light and whatnot... and m is the mass of the particle.

[Cynyx]

[F1r3]

The forum has become really quiet recently... I thought I'd post some random pics I recently made so we could at least have some activity

1.Church


2. Moscow International Business Center (still under construction)


3.Ministry of Foreign Affairs building (forgive the smudges, it was drizzling and my lens got wet )


4. A result of me fooling around with my camera today, this is a HDR made of 12 images (probably the most accurate one I've ever made), called 'In da kitchen'


Comments welcome

[KIO]

Is the business one hdr as well?

I was playing around with fire today (not Fire fire, but fire fire), here is what I got, didnt take long at all, but i like it.

[F1r3]

I was playing around with fire today (not Fire fire, but fire fire), here is what I got, didnt take long at all, but i like it.

nice, what did you use to make that?

Is the business one hdr as well?

nope, only the last one is

[Cynyx]

really nice pictures.

[KIO]

Ive used this photoshop tutorial as a starter,
http://www.republicofcode.com/tutorials ... zingflame/
but i spent much longer on creating the flame itself using the smudge tool like in the tutorial, but in more detail. Then added some texturising(broken glass) and some more playing with filters

[DARKIUSMAXIMUS]

still no pics of chicks with big tits guys??