Critique my photosop?

[morse]

Ok, well, I just got Photoshop a few days ago... And here is my first grunge desktop... [hope it works]
...
Nope.
:edit: :edit again: Ok the image is below, I got it working :) :edits:

[lostinbeta]

I don't know if this works with Angelfire, but on Geocities you can rename your file to .txt and it works great.

The wallpaper seems a little empty.

I see a few of the brushes from nocturna as dark grey hidden in the corners, but thats about it :-\

It needs more :)

[morse]

lol I think your screen is to light...
:edit: Cancel that, I think your screen is too dark

[lostinbeta]

Actually my screen color is too dark, and it is at its brightest. I hate my monitor.... I really do.

But still all I see is just a few grunge brushes around the edges here and there.

Is there more that I can't see?

don't edit your post until after I post....lol

[morse]

lol. ok maybe this will work...
http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/back2copy.txt

[morse]

a little more, not to much, but its kind of a simplistic wallpaper. Do you know where I can get some good "droplet" brushes, like drops of ink type deals?

[sintax321]

go to adobe studio exchange. Lots of brushes. Your pic is a good start just add a lot more to it. The trick is knowing when to stop.

[morse]

how about this...
http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/murdercopy.txt

[lostinbeta]

Still mostly just a bunch of fancy brushes, but that is much better, it is awesome.

The blood splatter spots add an awesome effect to it :)

[morse]

yea it is just brushes... I don't know how to manipulate the filters etc... very well yet.

[lostinbeta]

Big improvement from the first image none the less though :)

Keep it up :)

[morse]

Thx, I'll try =)

[morse]

Ok, suffer through 1 more... THis I did right before the last one...
http://www.geocities.com/h4xx02/grunge1copy.txt

[morse]

this was my first with a ton of new brushes. Some of it I meant to take out...

[lostinbeta]

Odd order to put them in then :)

I like that one too :)

[morse]

lol sorry about the order. THx though.

[lostinbeta]

No need to be funny. I am just being my quirky self :P

[eyeinfinitude]

So this is what grunge is. I've seen it, but never realized what the correct name for it was. Reminds me of art by Jackson Pollock. He spills and flings paint onto the canvas while he's drunk and still manages to create art. :-\

[morse]

sounds fun...

[lostinbeta]

Grunge is art that is made to look like a dirtied up photo or canvas.

It isn't like spatter paint, there is actually technique to it...lol.

I suck at grunge kind of :-\, I am too structured to be able to just toss things here and there....lol.

[morse]

haha! I saw your grunge battle against mdipi or whatever his name is! that was great entry you made!

[eyeinfinitude]

Hmm....maybe I should give it a shot. Just select a brush, close my eyes and go buck wild with the mouse and see what appears after 10 second or so. :P

Oh yea, Lost, do you know why my Jessica Alba thread is locked or closed? I cant post on that thread no more. :-\

[morse]

lol I forgot to mention, that picture is great! That looks really pro. I am amazed.

[morse]

Really, I am. I am constantly in such aw of the people that visit this forum.

[lostinbeta]

Thanks for your comment about my entry Morse :)

Electron: I have no clue why it was locked, there was no argument in there or anything :-\ I have no clue who locked it either. I am going to see if I can unlock it, hopefully I don't get in trouble...lol, but that pic did kick butt :)

[lostinbeta]

K electron, it is reopened.

[reverendflash]

Originally posted by electrongeek
So this is what grunge is. I've seen it, but never realized what the correct name for it was. Reminds me of art by Jackson Pollock. He spills and flings paint onto the canvas while he's drunk and still manages to create art. :-\

Grunge reminds me quite a bit of Rauschenberg (a contemporary of Jasper Johns, and Pollack)...

circa 1960
http://aulman.com/bicycle.jpg

I like it, don't get me wrong...

Rev:elderly:

[morse]

i think grunge would be soooo fun with a Wacom...

[eyeinfinitude]

wow thanks Lost! :o

[sintax321]

You can do grunge by just throwing stuff onto the canvas but I find if u structure it a bit more u get a way better effect. Kind of plan out roughly what u want and really put a lot of detail into it.
Also try to make your own brushes. You can come up with some realy neat things.:)

some of mine
www.sintax321.com/battlepics.jpg (http://www.sintax321.com/battlepics.jpg)

[morse]

SINTAX! Sorry, but I have been thinking about my own brush set for a while now... How do you make your own?

hehe I love PS

Oh, and do you dislike me IMing you??? I wont do it again... [I'm h4xx02] Anyway... That battle entry... The one you actually used... That is really sweet... What brushes did you use?

[sintax321]

You can IM me from AIM the problem is I'm ussaly not at home and I can't install AIM at work (yet :evil: ) so I'm not ignoring the msg I'm just not there to answrer it.

If you go to www.dubtastic.com (http://www.dubtastic.com) There is tut on how to build your own brushes.

The brushes I used where mostly from nocturne and dubtastic. I also built a pereodic table brushs which i used in the chem lab entry. Hope that helps

[morse]

great! Always love to get new links.