The Monster

number 4

number 6

number 8

number 10

number 12

number 14

Okay, I hope I get these right.....double checked.....yup.....#4, 5, 6, 8, and 15 are the ones that stand out for me. It was too quiet.....so I knew you were up to something..... LOL.... Very nice!!!

But what ever happened to 'The Monster' I want that one, from the first pic
Reminded me of 19th century "Green Man" paintings

foxxee, the original pic was finally released as 'the original monster's monster' and it's in the library. it's a bit disappointing in its current incarnation as it's pretty much a 'one shot wonder'. it does almost nothing but that one image.

however, i might be able to upgrade it so that it could vary that effect a bit more.

not familiar with 'green man' paintings. got a link? oh wait, you mean like these?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Man

gunsan, no, these arent from monster spawn of any version thereof. this is from the original filter that the monster spawn filters 'spawned' from. 'the monster' itself has never been released, but i take snippets from it and release those. 'the monster' is, in fact, still a work in progress and may never be released... dont know. i use 'the monster' as an idea generator. it's huge. when i zoom out in the editor i cant even encompass it all.

all of these last 15 images were from various routines in 'the monster'. i basically was 'in a mood' last night and just wanted to share some pieces, maybe get a little feedback and see which ones you all liked and then, maybe, do some more 'spawn' filters based on the ones you all liked.

oh, and foxxee, i just did a little fiddling with 'the original monster's monster'. i put my color range extraction routine in it on one leg to produce more control over effect on the portrait. see what you think.

Isn't there a possibility to release something similar to nr 7. Looks so exciting to me.
A snippet or something???

Thanks Kraellin

And for the other samples here, I am very intrigued with #4 & #7. They are so interesting in their effect

Thanks Craig, you are a sweetie, and I will show the result of playing wih it!!

foxxee, i'm having some success with this revision of the original monster's monster. still a ways to go, but thought i'd show you one image.

original photography by dana lane, http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalphoto...120184539/ and used with his permission.

this is the original of one of those on his web site that i cropped and did a little lighting on.

I'm looking forward to seeing #7 come out Monday too, Kraellin! Have you made one for #4? That very slight and subtle kaleidescope effect is really nice too

Glad you've decided to work on this one, can't wait for it... but please, take your time

I was just wondering, when looking at the filter sample here, might you be able to return that look to it that seems to follow her contours? It would look more like it's growing over her rather than just texturing her. The first example in this thread appeared this way to me, unless my eyes are deceiving me. It's sort of that effect Carl had with his Shadow and Light filter (which I also want to incorporate into my shadow filters too

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Kraellin wrote: but, i will keep your wants in mind here, since that's also kind of what I've been after too all this time.

You are very cool, and I thank you for even just considering anything I might try to suggest or hope for. Thank you kindly

Yes, that's exactly what I think too, having her show or peek through parts of it as if not yet being completely taken over by this monstrosity of a "whatever-it-is" organism

You know what this filter reminds me of, and I loved his work, is H.R. Giger!!!
http://www.giger.com/

ok, new day. had a breakthrough on this and getting a much better handle on it now. i kept trying to mask things all sorts of ways and finally realized that the refraction component could do this for me! now we're cookin a little hotter

OH YES! Love this, exactly what I envisioned too.
Wonderful job, Kraellin. I'm getting excited for this one to come out

ok, now yer making me nervous. i feel like it has to be spectacular or i'll let you both down

hehehe. ok, well, i'll probably survive

ok, no pressure. i could submit as is and always do another update later on if you dont like or if you want something else in it.

but, it's still got something odd going on that i dont like. still trying to tame it. i have learned another method of controlling the effect, but still not completely happy with it overall. it's fussy as the dickens and that usually means i'm missing something.

another taste:

Okay the last one is funny... a bit scary...

Been peeking in on the progress~