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Ben K |
"Synthestructure 1" |
Sun August 4, 2013 at 1:57 pm
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I really prefer the color scheme of synthestructure 1 (the dark green and rusty red colors). Just wanted to leave that feedback. I wish there to be a multiscreen of that version :) Either way though, it's awesome. |
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koopy |
""Synthestructure III (2012)"" |
Thu August 9, 2012 at 3:48 pm
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I thought this was spilling upward towards new forms. Incredible how... |
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Dave Sp |
"Cold Steel Sinking Into Molten?" |
Tue May 8, 2012 at 7:55 pm
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When I first saw this, I thought the foreground coils were sinking into a background of molten iron. Could be an interesting study in contrasts, or just me seeing too many documentaries. :-) |
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Alex H |
"9s all around" |
Sun May 6, 2012 at 7:13 pm
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I give 9s to pics you produce for which I have no complaint. 10s are reserved for my absolute favourites. All the variations on display here are worth 9. The original is the best imo. |
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Ryan |
"@Greg in CA" |
Sun May 6, 2012 at 8:56 am
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I stopped the render yesterday after watching it spend 2 whole days grinding at 66% complete. Extremely frustrating!
I reset some of the render quality settings and started to render just the remaining 34% (the bottom) but I am rendering this "to disk" (rather than to the screen)to further optimize. So far it seems to be going faster but I don't have any visual feedback to tell if the render quality is on par with what has already been processed. |
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Greg in CA |
"Any update on that new tropical pic...?" |
Sun May 6, 2012 at 4:18 am
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Just checking... |
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Justin |
"Google doodle??" |
Fri May 4, 2012 at 5:25 pm
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I think Google should make this one of their "Google Doodles" in honor of your amazing work over the years. You can almost see their name in it, I think. Different looking picture. Very creative. Looks nice. |
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Greg in CA |
"Maybe I'm just ignorant but..." |
Thu May 3, 2012 at 9:04 am
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How does one find flaws in an original piece of abstract art...? |
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Ryan |
"2x1080p watermark" |
Mon April 30, 2012 at 10:46 am
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the watermark in the 2x1080p is in a weird place. it's just a little off center at the bottom of the right-hand screen. |
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Ryan |
"@Chris J" |
Sun April 29, 2012 at 3:16 pm
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Thanks for your comment. I wish there was a perfect way to stretch these scenes out over 3 monitors. It's hard to do.
As for the focus, I could have easily had the whole image in focus but then it would have looked very flat and busy.
What other flaws are you seeing? |
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Chris J |
"I dislike it" |
Sun April 29, 2012 at 3:04 pm
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I think images using software like this should be rendered at a high resolution like 100000px by 100000px. The tri-screen should be a 5760x1080 crop of a focused part. To me that would look nicer. I see all the flaws in the tri-screen collection and its a plague. |
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RDL |
"Yummy Pickles" |
Sun April 29, 2012 at 2:40 am
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And there are the pickle jar versions I was hoping for. 8) I'm not sure if my comment had any effect on the outcome, but I like the new fiery/B&W versions. |
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Andy |
"Hm" |
Sat April 28, 2012 at 2:14 pm
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It looks like metal shavings of some kind. Well, thats what it reminds me of. Looks good |
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Ben |
"Fuzzy?" |
Thu April 26, 2012 at 2:59 pm
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Love the way the pic shows up on your site - dislike the wallpaper. If it were crisp and had less noise it would take a lot to get me to change my wallpaper for a while! |
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teds2049 |
"Got a poster" |
Thu April 26, 2012 at 12:15 am
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I picked up a poster of Endless Blue. I hope it will be light enough that Zazzle's dark printing process doesn't cause trouble. I hope it helps you get that new workstation!
Don't wait specifically for Ivy Bridge-E. The OEMs won't put up with Intel making them requalify their platforms for Ivy this soon after SB-E, so it would be a decent wait despite Ivy cpus coming out now for single-proc desktops. You could save a few bucks by dropping down to a slightly lower speed grade of SB-E. Intel is really charging for the the fastest ones compared to last generation. |
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0beron |
"V2" |
Thu April 26, 2012 at 4:15 am
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I think I prefer the 2nd version, the fine filigree is sharper /crisper looking. |
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Khyren |
"Multi screen V1" |
Thu April 26, 2012 at 3:15 am
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I hope you didn't abort and discard the tri-screens of V1. I'd love to have one of each. |
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Chris B |
"V3" |
Wed April 25, 2012 at 9:26 pm
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i like the best, the metal textures are much improved. Though the apparent multi colored metals in the 1st one are cool too. |
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Chris |
"Synthestructure Final" |
Wed April 25, 2012 at 5:32 pm
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I like the third one because the coloration and reflections on the metal were smoothed, but I think maybe I like the second one best. Only problem is you didn't post the 1680 x 1050 version of it! |
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Scarr |
"Wicked" |
Wed April 25, 2012 at 12:46 am
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Microscopic metallic flakes. |
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Ryan |
"V.3 (Final)" |
Wed April 25, 2012 at 10:43 am
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Here's my final update to "Synthestructure". I've tweaked the metal textures a bit so hopefully they now have a bit more "luster". The multiscreen should follow soon! |
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Chuck J |
"Nice!" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 7:53 pm
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This reminds me of curled metal shavings after using a metal lathe. Nice! |
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Lidia |
"Synthestructure II" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 6:38 pm
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Very interesting second version; I like it. The metallic theme is certainly stronger. I really like the gold and silver colors. I don't know if I like this one better than version 1; I think I like them both the same but for different reasons. |
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Chris |
"Like it" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 5:39 pm
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I like this alot better than the first one. The first one felt crowded and it was a little hard to tell what I was looking at. I also really do like the metallic look. You don't have alot of work like this and I'm always glad to see you trying to take things in a new direction. |
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Greg in CA |
"MUCH better with the contrasting colors!" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 2:23 pm
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So we have to fill in the comment field to post now...? |
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ChrisSpera |
"MUCH Better" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 9:49 am
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As an "organic" abstract, this didn't work. As an artificial or [more] metalic abstract, this works much better. I really like this version. Good job!
Chris Spera |
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Ryan |
"V.2" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 9:43 am
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A number of you suggested that the first version looked metallic so I ran with that theme for Synthestructure II. I've zoomed in a bit (to better accommodate the future multiscreen version) and inserted some little "filigree" items for contrast. |
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Fumigator |
"I have to vote 10" |
Tue April 24, 2012 at 8:31 am
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I mean, it's not beautiful, in a traditional sense of the word, but it's certainly interesting and I find myself just looking at all the different details. That's art, man. Really cool.
But now-- I'm on to you, Ryan!-- you're in cahoots with Google-- look at those curlies, they spell GOOGLE!! Haha... subliminal but it's there... sorta... anyway this is a fun background to have.
I wonder what other color variants might do to/for the piece. |
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Aaron |
"Thought it was about Synthetic DNA" |
Mon April 23, 2012 at 4:39 pm
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Heh, just read an article the other day and from the title thought it had something to do with Synthetic DNA (http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2012/04/synthetic-dna-substitute-gets-its-own-enzymes-undergoes-evolution.ars). Sorta looks like it could be a strangely coiled/uncoiled segments of a synthetic DNA. |
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Mike |
"Industrial yet Organic" |
Mon April 23, 2012 at 10:17 am
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I love this one. |
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Francesco |
"IPad 2 Version?" |
Mon April 23, 2012 at 1:42 am
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I do not find the wallpaper in the ipad resolution in 1024x1024 as usual. Will you still publish it? Thanks a lot! |
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Anton |
"Inventive and Creative, Our own little tinkerer.. :D" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 11:50 pm
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I must say, you never cease to amaze Mr. Bliss, just when I think I have you figured out you come up with something completely out of left field and show me that you are still an artist. I absolutely love how your mind works and I hope you continue to entertain and inspire the world with your work! |
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Figgy |
"Uuuuummmm" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 10:23 pm
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Im not sure what the process was in making this picture because im a little confused. What the heck!. but still cool colors. |
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RDL |
"Try it in Black & White" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 10:12 pm
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I have this as my wallpaper, but in gray scale (ctrl+g in Irfanview). It looks more metallic and seems to increase the contrast. I'm looking forward to pickle jar versions. |
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Alex H |
"One of your best" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 7:17 pm
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I love your abstracts the most. |
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Lidia |
"Synthestructure I" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 5:46 pm
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This one looks metallic to me. I like it. It's just what I'm in the mood for right now during this end-of-semester rush. The tropical scene will be a good fit for when that is over. |
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julie G |
"It's probably me being a biology major but . . ." |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 1:34 pm
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It makes me think of DNA wrapped around histones and coiled up into chromosomes. A beautiful representation of our hereditary matter. If only I saw that in my Honors Biology textbook thirty years ago, it might have helped me visualize mitosis!
I wonder if a physicist would see this as string theory?? |
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Rams Fan |
"Synthedissss" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 12:56 am
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I knew it was going to happen some day, disappointment. |
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Rams Fan |
"Synthedissss" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 12:55 am
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I knew it was going to happen some day, disappointment. |
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Hoverwolf1 |
"Synthestructure I" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 12:27 am
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If this is I is there a II planned? I don't especially care for abstracts as artworks themselves, but, as a tool for future use, this looks very promising. Personally, I can't wait to see what you can do with the new program. |
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Thunderbol |
"earthworm jim" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 6:48 am
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reminds me for some reason of earthworn jim, lol. |
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Greg |
"Interesting" |
Sun April 22, 2012 at 1:35 am
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Very cool effect, I like the sharpness of the foreground while blurring the background, it gives the image an interesting contrast with itself. |
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Ryan |
"Multiscreens" |
Sat April 21, 2012 at 11:23 pm
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Mars |
"Cool but..." |
Sat April 21, 2012 at 9:31 pm
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looks HD but not my cup of tea ill stick with
http://interfacelift.com/wallpaper/D609abb5/02912_salmoncreek_1920x1080.jpg
for now :) |
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Lucas |
"Epicness!" |
Sat April 21, 2012 at 6:11 pm
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This is now my desktop and it's epic! :D I love this! Please continue! |
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Nico |
"Spring(y)" |
Sat April 21, 2012 at 5:31 pm
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Guess spring is here like the texture! Thanks
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Nico |
"Spring(y)" |
Sat April 21, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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Guess spring is here like the texture! Thanks
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