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The very ground beneath you.. being sucked into another dimension!

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

This is a photo I took of a small ditch/pothole in a lot. I got really close to the ground and took the shot. Then using my beloved pixlr.com I used the kaleidoscope filter on it. You can adjust the size, horizontal, and vertical distortions as you like. I kept tinkering with it until I got the effect that I wanted.. the solid ground beneath your feet being sucked into a vortex like a whirlpool into the next dimension *insert trippy music here*

The original photo looked like this…

When I took the original my intent was to take a photo of something and make it bigger than what it seemed… a play with the design element that is proportion. Adding the extra filter only made it that much more what I wanted it to be!

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Apocalypse Anyone?

Saturday, June 16th, 2012

Design Assignments 473—Otherworldly Distortion (1 star). Take a picture of a geographical location on earth and try to alter or distort it to make it seem like its from a foreign dimension.

Apocalypse Anyone?

This was a fun and easy assignment. I started with another photo I took yesterday in the mountains of Virginia. With Picasa, I played with different filter effects until I found one with a “foreign dimension” impact. The winner was the “heat map” filter. Cool colors. I think it creates an interesting, colorful image of a post-apocalyptic world!

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