“It appeared one night out of nowhere, off the coast of Morocco, and for almost 3 months, the world went mad. End of world panic, just like in the movies... North-West Africa became the most popular travel destination. All the world's militaries convened, and wouldn't let anyone near it (which didn't stop thousands of sneak-in selfies).
But for months, nothing happened. And then for years, nothing continued to happen. Eventually even the selfies stopped being a thing. Until one night, a light suddenly started glowing within it...”
This is my entry for @juliakponsford's Art Explosion contest, this week themed "Mystery". I thoroughly enjoyed creating this and I hope you like the final result.
Alien Edifice
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What I did:
The first thing I thought of when I started thinking about what to do for this week's theme of "Mystery" was the movie "Arrival".
An alien edifice appearing out of nowhere, apparently not doing anything? Can't get more mysterious than that ;P
So to create my own alien edifice, I used a the "genIFS" transform formulae with two more, "Seashell" and "GreekIFS". Here are a few snapshots from my explorations while trying different tweaks of different parameters:
In the above images you can also see a plane, made using a heightmap, that I tried making the water with. Unfortunately, it didn't work out. I still have a lot to learn when it comes to reflective surfaces in MB3D. So how did I make the water? See below =)
And then, the stars. I created them using JWildFire, a different fractal program...:
Unlike MB3D, I can save png files in JWildFire with a transparent background, so I could then simply add them as a layer in Photoshop, and erase any stars that were in front of the edifice.
And speaking of Photoshop, it was how I managed to make the water. Flaming Pear has a plugin called "Flood 2" which I downloaded and put to good use:
And that was that! ... Thank you @juliakponsford, for hosting this awesome contest.
Now tell me, did you all enjoy "Arrival" as much as I did? =)
Thank you for your upvote 💖
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A few recent posts of mine:
"Philospherics" - Gallery: Fine Art | "Etherosphere - Gallery: Motifs" | "Contained" - DIFS Pong with @welshpixie
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