Theme: Eye of the Storm

[Judy Howle]

This started with a pano from 2 images. I think I used Pixel Bender on the original image and flipped it to create the "mask". I did that a while back but I got rid of the effects and textures I'd added to the 2 original layers and re-filtered them. I used Moku Hanga, a jixipix plugin, and Topaz Clean and I don't remember what else. Looks a lot better than that first one I did.

[Paul Lagasi]

Looks like Jabba the Hut, cool rendering, the blue eyes make it look to nice, they should be red and sinister. TFS

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Judy,

Greetings. Very cool look. Reminds me of Hayao Miyazaki's animations (Howl's Moving Castle, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke). Thanks for posting this one... I'll have to look into the plugin.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Jackie Schuknecht]

Pretty wild Judy. Good job of incorporating the eyes into the image. Very OOTB.

[Kerry Perkins]

Nice creativity Judy! I like the menacing look and how it seems to be a portent of things to come.

[Nancy Bell]

Wow, this is very OOTB! My first thought was this is a rear-view mirror in a car and the driver is both looking out at the weather and looking at his "emotional" image in the mirror. Anyway, great sweeping blues and piercing eyes. The darker grays highlight those blues even more and add a sinister feel.

[Judy Howle]

I actually thought of making the eyes red but dismissed the idea. Maybe I'll try it.

Looks like Jabba the Hut, cool rendering, the blue eyes make it look to nice, they should be red and sinister. TFS

[Judy Howle]

Thanks everyone! Jackie, when I created the mask, the eyes were basically there, quite a surprise, so I just enhanced and painted the eyeballs blue and added the catch lights.

Pretty wild Judy. Good job of incorporating the eyes into the image. Very OOTB.

[Hazel Grant]

"when I created the mask, the eyes were basically there, quite a surprise, so I just enhanced and painted the eyeballs blue and added the catch lights."

amazing isn't it how pictures sometimes tell us what to do....fantastic work

[Cheryl Slechta]

Judy, it reminds me of the Lone Ranger Great OOTB thinking!