Theme - tulip

[Cheryl Slechta]

I took this a couple of years ago on my lightpad. I used Distort Pinch and a little bit of Glass to give it some texture.

[Dennis Bishop]

This is captivating. It's like the drawing that can be seen as a skull or a woman looking at herself in a mirror, but I mean that in a positive way. As I look at it, the outer petals change back and forth from concave to convex, and that really holds my attention. The darker tones at the bottom ground it nicely.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Cheryl,

Greetings. (uh, Dennis kinda lost me ;-) The multi layered textures and lines are really eye-catching. The structure, curves, shades are all topped off with a perfect touch of glass. Good show!

Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Dennis Bishop]

. . . (uh, Dennis kinda lost me ;-) . . .

This is the drawing (well, maybe it's not a drawing, after all) to which I was referring. Some people see it right off as a woman looking into a mirror; others see it as a skull. Blinking can help change it from one to another. When I look at Cheryl's image, sometimes the vertical center seems to be in front but other times seems to be in the back.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Dennis,

Ha! I thought you saw a woman looking in the mirror or a skull in the OP! :-0 Thanks for clarifying. Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own. ;-)

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Dennis Bishop]

Dennis,

Ha! I thought you saw a woman looking in the mirror or a skull in the OP! :-0 Thanks for clarifying. Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own. ;-)

Cheers,

-Michael-

This is too weird . . . "Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own." struck me as very profound, so I googled it and learned that it's from the lyrics to a Grateful Dead song. Of course, I had to listen to it, and the accompanying video briefly showed a skull. I didn't have time to blink and see if it turned into a woman looking into a mirror.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dennis and Michael, I've enjoyed this thread immensely (And I love the quote.)

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Dennis, Cheryl,

I have to admit to being an old deadhead. Wake up to find that you are the eyes of the world! ;-)

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Jackie Schuknecht]

This is interesting Cheryl, my eyes keep going back and forth wondering what is fg and bg. Nice touch with the texture, I think the glass is perfect. Never got into the GD!

[Nancy Bell]

Cheryl, the image is stunning. Wonderful translucence and lines! Dennis & Michael, thanks for the entertaining conversation! I also found the quote very meaningful, but like Jackie, I didn't become a GD follower.

[Anita Bower]

I see what Dennis means by the curves changing from convex to concave and back. What fun! The image has a lovely range of whites to greys. Did you consider brightening it up a bit?