Wicked Witch's Castle

[Hazel Grant]

Actually, this is Cinderella's castle in DisneyWorld, but with the coloration that processed, I thought I'd better change the name. Two miniworlds blended: one right side up, one upside down.

[Dennis Bishop]

The radial lines are very effective in this one, and I like what you did with blending the two mini-worlds. I've become fascinated with mini-worlds and have been looking at them closely. Because I don't know what the original photos looked like, I'm not sure why some of them have dark shapes in the center. In this case, I'm guessing it was that darkness that led you to the title of the image. I decided to try something that would eliminate the dark shape. Because of the contrast with its surroundings and its fairly uniform coloring, it was easy to select the shape. I deleted it and put a Belle Fleur texture on the layer below. Although this might not be the best texture for the rest of the image, it shows an alternative to the dark shape.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Hazel,

Greetings. Interesting world. I like how the walls cascade. I wonder what the visual cues are that make some of these worlds seem to pop out or push in (like this one seems to me). Thanks for posting.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Hazel Grant]

Good idea about the texture. The original actually came out pure white but that seemed too harsh. I subbed in black. Texture might be the happy in-between

[Cheryl Slechta]

Hi, Hazel - this is very clever and I like both the wicked witch version and the good witch version. I think the castle formations stand out better in the good witch version

[Nancy Bell]

Very cool with those blue curving roofs! I think the black makes those blue roofs more predominant. But I like the idea of adding textures to those sometimes blank areas that appear in a mini-world.

Michael, I also wondered about the inside/outside aspect of mini-worlds. One tutorial has you create a pano of the image first, before making it into a square. Then maybe it depends on if you rotate the square 180 degrees before or after applying the polar coordinates.

[Anita Bower]

Fascinating! I like the limited colors and being able to make out the buildings. I prefer the OP, but agree that adding some texture might work. Good idea and job done in blending two mini-worlds.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Nancy,

I was thinking more of whether something looks like a globe or a tunnel (rather than inside or outside).

One generally starts with a pano because the polar coordinates will spread the image around in a circle. If you start with a square the will be stretched around the circle.

If an oriented element is facing up, the polar coordinates will have it face toward the center. If you rotate the element 180 degrees (either as the pano or after squaring it) the upward facing element will end up facing outward. Make sense?

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Cheryl Slechta]

Thanks for the explanation, Michael

[Hazel Grant]

Oh, yes, thanks. I was wondering why bother with the rotation.

[Judy Howle]

I like the buildings in this one and the way they all flow together, if you know what I mean. Very nice work! I like the lighter center best.