Post #687106 by Gene S Morgan on Tue, Jul 23, 2013 8:26 PM

Just because I create on the Ipad does not mean I have to stop with the Ipad. I have been a Photoshop user for decades. There are other computer programs I find very useful in creating images, but Photoshop has a huge collection of tools that are very useful. There is a bit of a learning curve with the program, but you don't have to be an expert to learn many of those tools. You can learn enough to get the job done. This image was completed in Photoshop from an Ipad sculpt. My goal was to get a digital ceramic glaze effect. I love the rough texture. That's my thing.

I use some of my own created filters and other folk's too. This is a very versatile bamboo filter that a talented filter designer from Filterforge made. I also like the hand drawn old book illustration effect that I used on the tiki. I have created several filters that produce a similar result.

I worked pretty hard to perfect this ceramic glaze look on this tiki, It required several different filter effects and color and tone adjustments. This is what I mean by my trying to develop a true digital style that cannot be created with real world tools. Back in the days that I worked in clay I designed many glazes in trying to produce complex and interesting surface treatments. I never came up with anything that came close to the pattern and color detail that I accomplished on this tiki. I love it when I get it right.

This look is a combination of texturing in the 123D Creature app and a number of enhancements in Photoshop. Floating in space, it is an interstellar tiki.