Post #687416 by Gene S Morgan on Thu, Jul 25, 2013 8:54 PM

I talk about using texture all the time. I am addicted to texture, but so are many artist. Texture shows in the kind of paints used, how they are used, and also in what the image is painted on. Canvas, wood, gesso board, all give texture to what is painted on them. Digital texture can be anything. I scratch textures on paper and scan them. I scan real world stuff from motel room walls to coffee spills. And, there is a lot of software out there that can produce random textures. That is where this one came from.

This is the same texture tiled to make it smaller. If you have been following this thread for awhile you may remember my use of tiled texture in my fabric patterns. The advantage of computer based textures is that they can be seamless, meaning that a strong seam line will not show when they are tiled.

This is another example of a FilterForge filter. You can't see much because of the size but you can see that it is more complex than the other one. This filter is much about texture. It allows several textures to be overlayed on the image using different colors and contrast. I'm still working on this filter. Not sure how much more it will do when I'm done.

Remember this guy? He has been what I have been using as a test image for this new filter. Yep, my texture is in there somewhere. I like the way he turned out. I don't know how other folks feel, but I find the modern world amazing. You can start with a sculpture. Change it to an image. And, using many complex tools and a little imagination end up with an impressionistic almost work of art.( I say almost because I'm not really an artist you know) You do all this digitally ….Amazing. And, my hands are still clean.

I was going to throw this guy away, but he looked so primitive. Well, I guess that is OK, primitive is what it's all about. Gave it some filter magic and I grew to like it.