Hatch Play

[MatthewSchenker]

Hello,
My first post here.

I'm a Web designer, and my goal is to use ArtRage for creating unusual background images for my sites. Not really "artwork" at this point!

This first image is a concept I have for one site. I like how naturally ArtRage allows me to make the pencil or paint just be on the canvas.

Thanks,
Matthew

[screenpainter2]

that's very cool.

[Jono]

Hi Matthew (welcome)

Very good - I appreciate this sort pencil/ink work. Must have taken sometime to do - therapeutic

Maybe post a link to the site sometime to see how the concept works out.

[MatthewSchenker]

Greetings,
I don't know how I missed the replies to my post! Very embarrassing.

Anyway, here's a belated "thank you" to screenpainter and Jono!

By the way, I used to burn these "hatches" onto various kinds of wood with a magnifying glass in the sun. I loved the smell and the smoke rising from the work. Of course, one does not want smoke rising from our digital art!

Thanks again,
Matthew

[drawingbreath]

Love this. I have to admire the tenacity of being able to stick with work like this. I never seemed to have the patience for such abstract pieces, even outside the digital domain.

[wunjo]

I like it Matthew. I agree with drawingbreath - quite some work involved in getting it done. How does this look with text overlayed? It may need quite a bold font to be legible text. Your graphic makes me think of feathers. This and similar patterns may be good abstracts for poetry or prose.

[Ugga Bugga]

love this sort of work. Check out some of Basil Wolverton's work to see what amazing things can be done with hatching.

[screenpainter]

great pattern.