Apocolyptikitty - Creative Steem #5
But why is its eyes blue?
This is my entry for the Creative Steem Contest #5 by @creativesteem
Cover Photo - Showing the before and after result of edit
My Entry for the Creative-Steem Contest Full Image. ☟ ☟ ☟
Why is the kitty on fire?
It was the first thought I had, and usually I stick to them although the main idea was more grandiose, I just could not get the background to blow dust in the wind as things crumble down but I still got the kitty to burn which is a win in my book.
You know you should reference external images used
Back off! I did not use any external images this is a few hours of monotonous brushing and smudging and deciding on just the right hue of orange and yellow.
I shall now include a few screenshots if anyone is interested in the progression, initially I wanted to make it a full tutorial but forgot to keep taking screenshots as I really got into what I was doing.
Yip had to get rid of those pesky things in the front - by hand dammit.
Then separate the kitty from the rest
Try to get some colour up in this B$%&!
A failed attempt at trying to fake fire.
Hour 3 - Disfiguring kitty with the smudge brush instead
Still smudging - pretending I am an artist listening to Passenger
Trying to get the mood light just right - dinner by fire kitten anyone?
I am actually proud of the final result, given that I have not done any full image manipulation for a while it brought back the thrill of actually reimagining an image. Any thoughts or tips on my rudimentary methods are welcome and thank you for scrolling to the bottom so you can vote and share 🙃
In relation to their body size, cats have the largest eyes of any mammal.
Huh. I heard that bats have the largest testicles in relation to body size. You got anything on bats?
A cat has more bones than a human; humans have 206, but the cat has 230 (some cites list 245 bones, and state that bones may fuse together as the cat ages).
Yes but what about bats?
The life expectancy of cats has nearly doubled since 1930 - from 8 to 16 years.
noooooooooooo!
How must the kitty feel. Even dooms kitties need love.
Nice, the final effect of all that smudging is pretty fire-like. Turned out great. I almost like the cover image better than the actual entry though in a weird way - it is really cool kinda like the apocalypse is only just beginning and everything to the upper right is full apocalypse mode while the lower left is still serene :) Mid-apocalypse.
Much love - Carl "Totally Not A Bot" Gnash / @carlgnash
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Awe, thank you for bringing the human touch to curation.
Yes it was a bit of a choice to maybe do a merge of reality vs maybe how the kitty sees itself in the yard as the destroyer of bugs, but I felt in the end that the important part is mostly the front and I really wanted that to have the full effect, posting the cover in retrospect if I did do a cleaner merge blending the two scenes it would still look good.
Currently based on the kitties calmness already, which in itself I feel lends to the theory that this is just how he sees himself helps to support the full apocalyptic image a bit better.
so in summary : not doing the merge between serene and apocalyptic was because I am lazy and already made the full image :)