The Jewel (Arsenal)

Ange
The Jewel (Arsenal) by Ange
The Jewel (Arsenal) by Ange

The Jewel (Arsenal)

  1. Photographic based digital montage – Feb, 2008.
  1. Created over several hrs…2 nights this week (suffering from concussion) from an accidental fall over the wk’end.
  1. Photoshop montage combining digital shots of jewels, scanned samples of vintage style wallpaper and added drawn elements. Fifty layers retouched, blended, filtered, colour & tonal curve adjusted.
  1. I want to use the design as a furniture (upholstering) fine velvet/suede fabric for a small round bedroom foot stool. Nice to spend time on my own artwork. After work husband Dave & I pretty much spend all our spare time renovating/working on our 123yr old vict. terrace…so a bump to the head stopping me in my tracks wasn’t such a bad thing after all.

The Jewel (Arsenal) belongs to the following groups:

PixElations - The Art of Photoshop and Practising the Dark Arts
  • Danny

    Danny, 7 months ago

    This is what it looks like when i reverse my eyeballs
    Something organic about this?
    Welcome back Ange :)

  • Ange

    Ange, 7 months ago

    hehe, cheers danny:)

    well i do have concussion from an accidental fall hitting my head hard this past wk’end.
    not fun but inspired to create this.

  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor, 7 months ago

    gee whiz Ange if this is what happens when you fall over and hit your head then maybe we should all start falling over. What are you going to do with it? dress fabric or digital screensaver ? its lovely rich colours would look pretty mad on velvet or something like that.

  • Ange

    Ange, 7 months ago

    hey juilee, well strangely enough ive been looking at re-upholstering a foot stool i have & havent seen any fabric i like as yet. would def be great if i could get this design printed on a suede based one when im done working on it.

  • kathleen

    kathleenCollaboration Queen, 7 months ago

    oooh… you are montaging again… this is where we see your sweet side… I suggest the darkness comes out in the photography???

  • Ange

    Ange, 7 months ago

    its all sweet & dark kathleen:)

  • kathleen

    kathleenCollaboration Queen, 7 months ago

    the best darkness there is…

  • Rocketchook

    Rocketchook, 7 months ago

    Almost looks like sea spongey coral under water growth . ( with jewels from the pirates chest ).

  • Andrew Bosman

    Andrew Bosman, 7 months ago

    Is it a big bump Ange?
    This is very cool. I see faces everywhere…..

  • Ange

    Ange, 7 months ago

    thx, not too big. just painful.

  • LisaG

    LisaG, 7 months ago

    I feel incredibly nostalgic when looking at this gorgeous design….I was thinking fabric and I see in your description you are considering uses the design as such.

    I really just like this so much…..I can’t pin point all the reasons why, I’m blown away….

  • Danny

    Danny, 7 months ago

    Hey Ange
    Just a thought…..
    Is it called arsenal
    because of that puckered black thing in the middle…
    OK…i’m off …....duck!!

  • Ange

    Ange, 7 months ago

    thx lisa:)

    not entirely sure why i called it the arsenal danny. the dark roundish areas towards the middle looked like explosions in a landscape of sorts.

  • Geoffrey Wicking

    Geoffrey Wicking, 7 months ago

    Great work. I want it as wall paper. you could stare at it for ages and see something new. Brilliant work.

  • LittleHelen

    LittleHelen, 7 months ago

    I can see all those layers…. in there…Ange this so stunning!

  • Shannon Paskaruk

    Shannon Paskaruk, 7 months ago

    wow… this is stunning!

  • German Saravanja

    German Saravanja, 7 months ago

    Awesome! Who said concussions were bad?

  • Raul Brzic

    Raul Brzic, 7 months ago

    Truly artistic work Agne.

  • Imber

    Imber, 6 months ago

    Very cool abstract … love the colours too . . .

  • Ben Herman

    Ben Herman, 6 months ago

    beautiful work, can look at it for ages

  • LostBoy1

    LostBoy1, 6 months ago

    Hmmm…is this Anges mind…Defined?

    beautiful and interesting..i love your swirlies btw…

    more swirlies please!

  • juliesmith

    juliesmith, 6 months ago

    eye catcthing & beautiful

  • ingrids

    ingrids, 6 months ago

    This one is Magic!! Amazing work Ange!!

  • Michael Gatch

    Michael Gatch, 6 months ago

    fantastic concussed art. I think I may have had one concussion but i just walked it off and fell over a lot in the process. This is really cool.

  • avionz

    avionz, 6 months ago

    A galaxy of stunning images.

  • Mat Moore

    Mat Moore, 6 months ago

    A quality montage, everything works, good job!

  • mark jukes

    mark jukes, 6 months ago

    excellent well done

  • Jason Hampton Taylor

    Jason Hampton ..., 6 months ago

    You have inspired me Ange…need to put some more work into my RB account. Might have to bash my head against something for my own system reboot!!!

  • Antanas

    Antanas, 6 months ago

    beautiful work

  • Thomas Dodd

    Thomas Dodd, 6 months ago

    Do you think the fall/concussion shifted your consciousness a bit and inspired this piece’s look? It certainly is a departure from your other work… I like the mixture of order and chaos … beautifully muted tones and elegantly-textured… reminds me of “the Wars in Heaven”...

  • Ange

    Ange in reply to Thomas Dodd’s comment, 6 months ago

    quite possibly yes. but i cannot entirely be sure either:) order & chaos spot on…its what i always try to achieve in artwork of this nature.

  • Michelle Boyer

    Michelle Boyer, 6 months ago

    Fabulous work

  • Carlos Teófilo

    Carlos Teófilo, 6 months ago

    Fantastic work Ange.

  • clone42

    clone42, 6 months ago

    I read the comment before I really looked at this, and it looks like concussion.
    It’s kinda swimmy and there’s a crunch in there too.
    This is what concussion would be like if it were a fun thing.
    A nice thing.
    Hmmm, shut up mike.

  • Flamejob

    Flamejob, 6 months ago

    This is so intriguing Ange, very organic it has real texture. So much to look at without being crowded, it all flows.

  • Karen Townsend

    Karen Townsend, 6 months ago

    absolutely gorgeous

  • eccentric

    eccentric, 6 months ago

    i love this! the colors are beautiful. great work!

  • desginbynicole

    desginbynicole, 5 months ago

    This turned out great i think that all your time spent payed off!

  • desginbynicole

    desginbynicole, 5 months ago

    LOL

  • Neil Johnson

    Neil Johnson, 5 months ago

    Lots of interesting elements to get lost in. Well done!!!

  • GerryMac

    GerryMac, 5 months ago

    stunning artwork!

  • pentangled

    pentangled, 5 months ago

    hypnotic & captivating, I like your style a lot! :o)

  • Roscoe Davis III

    Roscoe Davis III, 5 months ago

    Yes captivating is very much the word. Lovley work

  • AnaCBStudio

    AnaCBStudio, 5 months ago

    This is beautiful…beautiful tones and textures

  • Jeff S.

    Jeff S., 4 months ago

    Gorgeous colors, really love the shapes.

  • Sylvia Tax

    Sylvia Tax, 3 months ago

    Just beautiful !

  • AQUALINA

    AQUALINA, 3 months ago

    Beautiful colours and texture. Such sensitivity

  • Julie Doye

    Julie Doye, 3 months ago

    nice work Ange!

  • shanmclean

    shanmclean, 1 day ago

    this looks fantastic! great work

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