For this creation I started with a simple photo of an art deco chair taken in the Orsay Museum in Paris (original in discussion). After I did levels and basic adjustments on the chair, I used the marquee tool to select a rectangular area, copy, and paste, thus creating a separate layer with that portion of the picture. I put an edge and texture on the selection, and then transformed, rotated and positioned it. I repeated the process for each rectangle in the final work. Finally I merged the layers, did more levels work to the whole, and applied a texture layer (actually from a stucco wall) and multiply blend mode to the whole.
Second resubmission, April 6, 2010
Category: Digital Darkroom "> For this creation I started with a simple photo of an art deco chair taken in the Orsay Museum in Paris (original in discussion). After I did levels and basic adjustments on the chair, I used the marquee tool to select a rectangular area, copy, and paste, thus creating a separate layer with that portion of the picture. I put an edge and texture on the selection, and then transformed, rotated and positioned it. I repeated the process for each rectangle in the final work. Finally I merged the layers, did more levels work to the whole, and applied a texture layer (actually from a stucco wall) and multiply blend mode to the whole.
Second resubmission, April 6, 2010
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Chair

Uploaded: June 30, 2009

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In the Cubist Style for the PG101 "Artsy" Theme
For this creation I started with a simple photo of an art deco chair taken in the Orsay Museum in Paris (original in discussion). After I did levels and basic adjustments on the chair, I used the marquee tool to select a rectangular area, copy, and paste, thus creating a separate layer with that portion of the picture. I put an edge and texture on the selection, and then transformed, rotated and positioned it. I repeated the process for each rectangle in the final work. Finally I merged the layers, did more levels work to the whole, and applied a texture layer (actually from a stucco wall) and multiply blend mode to the whole.
Second resubmission, April 6, 2010
Category: Digital Darkroom

Exif: F Number: 2.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 100000/1000000 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 125,125, FocalLength: 8.30 mm, Model: KODAK P712 ZOOM DIGITAL CAMERA

Comments

Nikki McDonald level-classic June 30, 2009

original photo #1148052

Dr Silly level-classic June 30, 2009

Cool. HTD :O) #7692694

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic June 30, 2009

Very cool!! Great work, Nikki!! #7692853

Susie Peek-Swint June 30, 2009

Very cool and creative Nikki ~ thanks for including the original! #7692920

Karen Celella June 30, 2009

A true work of art Nikki. Your creative skills are exceptional. #7692923

Joy Rector June 30, 2009

excellent
#7692925

Pat Gamwell June 30, 2009

Extremely creative and superbly done, Nikki! LOVE it! #7693007

Christine Czernin level-classic June 30, 2009

Very creative and the result is outstanding and interesting.
Great theme enty. #7693028

Mitch Spence level-classic June 30, 2009

A striking effect you achieved here, Nikki, and a most creative one. It's a puzzle effect of sorts but one that goes much farther than strictly puzzle pieces and becomes a work of art. The edges of the pieces and the texturing too add so much to the final work. #7693083

Daniella Puente June 30, 2009

You did AMAZING, not just the most creative theme entry so far, but also sooooo well done! Love it Nikki :) #7693216

Katarina Mansson June 30, 2009

FANTASTIC work Nikki! Be proud and have a HTD! #7693230

Cesar J. La Rosa June 30, 2009

WOW!!! I love what you've done here, Nikki!!! A wonderful photograph and excellent use of effects and textures.
Happy Theme Day!!!
Cesar #7693630

Donna La Mattino Pagakis June 30, 2009

Unique, creative and very cool Nikki! HTD! #7693811

Melissa G. Meiselman June 30, 2009

Nikki, your dark room work is excellent and very skillfully done. Thanks for sharing your process!! You took what could have been a ho hum photo and have created a work of art. I also like the fact that you did this yourself step by step, rather than using a global filter that does everything with a single click. #7694149

Susan Fox June 30, 2009

Wow!!!! Wonderful creation Nikki! Love the textures and effects. You took something ordinary and created a work of art. Nicely done :-)

Happy theme day :-) #7694566

David Phalen June 30, 2009

I would never have the patience to create an image like this one. Fantastic work here Nikki!! #7694577

Clyde Smith level-deluxe June 30, 2009

Great work Nikki. Very creative. #7694943

Susan M. Hembree June 30, 2009

One word for this one, Nikki... Excellent! #7694965

Debra R. Harder July 01, 2009

WOW, Nikki! What amazing DD work!! This is truly outstanding. Love this!! Deb #7697192

JO ANN CLEVELAND July 01, 2009

Fantastic, a real piece of art Nikki, great job

jo ann c. #7697400

Datha Y. Thompson July 01, 2009

EXCELLENT Period!!!!!!
Winner Nikki :0) #7697534

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 01, 2009

Incredible work and very artistic, Nikki!!! FANTASTIC job!!! :-) k #7697883

Datha Y. Thompson July 02, 2009

Congratulations Nikki for Winning our Theme!!!!!! WTG :0) #7700856

Katarina Mansson July 02, 2009

Congratulations Nikki on this absolutely outstanding win! I bet we will see more wins for this one... #7700862

Susie Peek-Swint July 02, 2009

Many congrats Nikki ~ your hard work paid off ~ great piece of art! #7700944

Kara L. Hendricks July 02, 2009

Your PS work paid off in spades here Nikki!.. Fantastic theme entry... Congratulations on your 101 Win!! #7701000

Kara L. Hendricks July 02, 2009

Your PS work paid off in spades here Nikki!.. Fantastic theme entry... Congratulations on your 101 Win!! #7701004

Naomi Weiser July 02, 2009

congrats! amazing editing #7701010

Donna La Mattino Pagakis July 02, 2009

Congratulations Nikki! #7701344

Jean E. Hildebrant July 02, 2009

Congrat's on winning the artsty theme, Nikki! Very cool image!! WTG! #7701523

Alison Greenwood July 02, 2009

Such a cool work of art Nikki! #7701756

Cesar J. La Rosa July 02, 2009

Congratulations on winning our 101 Theme Contest, Nikki!!! Excellent Work Of Art!!!
Cesar #7701986

Teri Klinger July 04, 2009

Congrats Nikki! This is awesome! Great work!! #7702769

Patti Coblentz April 06, 2010

Love the "artsy" cubism...this is truly awesome work, Nikki...love it!!

Patti #8513890

John Rivera level-classic April 06, 2010

Excellent work Nikki! #8514270

Jean-Pierre Ducondi April 06, 2010

Outstanding work Nikki. Do we call you Nikasso from now on?
JP #8514292

Sonya L. Hatfield-Hall April 06, 2010

What a wonderful creative image! Yes, outstanding.
Sonya #8514390

Karen E. Baumann April 06, 2010

This is a fav of mine! I love the colors, the texture, the layers and effects! Glad you resubmitted this one! #8514559

Patti Coblentz April 06, 2010

Nikasso...how funny! #8514565

Gord MacEachern April 06, 2010

Wow Nikki, this is fantastic!!!
Beautiful work here!!! #8515397

Ken Smith level-classic April 06, 2010

Very cool, Nikki! You lost me on all the great DD work...I need to take lessons from you! :-) I hope we see this one again! #8515538

David Phalen April 06, 2010

Fabulous work Nikki!! Keep entering this image until it gets the recognition it deserves!! #8515637

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 06, 2010

I'm very impressed with your fantastic artistic abilities, Nikki!!! This is one incredible work of art!!! :-) k #8515766

Danny B. Head April 08, 2010

Nikki, this is very creative. I like this very much. Also, the colors are very much in vouge for the furniture and decorative market right now (my industry). Great job! #8519362

Daniel Ruf April 11, 2010

Great work, Nikki! #8525495

Bonnie C. Lackey level-classic April 11, 2010

This is just super, Nikki! Bravo for being so creative! #8526034

Marisol Pastor April 25, 2010

Fantastic work on this chair! Great results. #8568370

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