Fantastical Creatures

cool image cynthia - I am guessing not a lot of people do this kind of work..

my other variation:

I got tons, but here are a few of my favorites...

Joe Burgess
jb-imagery.com

Here be Dragons

I created this piece because I wanted to draw a dragon, but then I wanted to draw something uplifting, so blending these two ideas, I came up with a dragon in a hot air balloon. The wingless dragon, in a show of innovation, is using her fiery breath to lift herself into the air.

Something from playing with Sculptris.

Although I'm a photographer, I love drawing fairies and sometimes other creatures like mermaids etc., I have many but most are not uploaded here on FAA as of yet,

very interesting delving into the fantastical - more than I expected!

Here is the full version of my dragon - there is a little girl to the left of his front paw to show scale:

Monster zombie head, vector drawing

3D stereo crossview image of, "The Incredible Hulk", taken at Cancun Cantina in Hanover, MD. This is a full size replica of the Marvel Comics character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in, The Incredible Hulk #1 (May 1962).

To View the 3D stereo crossview format: Gently converge (cross) your eyes and focus on the middle image that appears while ignoring the outside. If you're successful, this method becomes easier with practice and will eventually become second nature for you. (Not everyone is successful freeviewing with this method).

What about creatures doing fantastic things?

Some wonderful creature examples on this thread! Here are some of mine:

The original image is not my artwork. I merely converted it from 2D to 3D stereo using my process of pixel shifting. Consequently I am not selling the image which is also low resolution. The prices are set to zero.



To View the image and perceive depth without 3D glasses... Gently converge (cross) your eyes and focus on the middle image that appears while ignoring the outside. Not everyone is successful with this "freeviewing" method, but if you are, it becomes easier each time and eventually second nature.

It works for me, Brian.
What I want to know is how you do it?
Can you do this to any 2d image?

Joe Burgess
jb-imagery.com

The elusive Rhino Fish



And a couple of fairies...

The ever elusive, but known to be quite friendly - Purple Baby Zebra.

C-Turtles

@Joe Burgess -

Thanks for the response Joe.

To describe the process in full detail would be too vast for this thread so I will try to give the basic concept.

First of all, my process of 2D-3D conversion is one of several techniques available. Also, the principle behind my conversion process is not new. I was however the first to initiate it within a freeware called, "StereoPhoto Maker", utilizing the addition of the clone tool in the software. The clone tool was designed for fixing small areas of "miss-sync" between the two images of a stereo pair. After exploring and using the tool I immediately knew that it could be used for converting an entire image from 2D to 3D. I wrote a tutorial for this process and have included it in the group files section of several on-line Yahoo 3D stereo groups.

StereoPhoto Maker (SPM for short), is the most commonly used software for aligning stereo pairs for 3D stereo formats, and not just the crossview format. Once I have one stereo pair aligned using the software, I usually change to another format and save more than one version of stereo formats such as "Crossview", Anaglyph, Parallel, and others. The freeware also allows other adjustments besides alignment including colors, contrast, lightness, balance, B&W, text, frames or borders, Floating Window, etc.

The basic principle behind a stereo pair is to have two images of the same subject from slightly different horizontal angles. (Think of your eyes being 2 inches apart)... If you only had sight in one eye you would not be able to perceive depth. In 3D photography we call the horizontal distance between the two perspectives the "Stereo Base". In photography however we sometimes must change the stereo base according to how far away we are from the subject. There is even a guideline called the 1/30 rule, meaning the estimated stereo base should be one thirtieth of the distance to the NPO (Nearest Point Object). NPO is basically the subject being photographed. Exmaple: If I were photographing a subject 30 feet away, the stereo base should be around 1 foot (one thirtieth of 30 feet = 1 ft.).

Now... what I do when converting a 2D image to 3D, is this...
I load the same 2D picture in the software for both the Left, and Right images that normally make up the stereo pair. SPM (freeware), allows me to adjust the level of depth at which different elements within the the stereo pair align and overlap each other. I use the clone tool like a brush to align an element of the image at a specific depth. This means perhaps that mountains, will have more depth in the background after I clone it then a foreground element closer to the lens would have and I adjust cloning depth appropriately.

As far as converting "any image"... I would say most are doable but of course some will be much more complex than others. The more complex the more difficult. Some would not be worth the effort.

Because SPM software was not designed for converting entire images, this process is tedious, time consuming to do well, and requires a great deal of patience and a good bit of skill. My experience in drawing and painting, help in this area. This particular conversion technique may be equated similarly to a combination of painting and sculpting to achieve the depth needed.

Sorry if this is all confusing but you will probably need some experience with creating 3D images in general before some of this conversion process makes sense to you.

Yes, it's more difficult to achieve 3D stereo images overall than 2D photography because of the many roadblocks and challenges with the many types of stereo formats but although challenging to do well, it can be exciting and fun plus of course, you get to view depth in an image as our two eyes were intended to perceive.

If interested, here is a link to my Flickr Photo Albums, some of which are 3D stereo, usually the anaglyph or crossview format (the most popular stereo formats)...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ur4chun8/sets/

Thanks for the explanation, Brian. It sounds pretty much exactly like what I had assumed.
I was hoping you had cracked a simplistic way of photoshopping the stereo effect, but I can only imagine how much trial, error and experience that would entail.
It is very cool. I have never seen anything like that outside of 3d glasses or the garbled "magic eye" images. I may need to give that freeware a try just for kicks...
Well done, sir. Thanks again.

Joe Burgess
jb-imagery.com

I don't have any dragons Shawn, but I do have this close up of a DRAGONFLY which, by itself is a pretty fantastic creature IMO.



Bill Tomsa

http://billtomsa.blogspot.com/

Thanks for your response and interest Joe. What I'm most happy about is that you apparently were successful in freeviewing the crossview!

Here's another one...
The original image is not my artwork. I merely converted it from 2D to 3D stereo using my process of pixel shifting. Consequently, I am not selling the image which is also low resolution. The prices are set to zero.



To View the image and perceive depth without 3D glasses... Gently converge (cross) your eyes and focus on the middle image that appears while ignoring the outside. Not everyone is successful with this "freeviewing" method, but if you are, it becomes easier each time and eventually second nature.

My 3D Stereo Crossview FAA Gallery... http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/brian-wallace.html?tab=artworkgalleries&artworkgalleryid=73730
My 3D Stereo Crossview FAA Group... http://fineartamerica.com/groups/3d-stereo-crossviews.html?tab=overview

Here are 3 of my dragon images , but i also have done a series of waterfall ones that,are horses birds and a snake,they are all waterfalls that dont exist :)

Hi Shawn, I've just joined FAA and virtually all my work is fantasy, but I know that when I was researching FAA, there wasn't as much as I thought on here. I'll be looking at everyone's profiles now :)

Love this thread!! The art is amazing!

White stag, a symbol in many cultures.


Endangered Bearded Screech Owl


My fantasy house with a docked space ship

Brian Wallace I'd prefer to keep the posts in the thread to art the artist has done ok? And not art they have altered of another artists. Your technique is cool though.

I would have never posted the image below except someone knew I had drawn it and wanted to buy it hehe - I literally just sketched it in college one day while listening to the professor talk.. so it is more a doodle with ink pens than anything, but hey it sold so whatever hehe..



also I will be honest - I find a lot of the stuff posted here more impressive than the flowers and landscapes and regular art posted on the site :)

---Shawn Dall
ShawnDall.com

My idea of a seahorse when I was a kid.http://fineartamerica.com/featured/the-seahorse-henryk-gorecki.html

@Henryk Gorecki

Here, let me get that for you Henry :-)

You do great work, Henryk...

You beat me to it, Maggie.

Double post for Henryk!

@Joe

LOL!

I just thought it was too fantastic not to see when scrolling down.

a piece I drew looong ago that I polished up :)