Surreal

[Paulo]

I had a surreal day today.

Painter and Photoshop and no possible explanation.

http://web.newsguy.com/carpen/images/abyss-thing.jpg

http://web.newsguy.com/carpen/images/surreal-things.jpg

[hoopa]

You got the surreal part right.
No idea how you come up with something like that, but its good.

[Forge]

this second one makes me.... don't know exactly what but it makes me ! good stuff man :p

[bOne]

Great work very unique !

I love it

[Skank]

these are friggin badass

the second one creeps me the hell out....its one of the most original and disturbing images ive ever seen...

the first one looks like a deep deep sea crustation...i like em!!!

[Zafio]

Both rules x), sometimes is good to let the subconscious work in real time :D

[REAU]

Wow those are amazing. The second one really stuck with me. I have no idea how I'll be getting that creepy ass image out of my head. I wish my work had that kinda of impact on people. Good Job

[madphill]

Sweet .....I love em'. Especially the fleshy things...yikes. You need a website! more...

[Android]

WTF!?

i love it, good show

[JoshuaTheJames]

Yo that second one is so cool. It would be a great environment in a world.

-Joshua

[Blackarts]

those are really cool man. The second one is creepy - it reminds me of a bunch of fetuses.

[Molly]

Paulo - no need for explanation - these are fucking cool! Like it loads!

Mollyx

[Lost Dragon]

That second picture is just bizarre. Good job!!

[Dominie_Dirtch]

I'm going to have dreams about that second picture. Excellent work.

[I.was.ink]

Whoa. This stuff is creapy as heck man. Interesting and super weird....:eek:

It Rocks!

[liquidwerx]

Great stuff. I absolutly love the second one. :)

Malachi

[el coro]

wow. i am really into these. awesome job.-c36

[killing.people]

cool.

[Kress]

cookooballz - very interesting and neato. I wonder how in the hell you did 'em. Thx for sharing, do more if you can.

[TeaEtchSee]

great effects...

1 what res did u work in? they seem pretty hi quality

2 did u cheat, errr use filters :), if so what kind

[bbwolf]

:jawdrop:

Today???? Not two or three days??????

Please... tell us....how.

Just HOW?

[Steph Laberis]

...you mean to imply that you did these in one day...

*beats you with the jealousy stick*

I wish I had a fraction of your painting skills!

[TeaEtchSee]

im bad at painting..

but im decent at painter...(the new one is layed out like photoshop..its great :))

[Living Rope]

woaw !! I love how that second one can be read in many ways. My intellect tries to find clues in order to see "something" real and it finds many translations. kinda fun !! I'm impressed.

[mtw]

Whoah.

[the good war]

the rendering style of the second peice reminds me of blinn shader or 3d rendering are these peices stricly paintings or are there 3 dimensional elements?
excellent color selection

[Paulo]

Heh, guys!

Nice to have my fifteen minutes :chug: . I'm quite proud of the second one, I reckon.

Too much questions to answer and too little time. Let me address the last guy, your own answer is probably there.

the rendering style of the second piece reminds me of blinn shader or 3d rendering. are these pieces stricly paintings or are there 3 dimensional elements? excellent color selection

No 3D elements at all. Sorry, I don't know what a Blinn Shader is (proud 3D illiterate here).

I guess you can say these are strictly 2D, but not strictly paintings. The hard edges of the second one were smoothed out (and sometimes enhanced) - guess a 3D guy would say "rendered" - with a combination of [Painter] filters and custom brushes apllied to a previous, more textured, painting.

So - once you get patient and lucky enough, yes, you can do both in one very peculiar, very surreal day.

Will try to post more of my "strict paintings" later on. AND - more of these.

Cheers,

Paulo

[Nadim]

No need to explain :D - dig 'em - add more.
Just add a nice frame.

[alkaline111]

that first one...sooooooooooo awsome!!!!.. deffently an eye catcher... and eye keeper....very sweet!~!

[dfacto]

I dig it. The second one especially. Its definitely surreal.

[enigma]

nice work

ugh the second one....would hate to step in that..

[AndreasM]

I`m beginning to get curious about what happened on that surreal day...

The seckond one freaks me out:eek:

[davi]

i love these. please do more and show if you do.

[DarkFarmer]

that is one of the best digital paintings ive ever seen absolutely awesome art, last week I was tripping off watching old DEVO videos, and this week im trippin off this!!!

great!!!

[marc-pierre]

:shocked: - the second one is really scary; but i dunno why ....

[Paulo]

OK, guys,

You've made my day with your kind comments. These have too a hyper-realist finish for my taste, but I shall go back to this approach as soon as I have the time.

Until then,

Cheers,

P

[GUYJIN]

That second one... man... Its realy, realy... ummm, I dunno, ...cant get my eyes of it.
Amaising!

[Dabehu]

Not to offend but I usually hate surreal stuff. This is the first time I've ever really gotten into it. I'm talking about the second one. The first one I'm not into to tell the truth. That second one is so fuggin creepy i think cause you used a human flesh tone and threw a whole bunch of eyes on it that seem to be looking at me ALL the time. Seriously, that second one is so awesome because of the affect it has on the viewer. I'm stupified whenever I look at it and want to turn away, but I can't. lol. That piece is so damn good, but I never want to see it again if I want to get sleep in the next couple of days. ;)

[lyon]

That is one of the coolest, strangest things I have ever seen. Do you have some work in progress shots? I would love to see how these came together. Great stuff. I hope to see more.

Howard

[gallen0]

Wow!!! Real amazing pieces!!! I like a lot!