http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/gallery/00003syb.xml http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/gallery/00003syb Stuff I've designed with the help of various graphic-design-and-image-manipulation applications. http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00010yyq.xml A whimsical piece, based on an event from Classical Gnostic mythology. Created via digital manipulation (Adobe Photoshop 7.0) of a pre-existing photograph (will post later for comparison). http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00002x4p.xml 6669ecbfbecf5dc61c2b5e05dbc185a7 image/jpeg 560 420 98772 http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00002x4p The title comes from a Sanskrit term describing the tail or extreme point of a sacrificial fire arranged in the shape of a bird. Heavy use of Photoshop's Ripple and Glass filters on this one. (c) 2005 James Robson. Please do not copy without permission. Thanks! :-) http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00010yyq.xml 0de13acb4c8384bc5bc441325c0fcb57 image/jpeg 384 380 115097 http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00010yyq The base photograph I used in creating Agnipuccha. I took this photo while standing near the center of the annual Yule "Tree" in Zilker Park, Austin. My camera was on slow-shutter, so the lights turned out looking like lines. The big yellow mass of "flame" near the lower corner is actually just the Tree's star. http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/000119p4.xml 54db3eabd87377490609a99c72a619ef image/jpeg 100 85 30814 http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/000119p4 (c) 2004 James Robson. Please do not copy without permission. Thanks! ======================== My original intent was to make what looked like a wellspring in the middle of a desert, but I screwed up during a save, and rather than start all over again I just forged ahead and wound up with...this. It's whatever you think it should be. ;-) http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00012gkx.xml f4251c367e5f75b2681f19af58043bb2 image/jpeg 326 264 89729 http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/00012gkx http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/0001fc05.xml 0c22d6763a8b8db82ab2e5166d97406f image/jpeg 500 354 67537 http://pics.livejournal.com/gnosticelf/pic/0001fc05