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Fire and Ice by *theslider:icontheslider:

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UF 5.02 (100%)

Some thoughts about this image:
This is my homework for a UF class. I was asked to show the movement in an image and I immediately thought of something more delicate than "Fire and Ice".
I wanted to create a fluctuating shape, soft and ethereal.
After some tries I gave up because what I was getting was too smooth and the sense of movement not so strong.
So I decided to distort some sinusoidal waves to emphasize the movement itself, I zoomed in, trying to crop the image in a way that the waves could be similar to a flowing river (extending them out the edges of the image).
When changing the gradient, I realized that I couldn't use smooth variations of colors so I had to choose just a few solid colors and I went with blue, light blue, black and white.
I liked when the light colors were in the distance but the black tended to be always in the front, and this made the image too dark for me.
I applied some masks to partially remove the black areas and replace them with one which had brighter colors.
I thought red/yellow could be ok and... there came the idea of "creating" a lava river making its way through an almost frozen river.

I want to dedicate this Fractal Work to my Friend :iconziosergio:, please visit his gallery you'll find several Great Images and a recent DD :#1:

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*zioSergio Jul 13, 2009, 1:51:59 AM
Hi Leonardo... what more could I say?
Amazing! And a big THANKS for your dedication. :eyepopping: It's a real gift, from an artist like you.
Keep on fractaling... :thumbsup:

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Did you take a look at my gallery? [link]
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*Munch12 Jul 13, 2009, 10:41:33 AM
:faint:Wow......that is exactly what it looks like. "A lava river making its way through an almost frozen river". Awesome piece :clap: :trophy:

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"Everything happens for a reason" :D
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*Munch12 Jul 13, 2009, 1:34:05 PM
My pleasure :D

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"Everything happens for a reason" :D
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*theslider Jul 13, 2009, 9:53:10 PM
:thanks: Thanks Sergio, I feel flattered by your kind words :thanks:
I'll do my best to keep on fractaling :dance:
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~mehrdadart Jul 15, 2009, 5:16:01 AM
So artistic.
:shamrock:

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*Jessterz Jul 16, 2009, 2:01:24 AM
Thats brilliant :)

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I do love all these :+fav:'s but sometimes a comment is nice too.
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*theslider Jul 16, 2009, 5:06:07 AM
Thanks a lot also for the :+fav: :dance: :D
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*Jessterz Jul 16, 2009, 3:00:19 PM
np :)

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I do love all these :+fav:'s but sometimes a comment is nice too.
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