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Axil62 (Feb 21, 2004)
I was driving to the casino on Friday, I looked to the west from Airport Blvd. and saw a single cloud. It struck me as slightly odd, this lonely single little cloud just hanging there in the middle of a crisp blue sky over the Rocky Mountains. A minute later when I reached the I-70 exit I looked again and it was gone. I made a mental note and wished I had remembered my camera. So this is from memory, best I could remember. I was thinking of adding something surreal later to make it more interesting.
Axil62 (Feb 21, 2004)
drawn in 27 min
staci (Feb 21, 2004)
welp..that is a well rendered cloud. and how the heck did you get the sky to transition so smoothly?
Axil62 (edited Feb 21, 2004)
Oh hi Icats.
staci (Feb 21, 2004)
oh friggin a. *trots off to squeeze one out*
Axil62 (Feb 21, 2004)
drawn in 19 min
davincipoppalag (Feb 21, 2004)
Clouds are amazing...you made this look real... what technique do you use for clouds... I'm curious because there seem to be quite a few ways to approach them...
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Feb 22, 2004)
It was gone when you looked again because it blew over to Texas. I saw the same cloud (only it was bigger when it got here). :) It's such a relaxing, uncomplicated picture just like it is.
Axil62 (Feb 22, 2004)
Thanks DBA.
davinci: On this cloud I used seperate layer, then I blocked in the basic shape with black, then I switched to white, clicked the blend tool on and started working the white into the black until the white was dominant and all that was left of the black was the grey you see and then I selected a small brush and did the whispy parts and then used the blur tool to smooth most of the grays in the cloud.
marcello (Feb 22, 2004)
Obviously it was not a cloud you were seeing, but a UFO attempting to land after severe engine trouble. The cloud-like illusion you saw was actually the very fabric of time and space around the UFO breaking down. On second inspection, they righted their phase-shifting engine and were gone as soon as they came.
Axil62 (Feb 22, 2004)
I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!
dixielandcutie (Feb 22, 2004)
now thatsjust really cool. really really cool. awesome job axil.
davincipoppalag (Feb 22, 2004)
Thanks Axil...I do something similar...I will try your way next time.. looks great..
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Feb 22, 2004)
So I was really abducted and didn't just dream it?
marcello (Feb 22, 2004)
you dreamt it.
Axil62 (Feb 22, 2004)
Yes, you dreamt it damn it, you dreamt it all. It was aaaaall a dream....now, this won't hurt a bit, you'll feel very sleepy very soon.....and you'll remember nothing....thaaaat's it.....
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Feb 22, 2004)
Aw dang Marcello, and I was hoping they'd come back for me again. lol @ Axil.
marcello (Feb 23, 2004)
ok this is very strange (must be the aliens), but I think I dreamt last night that axil drew another drawing similar to this, only with a bloodred sky and two clouds next to each other. I'm sure there's some perverse meaning behind that.
staci (Feb 23, 2004)
any dream about axil has to be perverse.
marcello (Feb 23, 2004)
he wasn't in the dream, and I only made the connection after I woke up. I dunno who actually drew the red one.
dixielandcutie (Feb 23, 2004)
lol, maybe it means you're next marcello :0 *gasp* hmm, bloodred....eeentaresting.
Axil62 (Feb 23, 2004)
Redrum..redrum...redrum...
method3 (Feb 23, 2004)
I was almost thinking about putting a single ":P" as a comment, then realized that another mod would pwn me for doing that. So I will say that I like the minimalism. Pretty strange how it's just kinda floating there, not blending with the background too much, I guess that's exactly what you were going for.

:P
davincipoppalag (Feb 27, 2004)
...i believe that was the point of drawing the picture.. because that solitary cloud was just sitting there all by itself just kinda floating there.. and it made an impression....
method3 (Feb 27, 2004)
My point being that in the picture, the stylistic difference between the background and the cloud is strange, and that I guess it is exactly what the artist wanted.
Deformed (Feb 27, 2004)
It's a cloud. Yay. Woo-hoo. How exciteing. Wow.......
DeadlyBlondeArcher (edited Feb 27, 2004)
It is exciting. I agree w/ Method & davinci, and I'm so glad you didn't do anything to it, Axil. I keep coming back here to look at it sometimes just to clear my mind. Hey, Marcello, you been smokin' somethin' at bedtime? lol
marcello (Feb 27, 2004)
oh yes. smoking something.
DeadlyBlondeArcher (Feb 27, 2004)
Did you grow it yourself, or did the aliens leave it for you to test? :)
Kloxboy (Feb 27, 2004)
Was the alien Jamaican? was he laughing? a quote for you "For $400 I got Jerry Garcia in a pouch, man!"
davincipoppalag (Feb 28, 2004)
umm I have the world's only antique stash... i found an old baggie from 1973 when I cleaned out my college desk..and found some...um.."remnants" from some Acapulco Gold... I am thinking of having it bronzed... or..maybe I will see if it's still any good..and come look at this piccy again...... or..I will be arrested when this is read...
Axil62 (Mar 2, 2004)
drawn in 39 sec
shell (Mar 1, 2011)
aw wook at the cute widdle lonely cloud <3
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