By Scarlet Pirate Voyager

Good Day,,,Imagers... Have you ever tried doing the technique known as " AFN " Art From Nothing ???? Have you ever tried doing it EXTREME STYLE as in " X-AFN " Extreme Art From Nothing ???? That is what we are going to be doing here. This is alot of fun so DO NOT GET FRUSTRATED!!! Once you get a few "under your belt", I guarantee, you will love it. The basic idea is to go to your favorite Image Magick studio with NOTHING AT ALL Make a background before entering and exit with an Extreme Image that is unique and all your own. If you do not know how to make a background from scratch, check out THE WORLD GALLERY TUTORIAL LIBRARY Or grab this black gif to get you started BLACK GIF THEORY: This is supposed to abandon all sense of LOGIC and ORDER as you know it to be. STAY AWAY FROM: --Symmetry --Balance --Harmony --Matching Sides, Patterns and Shapes SUGGESTIONS: --Switch on and off from different functions, especially F/X effects, with TRANSFORM Effects. --Make your background, output it, save it, go back and start over, using your saved URL as a Compositing Agent in your worksteps --Don't forget to use Functions/Effects such as DECORATE/COMPOSITE, TINT,NEGATE CHANNEL,PAINT in order to bring more colors into your image if need be. --Before you finish up using Decorate/Annotate, try using Tranform/Roll, Crop, Splice or Rotate Now, doesn't this sound like fun? Hey, get back here!!! LOL Just start pushing buttons, keeping in mind what I suggested above and you will be in for some surprises. ***If you have trouble email me or drop in my Newsgroup (Information Below) and I will be more than glad to help you. Above all, remember to have FUN Te Namaste, Scarlet Pirate Voyager There is an example with the steps that I did below. There are also some amazing examples from X-AFN that other Extreme Imagers in my Newsgroup did

Make Background GRADIENT PURPLE-BLACK SIZE=350X350 OUTPUT, Save Make another Background GRADIENT BLACK-GOLD COMPOSITE/OVER with saved URL Rotate -45 TRANSFORM/ROLL +120+120 F/X SWIRL=10000 F/X IMPLODE=2.5 F/X WAVE 3X5 DECORATE 0X5 WHITE BORDER PAINT REPLACE 6666 DODGERBLUE TRANSFORM/ROLL= -100-100 DECORATE 7X7 RAISE ANNOTATE OUTPUT @ 25, Save PURPLE RAIN Backed up and added to image F/X STEREO ENHANCE/SATURATE=140

This first one is an AWESOME image "Apple For The Teacher" :-) Can you see Balance and Symmetry? The image leans more towards an example of regular " AFN " JEAN Here are " X-AFN " examples. You can see the difference. Omitting Balance and Symmetry yet clear, concise and Logic but within itself BECKY JEAN LYNDA PRINCESS PINK #1 PRINCESS PINK #2 P . j SPANISHLADY RIDER

If you have any questions Or are just looking for an Adventure in Extreme Imaging Come join me and my group EXTREME IMAGING With SCARLET Ng Co:Owners: Scarlet and SpanishLady Assisted By: Lefty Tutorial Concept 05/22/05 Please distribute & share but please do not duplicate © MMV PirateVoyager.com All Rights Reserved