Spastic watercolor
Posted by Dan on Mar 3rd, 2009
2009
Mar 3
I’ve been playing with SUMO Paint again. I applied the Liquid Waves filter to an image similar to my Blurry sudoku 2.
I suppose “spastic” isn’t politically correct. Well, if I’ve offended any of the differently dexterous watercolorists out there, they can try to type in a complaint.
March 4th, 2009 at 4:05 am
I’m not sure about politically incorrect, but “spastic” is aesthetically incorrect. That pejorative term doesn’t do justice to the image, which is beautiful, whimsical and refreshing.
March 4th, 2009 at 8:48 am
Can you suggest a better name for it?
First I’m focused on the mechanics of the paint program, then I’m trying to decide whether image A looks better than B. I finally get something I like, and Bam!, “spastic watercolor” pops into my brain. Now it’s stuck there and I can’t get it out.
March 5th, 2009 at 4:37 am
How about “Liquid Sudoku”? Although that drives out my first impression, which was of abstracted flower petals. I’d really like to use that image as background for a web page, though at its current saturation, it would be a little distracting. It’s just so pretty…
March 5th, 2009 at 8:38 am
“Liquid Sudoku” is perfect! You’d think I could have figured that out myself.
I’ll work with you on the web page background if you’ll send me a link when it’s done. The main trick is that the pattern has to repeat without visible edges. I’m not sure how to do that, but maybe I can find a way.
You can probably reduce the saturation yourself, if you’re going to put text over the image. Alternatively, you can put text on a solid color and use the image as a border.
April 12th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
Well, I finally was able to incorporate Liquid Sudoku into my family reunion website. I had to reduce the opacity (rather than the saturation) to 25% to keep it from overwhelming the overlying text. Perhaps someone with as experienced an eye as yourself can see the edges, but I can’t. Thanks for letting me use the image! I will credit you on the sitemap page (this page is required by my professor for the project but it is a real working website).