Phantoms 2 is a photograph by Richard Maier which was uploaded on March 19th, 2020.
Phantoms 2
Accumulating gradually over the years, the “Phantoms” series is a bit of an accident. These images began life as supporting actors – whenever I... more
Title
Phantoms 2
Artist
Richard Maier
Medium
Photograph - Digital Art
Description
Accumulating gradually over the years, the “Phantoms” series is a bit of an accident. These images began life as supporting actors – whenever I needed to add an element into one of my layered compositions, I would browse through my extensive collection of ArtMatic renders to see if I could find anything appropriate. Sometimes I would use the image as it was, but many times I decided that I wanted something less obtrusive. In these cases, I would often filter the render, using Photoshop’s “Find Edges” filter in the early years, then Flaming Pear’s “Organic Edges”• in later years. Both of these filters search for high-contrast differences in tonality and turn these differences into thin lines. Occasionally, I would use one of these images for a project, but in general they were never meant to be seen as stand-alone images. In the Spring of 2014, I did an idle search for these images, just to see how many I had, and realized that many of them worked well together as a series. Hopefully, this series will continue to grow in the future…
Uploaded
March 19th, 2020
