Taking Over the World: The Glass Floor Effect

The enthralling details and glass designs at Harpa Concert Hall continue to inspire.

What if we convert the glass window panels into glass floor?

I manipulated this image by cloning and rearranging the glass panels to create transparent, angular floorings and an all over glass effect. 

114 Floors Above: Illuminating Lights in Skyscrapers Effect

When you're 114 floors high above overlooking the city, everything looks small in comparison. 

As sunset morphs into twilight and then into darkness, the skyscrapers light up and have a translucent quality to them, creating a futuristic, somewhat dystopian society. 

I added in other effects, using colors from this shot and dropping in a distorted wave filter to enhance this even more. 

Modern Architecture: The Glass Stairs Effect

Stunning interior design and architecture can be found at the Harpa Concert Hall. The glass window panels give a modern, abstract, and futuristic twist to the scene.

I decided to manipulate the image by flipping it around and altering the position. All of the cool angles turn this into silver, shiny glass stairs (so why not just walk on it?)

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Pastel Bubbles Background: The Card Frame Effect

Pastel Bubbles Part IV: Ethereal, magical, dreamy, and colorful digital art always captures my attention.

I used an existing pastel bubbles background creation and altered it some more, adding in a yellow-tinted hue and incorporating borders to give it the card frame treatment. 

Lightning Waves Effect: Singapore Skyline Reflections

The vibrant colors and abstract creations in anime and video games always amazes me. I wanted to develop digital art that blends a mix of reality with fiction and the skyline views of Singapore was the ideal starting point. 

After adjusting the colors with a blend of turquoise and salmon hues to give it a futuristic look and feel, I added in a mix of wavy lightning strikes in the sky to create the perfect finish.

Silver Blue Nights + Gleaming Lights of Chicago

360 Chicago Part III: Chicago's skyline is still one of my favorites. The colors, the unique skyscrapers, and the river creates the most epic cityscape. 

I decided to add a playful spin to this skyline view, giving it a cooler blue and silver-like tone, adding in a mix of abstract light effects that resemble sparkling glitter. 

Circle of Life: Abstract Clouds in the Sky Imagery

No cloud is exactly alike. It continues to change and evolve, just like life. 

I was inspired by a really cool cloud formation as it was nearing sunset in the mountains and decided to manipulate the picture by creating clones of it and creating abstract art that resembles clouds that cycle in a circle in a fiery, feathery design. Adding extra faded bubbles and pastel hues add on the dreamy vibes. 

Colorful Confetti Lights in the Sky: A Night in Dallas

Reunion Tower Imagery Part I: There's so much we can't see with our naked eye when we look at the night sky in a city polluted with lights. But we can always use our imagination and create our own imagery of how we want to perceive the world. 

I love the downtown night views of Dallas, especially with the illuminating lights of the Bank of America skyscraper in the near distance. I decided to manipulate this image by adding in green and purple hues, enhancing the brightness and contrast, and decorating the sky with colorful confetti-like lights that resemble fireworks and a dreamlike reality. 

Swirls + Waves Collage: Blue-Green + Purple Effect

I continued distorting and experimenting with more effects in photoshop using some of my favorite colors and filters, creating a mix of neat swirls and graphic imagery. 

State of California: Abstract Nature and Art Garden

The seemingly effortless garden that has so many meanings. 

Meant to resemble the State of California, the Noguchi Garden provides a welcome escape for locals and tourists alike. This compact, flowing, minimalist garden looks especially zen in photos and gives off an abstract look and feel, letting the viewers interpret the designs themselves.

The afternoon glow created extra vibrant, golden lighting at the top, cutting into the pyramid and offering the perfect contrast. 

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Strokes of Art: Abstract Imagery Comes to Life

Teamlab Continuity Part III: As the crows descend from each of the rooms and make their rounds across the floor, trails of light begin to follow. These bright, abstract, calligraphy-like strokes of light resemble splashes of art. The colorful red roses surrounding it gives that extra burst of color. 

Pastel Painterly Strokes of Art Effect

I have been obsessed with the latest trend popping up all over spring--painterly style prints, art, and design. The pastel and bold hues bring extra optimism into our lives while still adding that extra pop of color. 

I was inspired to mix up a bunch of different pastel hues from across the rainbow, adding in random paint strokes (while creating layers and layers of them) and other textures to create this piece here. 

The Abstract Life: Ethereal, Pastel Stairway Imagery

It was a normal staircase when we walked by, but the way the sun was shining inside the museum gave it a unique look and feel. The shadows were all in the right place. Right then and there, I was inspired to brighten up the image with a couple effects.

First, I added a couple sun flare effects to give it that magical, exquisite look. I lightened the image, blurred then sharpened the staircases and windows, changed up a couple of the hues and then lowered the saturation so it offered a smooth, pastel vibe. Then, I cloned the staircase image, flipped it, and made it symmetrical on the right side. To make it even more of an abstract piece, I cloned various parts of the staircase and windows and smoothed it all over the picture.

Enchanting Night Dreams: Sparkly Trees In the Light

Conservatory of Flowers Night Bloom Part III: Such cool plants all lit up with vibrant colors that look like fancy fans from far away. So dreamy, colorful, sparkly and magical that serves as inspiration forever.

Enchanting Night Imagery: Glowing Fireflies Light Effect

Fireflies Imagery Part II: The dream: walking into a beautiful garden with glowing firefly lights along with jewel-toned colored plants and trees surrounding the area.

Nights like these are so rare...and often cannot be seen in city-like spaces. I decided to create my own magical, endearing scene to capture that moment. I darkened this garden, enhanced the contrast, hue and saturation and made other color adjustments to give the bright glow-in-the-dark look. I added in some firefly lights in the near distance to further elevate the fascinating scene.

Abstract Glow In the Dark Lights Collage

One of the coolest rooms ever with splendid lights in green, blue, and purple shades and abstract designs all over the walls. I decided to have a little bit of fun with this and clone multiple versions to create a enticing collage that leaves everything to the imagination.