Star Quality

This is the 12th computer generated star that I've done. Hope that you like it. (Click to enlarge).

Another Revision

This is a wild revision of my second computer drawing. I cleaned up the small spikes near the center and I added a few long spikes. I especially like the light blue 45 degree corner spikes. (Click on the image to enlarge it).

Alien Spawn

As Barbwire formed a circle Alien Spawn forms a square. I nearly filled the entire space with shapes. Every major shape is filled with another shape. I don't know where this trend is heading and I won't know until the next drawing. (Click on the spawn to make it bigger).

A Spider's Domain

I originally entitled this one "The Web" but I've changed my mind. I started to use more curved shapes in place of more linear ones. I think that they look better against the spikes. Again, here, Ive used the central design and placed it st the 4 corners of the 45 degree angle spikes. I also tried but failed to not use so much blue this time. (Click in the image in order to see it bigger).

Barbwire On Steroids.

My lovely wife named this one. It sort of does look like barbwire. All those spikes! I tried to fill every void with something. It seems that I just don't like to see an empty space. I know that empty spaces have value but I just can't seem to bring myself to leave big empty spaces. Notice the black and gray shapes above the pink and yellow ones. The look like alien faces. (Click on the alien in order to see a bigger image).

The Eleventh Hour.

By now I was getting the hang of things. I wanted to fill every shape with some other shape. I was getting bored with the MS Paint standard color pallet. But defining custom colors left me without the original colors and that wasn't good. (Click on the image to see a larger one).

Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine...

Any Beatles fan will recognize the title of this post. This the ninth drawing in this series but the fourth computer aided drawing. It's a little smaller that number 8 below but still incorporates both curved and straight elements. I was still struggling with the 22.5 degree angle. Thought a slight problem I didn't want to not use it because it adds more depth to the finished drawings. Somehow though I feel that this drawing lacks something. I just can't put my finger on it. (Click on the image in order to see a larger one).

Eight Is Not Enough.

With my third computer aided drawing spikes were definitely going to be a major part of each "Stars" design. It was the first time that I had incorporated the 22.5 degree angle into the drawing. This has proven to be problematic. 90 degree angles are the easiest to clone. Just flip a section left or right or up or down. Easy for the computer program MS Paint. 45 degree angles require a little more manipulation in order to clone. However 22.5 degree angles can not be cloned. The limits of the program won't allow for it. I have been able to cut and paste and with the use of another program flip a piece of the drawing then cut and paste it back into the drawing but it is a lot of effort for so little return. I'm learning to live within the limits of MS Paint. (Click on the image in order to see a lager image).

An Idea Is Born.

This was the first of my computer generated images. I got the idea to use the computer from drawing number 2 and the spikes from from drawing number 4. I used the lay out that I had used for drawing number 2 as a guide. Again I did only 1/8th of the drawing before cloning that one part in order to make the whole. A little added detail that couldn't be done until the drawing was assembled and all that was left was the coloring. I used the MS Paint color pallet without alteration. Compared to my later drawings this one is very crude and unsophisticated. At a later time I plan on reworking the original line drawing and recoloring it. (Click on the image in order to view a larger image).