Dude that's so Red

I used the provided Chinese propaganda posters for inspiration for this piece. Using the iconic red color of communism, I made a pro-war poster that promotes an autocratic and imperialistic notion. The characters read, "for many lost, so much is gained". The background was made from the main bomb in the foreground by creating a pattern and then applying the pattern to the background.

Propoganda Poster

Upon looking up my name, I figured out that, other than its origin, 'cole' is a synonym for wild cabbage. When I was sourcing a cabbage image, one looked particularly like a brain. I rolled with the idea and came to this conclusion. With some layer masking, styling, filters, and font I came to this result.

Dali Surrealism Review

Forward: I own NONE of these pieces. All can be found at [ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dali_museum/sets/72157634434072880/page2/ ] These pieces were featured for personal review only

 This piece struck me right away, the overall completeness and polish is suburb. The creative use of transparency  gives the viewer a wonderful sense of depth while the colors work in perfect harmony with each other, no one overpowering the other. Overall, this was my favorite work from the 5 pages of artwork.

One can admire this piece for the excellent photo manipulation job. The transition between creature and tongue is nearly seamless and the texture is spot on. Overall wonderful execution and a clever concept.

I'm a sucker for a shallow depth of field and this piece implements DOF beautifully. I also enjoy the warm tones which gives the work a greater impact than the use of cooler and less saturated tones probably would have provided. 

Cherry Blossom WOP

I've been following a Cherry Blossom tutorial for my most recent project. Since the composition is fairly simple, I haven't been following the tutorial very strictly since I wanted to take my own approach. There aren't any needed specular, bump, or normal maps , only one UV for the pedal texture. I'll possibly incorporate this flower into other pieces using it in an entire branch of flowers or an execution similar.

Artist Emulation 2

I've been experimenting with Wireframes recently and tried to incorporate it into my latest piece. This particular work went through many phases. I changed the settling just about every day of this week and settled on deserted island/rock. I would like to go back and touch up the rock more or add something interesting to the sky.