Pillars of Creation

Newest titanium print! It's of a region in the Eagle nebula, originally captured by the Hubble telescope. Space seemed like a cool place to explore a little more of the colorspace available in this process. Plate is 12"x18", image is ~9.5"x14".

I'm really happy with how this one came out, the background 'sky' is a gradienting deep iridescent blue, and the nebula itself hits some cool magentas, yellows, and a bluish-green that can't make its mind on what color it wants to be depending on angle and lighting.

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6 Comments

ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Nice, dig the look of it! You say iridescent blue, so does it have a sort of shimmery look in-person?

scribbler@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y

Thanks! That's exactly it on the color, I think it's a combination of the surface roughness of the titanium plate and tiny variations in the anodization layer itself that give it that look.

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (2 replies)

That's fucking awesome...

scribbler@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Thank you! For every good print I post here there are 2-3 failed attempts. But the successfully ones are getting cooler and cooler so I'm still stoked!

Cris_Color@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y

I can't wait to see more!

Sorgan71@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y

reminds me of a female sex toy.