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| comment | | "parent_author":"",<br>"parent_permlink":"art",<br>"author":"mandelsage",<br>"permlink":"cardano-or-gallery-motifs",<br>"title":"\"cArDAno\" | Gallery: Motifs",<br>"body":"<center>**I've seen many crypto-inspired pieces of art here on Steemit and so I thought it high time I attempted one myself.**\n \nThe coin I chose is my favourite of all altcoins for many reasons. It's an extremely ambitious project that is headed by Charles Hoskinson,<br> who's been involved in crypto for many years. His very large,<br> international team is trying to make a 3rd generation cryptocurrency that will possibly be the One to Rule Them All.\n \n**It inspires confidence when the goal is not to release a finished project without first _making thoroughly sure_ that it will work as intended and be 100% secure. All their work goes through the rigorous scientific peer-review process before being implemented. I highly recommend you do some research on it.** \n\n# _cArDAno_\n4876px x 4876px\n~~\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/A0vH1VC.jpg\n<\/center>\n\n<hr><hr>\n\n<center>\n\n> \"There are now many different cryptocurrencies and the industry continues to see companies and governments experimenting with and starting to implement blockchain technology,<br> whether it be for efficiencies through permissioned blockchains or through decentralized solutions.\n \nCardano differentiates itself by being designed from the \u2018ground up\u2019 to deliver a secure and sustainable blockchain that can protect user privacy whilst allowing for regulation. Cardano aims to be a mature blockchain that is ready for large scale applications.\"\n\n-- from [cardanofoundation.org\/protocol\/ (https:\/\/cardanofoundation.org\/protocol\/) (I highly recommend reading the rest of this page).\n\n<hr><hr>\n\n# The creation process:\n \nAt first,<br> I was going to take it in a completely different direction... I wanted 6 main lights on each of the center \"dots\",<br> throwing out volumetric light. But sadly,<br> that wasn't to be,<br> because when trying to combine them in Photoshop,<br> I discovered the impossibilities of combining several layers of already semi-transparent light with more opacity... It just can't be done and look natural. And Mandelbulb 3D unfortunately only allows 1 light to be rendered volumetrically at a time:\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YW5pas1.jpg\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NGu7eiR.jpg\n\n**So my next idea was to take that one light and put it in the center of everything... Which worked well. Here you can also see (the left image) that I had to render each \"circle\" of the Cardano logo design separately:**\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/TBRQ5JS.jpg\n\nI then slowly transferred each circle to photoshop in layers,<br> and positioned the \"dots\" with the help of a standard cardano logo as a guide:\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fqLZlAO.jpg\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tC3rZhU.jpg\n\n**Each layer took quite some time because I had to manually erase all the background from around each irregularly shaped \"dot\":**\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WI54rTZ.jpg\n\nSoon though,<br> it was all good to go! I only adjusted the curves a bit in PS to get the colours a bit more intense:\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uCMNiyc.jpg\n\n**And finally,<br> I used the \"Tiles\" filter to give it an interesting border:**\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/T7Jfvxw.jpg\n\nAll in all,<br> I love the way it came out. Any other huge Cardano fans out there? =)\n\n**And no,<br> the irony of posting this here on Steemit is not lost on me ;P ... I might not like Dan Larimer very much as a person but I'm not going to let that stop me from using his brilliant platform ^^**\n\n<\/center>\n\n\n<hr><hr>\n\n<center>\n_**Thank you for your upvote**_ 💖\n~~\nA few recent posts of mine:\n[\"Reality Grows Bored\" - Gallery: Fine Art (https:\/\/steemit.com\/art\/@mandelsage\/reality-grows-bored-or-gallery-fine-art) | [\"Space 2000\" - Gallery: Motifs (https:\/\/steemit.com\/art\/@mandelsage\/space-2000-or-gallery-motifs) | [\"Portal Key\" | dIFS Pong #017 (https:\/\/steemit.com\/art\/@mandelsage\/portal-key-or-difs-pong-with-welshpixie-017)\n~~\nIf you'd like to support me further,<br> or follow me elsewhere,<br> I'm on these social media:\n[Patreon (www.patreon.com\/mandelsage) | [Instagram (www.instagram.com\/mandelsage) | [Facebook (www.facebook.com\/mandelsage)\n \nMy Bitcoin wallet address: \nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/9bYETxH.jpg\n1DPGX72eQj5TNVpSG1grRMxVAaDuqGG2RL<br>\nAll Images,<br> Creative Commons License. https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/25vwpAq.jpg\n<hr>\n\nProud member of:\n\nhttps:\/\/i.imgur.com\/rbAa93o.png\n<\/center>",<br>"json_metadata":" \"tags\":[\"art\",<br>\"artzone\",<br>\"cardano\",<br>\"slothicorn\",<br>\"cryptocurrency\" ,<br>\"image\":[\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/A0vH1VC.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/YW5pas1.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/NGu7eiR.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/TBRQ5JS.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/fqLZlAO.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/tC3rZhU.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WI54rTZ.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uCMNiyc.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/T7Jfvxw.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/9bYETxH.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/25vwpAq.jpg\",<br>\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/rbAa93o.png\" ,<br>\"links\":[\"https:\/\/cardanofoundation.org\/protocol\/\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/art\/@mandelsage\/reality-grows-bored-or-gallery-fine-art\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/art\/@mandelsage\/space-2000-or-gallery-motifs\",<br>\"https:\/\/steemit.com\/art\/@mandelsage\/portal-key-or-difs-pong-with-welshpixie-017\",<br>\"www.patreon.com\/mandelsage\",<br>\"www.instagram.com\/mandelsage\",<br>\"www.facebook.com\/mandelsage\" ,<br>\"app\":\"steemit\/0.1\",<br>\"format\":\"markdown\" " |
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