Which says:

A forked figure reaching out
Beyond her shadow- with claws
Sharpened on the backs of
Those surrounding. Tiny flaws
In the plastic; it rips as it fades
Into the murky puddle of vile
Hollowing eyes. She stretches
To replace fervor with thick bile.

Special thanks to DailyM = eF-eM + JeeeM,  JoesSistah…, and fontplaydotcom for adding such wonderful photos to the Creative Commons Flickr photo pool. This was made using The Gimp, as usual.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

A sharp, serrated edge strikes fiercely by-
A chrome reflection that catches my eye.
Only a mere scratch the length of a fly
But blankets my vision with an overgrown sty.

Desperate for reason while baring none at all,
She’ll stand atop her crackling pedestal
Then stares below, always preparing to fall-
Instead, smashes her fruit against the wall.

This digital image manipulation is based on Tori Amos’ “Bells For Her“. The specific lyrics that were emphasized in the image are in bold below:

And through the life force and there goes her friend
On her Nishiki it’s out of time
And through the portal they can make amends
Hey would you say whatever we’re blanket friends

Can’t stop what’s coming
Can’t stop what’s on its way

And through the walls they made their mudpies
I’ve got your mind I said
She said I’ve your voice
I said you don’t need my voice girl
You have your own
But you never thought it was enough of
So they went years and years
Like sisters blanket girls
Always there through that and this
There’s nothing we cannot ever fix I said

Can’t stop what’s coming
Can’t stop what’s on its way

Bells and footfalls and soldiers and dolls
Brothers and lovers she and I were
Now she seems to be sand under his shoes
There’s nothing I can do
Can’t stop what’s coming
Can’t stop what’s on its way

And now I speak to you are you in there
You have her face and her eyes
But you are not her
And we go at each other like blankettes
Who can’t find their thread and their bare

Can’t stop loving
Can’t stop what is on its way
And I see it coming
And it’s on its way

Here’s a live version of the song:

How cool. A club. Ooooh.

Indeed!

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And for the finale, I present to you my name tag, still intact.

All photos taken by me, using a remote for the one of myself.

Here is a nice collection of tutorials for The Gimp. Via Creative Nerds:

The ultimate compilation of gimp design tutorials to take a novice and turn them into an expert, the perfect guide for anyone looking to learn or even master the ins and outs of Gimp. [Read more...]

All sorts of stuff to help you out with mastering The Gimp since I don’t write my own tutorials very often.

H/t Vizworld

Just playing around with more text effects and typographical designs. Perhaps a bit motivational? It always helps.

The little pink dog on these hair ties reminds me of the state of Massachusetts. Hah!

But in any case, it makes a nice photo.

The fractal was created in Apophysis. The background was added with The Gimp. I used Shortgreenpigg’s 3d Stairways Script plus a few others I can’t recall.

This fractal was created in Apophysis. The background was added with The Gimp.

Some old school real 16mm film. It’s about 7 years old and I still have it unopened for some reason. I’ll probably open it to take photos of the film itself someday. I happen to like this under exposed reddish shot which, by the way, has not a stitch of digital manipulation.

Just playing around with different typographical effects, but I’m not sure if a specific one really stands out. It started out as a mix of a few which then became its own design after the splatters and knife were added.

I took this photo in April 2008. I always wanted to do a stereographic projection and thought this image would work perfectly. Learn how at Photojojo.