The Maw of Infinity

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This is one of those pieces where assembling the digital collage base image was much more difficult than usual. Normally, I can find the components I need to make an image work pretty easily- the internet is, after all, a very large place. This time, I had to start by finding a space image with the appropriate colouration then mirroriing horizontally and vertically to give the piece the symmetry I was aiming for. I then had to find an online tool for swirling the image to the appropriate extent. Having done that, I used a basic 3D image program to create abstract, metallic spheres in three distinct colours with different lighting conditions, then manually copied and resized them multiple times, arranging them into the spiral pattern you see as I went. Finally, because I had to do this as a separate layer, I took the spiral of orbs and superimposed it over the cosmic vortex. After that, it was just a question of feeding it through a couple of my signature filters to create the finalised image, which I intend to use as a background in a videogame I'm working on.