Evolution of a Cyclops - from Sticky Note Art through Deep Dreams and BEYOND by cyclops

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art · @cyclops · Apr 22 '18 (edited)

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Evolution of a Cyclops - from Sticky Note Art through Deep Dreams and BEYOND

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<h4><i>
Proof of Cyclops

<br>
Ah, what ebon shores lie beyond 
the pale of cyclopean thought.  
Bravely I cast my boat 
adrift in the endless sea.  
And when perchance my thoughts drift home, 
a lifeline from the end of times, 
I cast loose my hold and once again 
go farther from my cavernous abode.  

Mine eye, mine eye!  
Will it ever see again?  
And seeing, will the brain yet comprehend?

But at night's end I find myself - 
no stranger in a strange land, 
but still an oddity in an odyssey.
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<h1>Evolution of a Cyclops</h1>
![Cyclops 2 smaller.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeiRgDe58aAbWhX4TGfYZ192MZknnYhgX1pso52zkaQEp/Cyclops%202%20smaller.jpg)

![Cyclops 2 Cropped.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcb6UKW84rWnPSNDAJhssZ6GC4qN7NPT3R2GxDHpKBmQQ/Cyclops%202%20Cropped.jpg)

<h4>First inception - <a href="https://deepdreamgenerator.com">Deep Dream</a></h1> #1</h4>

![Cyclops 2 transparency.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmPqnHccwwQq3pBVCPGKUj6Z2qBbyKzaR7nf96uwWuB3tn/Cyclops%202%20transparency.png)

<h4>At this point I added a photo background of a cave and ran it through the  <a href="https://deepdreamgenerator.com">Deep Dream Generator</a> again, doing a little PhotoShop painting and image manipulation on the result to blend the cave background in with the drawing's style better  :)</h4>

![Cyclops 2 dream2 background.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSL5aMFeFVyRSzEjuXV8kQmfhAHQ4Kdga2Hk14oLFGuwW/Cyclops%202%20dream2%20background.jpg)

<h4>Here comes the "beyond".  Not quite happy with the way the light fell in the above image, I painted shadows onto the composite base image I used for the above, to better match the cyclops drawing to the light source in the cave:</h4>

![Cyclops Background dream1.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNyEJU8S9U6asFEGLYM48tfkkdFMLc5FwWySqQ3LpvcHc/Cyclops%20Background%20dream1.jpg)

<h4>Things got weird after that I started layering multiple dreams on top of each other <3</h4>

![Cyclops 2 stained glass dream lines.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmd1L79ueE2N2yBPMduGxpmhq6x7XydtGoQ47SzPctktgN/Cyclops%202%20stained%20glass%20dream%20lines.png)

![cyclops blue dream pattern and hatch line.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZhvNsTE53BAKeyk9BQghMmzcfrZ2vmh2SoQ23CQatPv9/cyclops%20blue%20dream%20pattern%20and%20hatch%20line.png)

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@amberyooper · Apr 23 '18

That was a really interesting process to the last image!

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@artisticscreech · Apr 22 '18 (edited)

Those are pretty cool. Its like a trippy polyphemus lol. I like the poem too.

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@thenewalchemists · Apr 25 '18

These are totally terrific! I love these different views of the cyclops! Resteemed!

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@torico · May 10 '18 (edited)

id like to see a green cyclops with red hair, a brass horn and gratuitous slime. the yellow is cool. but he looks lonely. "what color is your cyclops?" is a good reference.

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