This is my entry for the Art Explosion contest hosted by @juliakponsford. The theme this week is vicious which for me immediately conveys images of violence and anger. I didn't really know how to approach the theme. I was messing around with some phone editing apps and some art happened spontaneously. It's really quite cool how many different ways you can rearrange a photo with just a few taps. *** ## The Entry ## ![visciousart-01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmauaJBCQTDA1rgzSG1RbWb9vAjcvHhSpjV2J1XpVcE9Hd/visciousart-01.jpg) *** ## The Process ## I used this metal selfie from when we were having a time on one of @crimsonclad's Full Force Thurday radio shows. It's probably the most vicious looking photo of me I had that I could try using. I first put it through a filter on Prisma and then take it over to Mirror Lab to experiment more. ![Untitled-2-01.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmWiBhVeWtfoCQyGiTXWQP9a8WdWHuLJFWZgJR4zHPrVDE/Untitled-2-01.png) I used Mirror Lab to come up with these images. ![image%3A98553_mirror3.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcDNhiu8z2fhztwfgF92HqjJzHC4HREKYemDkS8dzvDzD/image%253A98553_mirror3.jpg) ![image%3A98555_mirror14.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQDE9GDjKaY9rJGwkxkkKdo7nv6bBrR3YD5kxdhbnE4fh/image%253A98555_mirror14.jpg) ![image%3A98553_mirror5.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZxreyQW2FKsuZXzGMExQiNz6nrwwHZ1U9fLARcnRG18Z/image%253A98553_mirror5.jpg) ![image%3A99734_mirror_01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbyBneyzZz95SKgHJcKwdcaBfMZCynFbx2B7ZvXZeqEuh/image%253A99734_mirror_01.jpg) I then take them over to the laptop and lay them on top of each other with different transparencies. While doing this I noticed this dragon-deer-assassin forming in the middle and used a combination of pen and brush tools to highlight this form. ![3.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmYDSvP2moz596NB9oiax9LH1aSKA6q5SLy2fe4RsCTcJ5/3.png) I then use some royalty free images of blood splatters as a background and finish the art by equipping my vicious creature with some knives. ![5.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmX8vFaYkNTEnVj1VvWRfYyHxeth4iuPeQwRWAWPhMh85e/5.png) An early iteration of the art. ![viscious-01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmNtH6eWCrR5cdwY1tfqGAE6iz25mRgBPMwcpe9Y1XHhD3/viscious-01.jpg) *** ![Untitled-5-01.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmR5u2vD2QNU6gxJExqG3nudmjK427HBBrkg4cJtd5CPRb/Untitled-5-01.png)**[| PAL-Minnow Support Project |](https://discord.gg/4AzXdqD)[ Homesteaders Online |](https://discord.gg/VKCrWsS)** ![unityguild-01.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXQ883hyVJDoY8Yv9wKspJPxGGiSPyJ1a7HSCZj5CvtxE/unityguild-01.jpg) ![sascc-01.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmesg4dvF419TrtkhNW6QoTDZF4L8GeqDGBUZiJZWpG3BP/sascc-01.png)