Midnight Tulip

Midnight Tulip

Tulipa nitor, also known as a brilliant tulip in the northeast and a midnight tulip in the south, stores the energy of the sun during the day in phosphorous cells, which causes it to softly glow during the dark of night. Common varieties have flowers that range from blue to purple, with dark green stems and leaves.

These perennial bulbous plants can grow from 10-70 cm tall. They can't grow naturally in tropical environments because they need a cold winter season to survive.

In reality, this is a fictional flower created entirely in Photoshop. It's fun to dream though. Wouldn't it be a spectacular sight to see one of these for real?

Equipment:
Adobe - Photoshop Creative Suite Series (CS, CS2, CS3)

Created by: Azkul.

Tools Used: Photoshop

Created on: Aug 4, 2006

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Image Number: 27872

Comments:

Azkul from USA on Jul 3, 2009 at 2:14 PM said:

Thanks Mark. This was mainly done by creating shapes in Photoshop with the pen tool. The pen tool allows you to bend lines into a 'path'. I used several path layers which formed the shape of the pedal and leaves.

Once I had the path the way I wanted it, I stroked it (which basically paints a line around the shape). I played with gradients and colors until I found something that I liked and then applied the motion blur effect to create that 'glow'.

The stem was created by another pen 'path', and I painted in the green base of the flower by zooming in really far and painting it 1 pixel at a time. Last, I cropped the overall image to place the flower the center to balance everything out.

MarkSwiecki from Canada on Jun 28, 2009 at 12:23 PM said:

This is an incredible fine art image that shows an eye for composition and creativity. Hmm, now I'm wondering how you did that in Photoshop.

Carlosvandangos2009 from England on Jun 21, 2009 at 6:21 PM said:

all i can say is wooow great pic great flower!

Otter_click on Feb 8, 2009 at 2:00 AM said:

Very nice!

Thebobzta from New Zealand on Feb 4, 2009 at 7:32 PM said:

Wicked

Tanya from USA on Dec 1, 2008 at 12:52 PM said:

I really love this shot! Good job.

Audreylouise06 from Kansas, USA on Oct 3, 2008 at 2:27 PM said:

i really like this alot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! great job...i just got photo shop cs2 and still have so so so much to learn! oh my! any help you can lend that would be great!?

Audrey

Dudley from United States on Apr 8, 2008 at 6:44 PM said:

Brian,

This is gorgeous!!

Dud

Patman10 from USA on Mar 20, 2008 at 8:01 PM said:

Very nicely done!!!

Ikkacapellan from Germany/Europe on Mar 3, 2008 at 8:19 AM said:

creative work, fine-art, well done, I like it much: sorry that I commenting just today, last but not least!!! Ciao Ikka

Azkul from USA on Jan 5, 2008 at 1:45 PM said:

I'm often asked how this image was made. The quick answer is that I used the pen tool in Photoshop to create a series of paths. I stroked each path to create a petal, and then copied that petal onto several layers. Each layer was rotated, flipped, etc to get it in the right spot. I used various opacities to get the "see through" effect, along with gradients, and the motion blur filter.

Brian from Utah on Sep 20, 2007 at 1:50 AM said:

Thanks for your comments, Julie. I'm glad you like the picture and I hope that you post a few of your images here.

Julie from Canada on Sep 19, 2007 at 9:21 PM said:

Hi Brian;

I was led to this page from Squidoo. I too am a graphic artist. I find this image quite striking. It looks especially nice as a screen image with the back lighting.

Brian from Utah on Jan 8, 2007 at 1:22 AM said:

Thanks for all of your comments. This was a really fun picture to create.

Tania (TMR8) from Taranaki New Zealand on Jan 8, 2007 at 12:44 AM said:

this is beautiful real or not. Very cleaver and I love to the description of it also lol

Steve Brown (sgbrown) from UK on Nov 15, 2006 at 1:06 PM said:

Very effective, and almost convincing!

katierw80 from NY on Nov 4, 2006 at 10:59 AM said:

this reminds me of those light bright pictures, but much nicer.

Artsyinchicago from Northern Burbs of Illinois on Oct 29, 2006 at 10:29 PM said:

Very creative. I love the colors you used against the black background it really makes the image pop.

Orchidea_blue from Eastern Canada on Aug 28, 2006 at 8:32 PM said:

This is fantastic, it's very creative and well composed, bravo!!!