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

Image Views: 14,326

Average Views per Day: 22.1

Image Number: 27872

Comments:

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!!!