Details from the Dead Picture

This is what the original picture looked like. I took the picture and tried some different filters on it to give it a bit more of an ominous eerie look. I did not know exactly what scripture I was going to use but figured it would probably come out of Revelations. While the book of Revelations can be a 'bright' reading for those that look forward to its ending, for most others it is a dark, menacing book of judgments.

I worked hard at adding the lightening. To me it needed to 'say' something. I didn't want just any lightening bolt. It couldn't be too tiny or too scattered. Just enough to possibly show the finger of God.

I used an ultra grunge font to depict the ‘darkness’ of the picture. The two fonts I used are ‘Genius of Crack’ and ‘Grunge’. They are free fonts that I downloaded from the internet. If you put ‘free font grunge’ or ‘free font Genius of Crack’, I am sure you could find them and download them if you wanted them. Many of the font names are dumb. Some are raunchy. I have tried to find font programs to change the names but although they advertise that ability, it is not so easily done. So unless the name is one I cannot work with like ‘Satan’s best friend’ then I just keep it the way it is.

This picture took 58 saved versions to get the one I liked. While the bulk of the picture was done with PaintShop Pro 8, I did use PhotoShop Elements 4 to separate the sky and church to work with the lighting and effects individually.