urbanphotos.net Art Graphics

These graphics are derived from our photos. We use the free GIMP (raster graphics) and Inkscape (vector graphics) software to edit & transform our .JPG images. The intention of converting a photo into an art graphic is usually to either make the image more visually appealing, or to remove advertising or other unwanted elements. Most of our art graphics can be found on products that you can buy in our Zazzle and RedBubble stores, which are linked from the home page. urbanphotos.net has never used and does not intend to use AI generated graphics or images.

For this photo of Wynn Las Vegas, we replaced 3 advertising graphics with purple, green & reddish neon color gradients.

We named this altered image of the famous Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign "Welcome Dice." The dice are vector graphics added with Inkscape.

We shot this photo from the roof of the MGM Grand parking garage (7th floor) facing north. The green contraption is part of the MGM Grand Adventures theme park, which existed during the 1990s when Las Vegas was presenting itself as a family destination. Fake lightning was added for dramatic effect and color saturation was increased.

This photo of the Algiers Hotel was taken around 2000; the property was demolished in 2004-2005. Rather than improving the appearance or removing unwanted elements, we edited this photo for fun, putting the urbanphotos.net website address on a billboard.

The Frontier Las Vegas (also known as New Frontier) was demolished in 2007, the same year the Stardust was demolished. The daytime Las Vegas sky can be an ugly slate grey color, which we changed in this image.

This is another example of removing the ugly grey daytime sky and replacing it with a different color. Mandalay Bay Las Vegas opened in March 1999, we shot this photo from near the Luxor while it was under construction. It looks close to being finished so it must have been 1998.

The Olympic Garden gentleman's club closed in 2016. It was north of Sahara Ave. so the Strat tower is south. While you're on the strip, you can always use the Strat as a 'compass' that points north. This was a sky replacement using a purple/blue color gradient.

This Stardust image was an error. I don't recall what I was trying to do, but I clicked on something and this pink/purple color appeared. I thought it looked better than what I was going to do so I left it.

This photo of the Strat tower was taken from about 4 miles away, the MGM Grand parking garage roof. The sky was replaced with purple/violet color gradients.

Caesars Palace Las Vegas as seen in the late 1990s. I've included the original photo with the edited version since the difference is subtle. Color saturation was increased to give the water kind of an emerald green tint and bring out the red Caesars Palace lettering.

Another version of the same photo has fake lightning added for a dramatic effect.