Digital Art

I have started a recent obsession with Pinterest. While searching through images in Google for Altered Art, I came across Theresa Martin's blog along with her Digital Art. I have been familiar with Theresa's artwork for a couple of years, but have never been over to her blog or website. I began perusing and found her Digital Art that was featured in one of the Stampington magazines last year. Yes, I do remember seeing it...but NOW, it left an impression on me. So much so that I felt the immediate need to attempt some myself.


I do have a limited bit of knowledge with Photoshop and have CS4. I needed to get a quick refresher course from my 20 year old daughter for some options that I knew how to use last year, but have purged since then. Off to my Paper Whimsy folder to see what I had in the Hybrids that I could utilize in my creations. Found enough glorious images that I could begin my spiral into what I like to call....obsession.


So the obsession began by sending me on over to the PW Shoppe to start stocking up on MORE images. I spent about an hour deciding which ones I wanted, and then because of a slow server...spent another 2 1/2 hours downloading them. It really shouldn't take that long...


If you don't know me...I LOVE turquoise...and I LOVE turquoise & copper. But I also like other colors that enhance the delicious color I call my current favorite. Something else you should know about me....I love

monochromatic. I could have easily used turquoise flowers (if they'd been available) and been quite content with it.

I'm also very fond of Steampunkery....so I had to create this fun little page to satisfy that whim. I love the fact that in the PW images...if you use the PNGs, you can easily copy & paste them into your image.

Each of these pieces uses PW images only. "Cogs" & "harmonious" have two layers each for backgrounds with the top layer's opacity being set much lower.

I can really see me easily spending every waking hour playing with my new found delight.


If you haven't already tried your hand at Digital Art, perhaps you now have a little confidence to make the attempt...

By the looks of things, it appears that I need to spend a little time figuring out my Blog and how to get it all pretty and such. :)

Field of Gold

I Heart Faces offers a weekly challenge on Facebook and their website.

I am sometimes able to participate, but this week I KNEW I had to...as I've been

taking photos in the field of gold over the past two weeks. So, I had the perfect YELLOW

photos to look at to submit for the challenge. BUT, since I'm only allowed to use

one of the photos....I had a really hard time picking only one. Angie &

Michelle were having so much fun in the flowers, it was almost

impossible to pull them away. Enjoy the yellow!

FIF #99

Sun & Lensflare

Florabella Mixture

BEFORE

It's Fix It Friday #99 over at I Heart Faces again this week.

From the looks of it, it's been since January since I've participated,

or for that matter...posted anything on my Blog.

Above is the before of the photo and the other two

"fixes". I used Florabella actions on both in my very own

blend. First I added a center fill, and then I added "sweetness" to it

after the sweetness, I used B/W Blush and 58% opacity. I like

black & white photos....but this one has just a hint of the original

colors, making it intereting.

The second "fix" is much of the same, but I added sun & a lensflare

for depth. I wanted the colors to pop just a bit and not

seem so flat, therefore I added the sun.

Hope you enjoy my fix!

Fresh Face Amelia

Best Face Forward

This was from a photo shoot I did of Amelia this Fall.

It was a beautiful day and with the lace tablecloth in

the background, it shaded her beautifully and

created an etherial look.

I used one of Florabella's actions on this photo.

And I am submitting this picture

as my favorite face of 2010.

Hope you like it!

Self Portrait - I Heart Faces

Over at I Heart Faces they're having a challenge this

week to show a self-portrait. I typically do not like ANY

picture of myself, and it wouldn't matter if I were taking the

picture or someone else. BUT, I did recall that I had taken

this picture a couple of summer ago, and liked the feel.

I used Florabella's Pandora action on my original image

and then added a vignette for contrast. While I even

liked the SOOC of this image, this one is fun and

looks like a fantasy.

If you're not already a fan of I Heart Faces...I encourage

you to head over to Facebook and "Like" them. You

won't be sorry, I promise.

Scenic B&W I Heart Faces Contest

This is Jack!

Jack at FALLS OF THE OHIO

State Park.

This was our vacation.

The first vacation by ourselves (mostly)

in a very long time.

This is Jack!

Taking in the views.

Flowers

I decided to try my hand at making these flowers this evening. I've seen them here and there and thought I would try to create them without a pattern. Simple enough.

First you take man-made material and cut out circles of different sizes. After the material was cut I used my tweezers to hold the edges over a flame from a candle. This singes the edges and curls the material up. do this all the way around. After doing this to all of the circles I start stacking them starting with the largest to the smallest. I then either sew on a button or just stitch the layers together. I was able to create about 15 flowers in about and hour and a half with no problem.

I plan to use some of these on a head band for some of my photo shoots. Can't wait to try them out on somebody.