Poster of Pat

This actually was a lot of work, especially since my computer ate the first attempt.  I got to play and play and play with filters.  Of course, I didn't actually follow the directions.  But then again what are artists and art for!

Orchid Kaleidescope Mosaic

My original macro photo of an orchid made a fine one to rotate, reverse and match up in order to produce a mosaic.  I like the colors of this image and also the weird shapes that were created. This was an easy follow the dots exercise.  The hardest part was the alignment of images.

Tilt-Shifting boats

 Tilt-shift miniature style photos are pictures of real-life scenes that are manipulated to look like model photographs or "toys."  I played around with my photo of lobster boats in New Brunswick to see if they would work in the process.  At first drawing the vertical line to obtain the blur I wanted where I wanted it took a little time.  In actuality once you achieve this, the process is really simple. I also wanted to add noise to the photo to make it look more painterly.

 

Music should go right through you!

A photo I took of my friend Karen at the piano was the inspiration for the CD Cover Assignment.  Her music group is called Maple Jam so I created our music group, Blue Maple. I wanted leaves flowing down the piano and found a photo that I moved to create it and changed the opacity to what I liked.  The green leaf needed to be changed to blue, so I selected it, changed the color and moved that  layer to the back side of the CD.  The titles were made up, using inside jokes.  I played with the spacing and added effects to the different text.  The final addition was a bar code to the CD!  After I sent it to Karen, she posted it on her facebook page.  We have had one order  so far...

Travel on my mind

Traveling has been on my mind a lot lately.  For the past few years it has financially not been possible. Soon....I keep saying.  My optional post is a dreamscape of past travels with hopes of future ones.  The background I used was a photo of the water in the Bahamas--a color of the sea that I had never imagined--so clear you can see the bottom.

Water of Farmer's Cay, Bahamas

I also chose Scotland, Italy, New Zealand and Dartmoor.  New Zealand-- where I traveled alone after my kids were grown. Scotland and Dartmoor--Roger showing me the British Isles.  Italy--two weeks for my 60th birthday.  I used New Zealand and a picture of me climbing to the highest point on the Milford track to capture the idea of adventure and wistful thinking. Then the process began: combining, moving, cropping, erasing, smudging, changing opacity... until I got the image I wanted.

Dreaming of traveling while savoring where I've been!

Italy

New Zealand--Milford Track

Dartmoor

Scotland