Monday, February 20, 2012

Inspiration Avenue: Textures






I love to play with textures in Photoshop Elements. For this challenge, I started with a photo I had taken in Israel of some grass with an unusually fuzzy texture (I believe it was at the Baha'i Gardens near Haifa).  I applied some Photoshop Elements effects, among other techniques.  I altered and added the door image from Last Door Down the Hall and the woman's figure from Stampington (originally in sepia); and I used digital tree and lace brushes from Obsidian Dawn. (Don't know the source for the crumpled paper background.)
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14 comments:

  1. BillFebruary 20, 2012 at 7:45 PM

    Wonderful textures! I love doors out-of-place like that. They have to open to some wonderful imaginary world.

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  2. YvonneFebruary 20, 2012 at 9:30 PM

    Gorgeous textures, Sherry!

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  3. peggy gattoFebruary 21, 2012 at 1:02 AM

    awesome work!

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  4. Linda GibbonsFebruary 21, 2012 at 6:15 AM

    Wonderful, Sherry! so much texture, and combined beautifully!

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  5. JeanetteFebruary 22, 2012 at 5:05 AM

    Fabulous texture and I love all of the greens.

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  6. Evil EdnaFebruary 22, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    lovley and soft and mysterious.EE

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  7. Craftymoose CraftsFebruary 23, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    Really pretty--I like the trees!

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  8. Bleubeard and ElizabethFebruary 24, 2012 at 9:18 AM

    This is STUNNING. You do digital SO well!

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  9. Anne MandaFebruary 24, 2012 at 9:43 AM

    Love the textures of this mysterious and fabolous image! <3

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  10. MaggieFebruary 24, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    It looks as if you could touch all of the textures. I love the door standing in the landscape also. Mysterious!

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  11. artangelFebruary 26, 2012 at 5:41 AM

    Intruiging and lovely collage - that grass looks like I could reach out and touch it!

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  12. Kim Collister StudioFebruary 26, 2012 at 3:18 PM

    This is beautiful! I just want to walk through that door and join her in the grassy hillside! Loving the door and brick!

    IA Love ~*
    Kim

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  13. Diane ~February 26, 2012 at 3:32 PM

    wow this is gorgeous!! it's so very beautiful & romantic, LOVE it! :D

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  14. gmaFebruary 26, 2012 at 5:15 PM

    That grass is really interesting and adds so much to this piece.
    :-)

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