I'm currently taking an online class in Italic Calligraphy from Martha Lever on the Creative Workshops ning. I love her teaching style; she makes the subject very accessible. (And her Southern accent is adorable!) This is a page from one of my recent practice sessions.
I'm not sure why birds keep showing up in my digital collages--I guess I have quite a few images of them, and they do add some life and movement to the composition. This collage started with a photo that my son Ryan took in China (or maybe Tibet), of a poppy with mountains in the background.(Thanks for the use of the photo, Ryan!) I added the stone wall, more poppy petals, birds, and the nest and spilling eggs. I also applied various special effects, including a "pointillizing" effect as a final touch. I think I need a name for it, but don't have one yet. Suggestions are welcome!
This is the same collage shown in the last posting, with some additional effects applied. In the first one, I applied a layer that inverted all the colors. Cool (literally)! In the second one, I took the inverted version and added a translucent layer of an orange-y hue. The result has sort of a vintage postcard effect to me now. This fun never ends...
This is a digital collage I've been playing with lately. I'm not sure if I'm satisfied with it, but maybe seeing it posted here will help me decide.
This is a collage I created using a photo I took at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, and some digital brushes in the form of architectural elements. The curved stripes across the center are the levels of the museum interior as viewed from the lobby; I applied various digital effects to the photo to produce the black-and-white textured design shown.
Here's an early Halloween greeting to all my readers (all 3 of them? :)). It's a digital "artist trading card" I made on PE5. I experimented with with creating "erased" holes in various layers, so you can see the colored layer behind them. I used digital brushes to make the swirl and dot patterns. I think it turned out acceptably spooky, considering the fact that I used no overt Halloween images, just color and pattern (and the font, which I believe is called Chiller).
Today is our 37th wedding anniversary. This is one of the first journal pages I ever created, when I started taking the Artful Journaling class. I used one of our favorite wedding photos, and a representation (and translation) of the Hebrew quotation on our wedding rings.
