Photoshop -What Fun!

I am beginning to have a blast with this Photoshop program! The daffodils are a photo I took in my garden just after a rain, and the children I got who knows where... I had fun tucking them behind the flowers and then creating new leaves to hide them. I had to 'grow' the munchkins with some judicious use of the cloning tool, as the image wasn't long enough. I still want to play with this some more, so you might just see some future versions :)

Enjoy!

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new digital homework

This is my latest exercise in my Digital Manipulations and Memories class by DJ Pettit. I followed the exercise until I just got lost, so I did my own thing with it from there. I am pretty amazed how good it turned out, and how good I am getting at Photoshop. This one has about 10 layers, and took several hours to do -of course I should be getting faster from here on in. Only thing is my memory is short, so I have to re-learn so much each time I try to do something. Repetition, repetition, repetition....

Enjoy!

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More class work

Ok, I know this doesn't look like much, but it took me 5 HOURS, yes that's FIVE, to do. I started with a simple flower that one of the students put up. Then I put it on a coloured background and erased a lot of the photos actual background. Then I went hunting for some interesting Photoshop brushes, downloaded a bunch, didn't have a clue what they would look like, so it took forever to choose one and then decide how to use it. Then I painted with coloured lines on the flower and wrote the word with a mouse (hard to write well with such a clumsy tool). This isn't totally mine as I got the idea and a tiny bit of a headstart by a wonderful designer Caryl Wyatt. She has an amazing story that you can read if you click her name.

Enjoy!

DJ Pettitt's Digital Manipulations Class is Underway!

Hi all: This is a card that I made from the first exercise we had in the class. The photo was large originally, so we had to drastically crop it, which created a lot of noise. Then we had to get rid of the noise, eliminate some distracting elements and apply some filters. This has been a HUGE undertaking for DJ, and I have been at my computer for the last 3 days. I didn't even get out of my PJ's today! My back is beginning to feel it so I am going to get outside to paint Friday as the temp is supposed to climb to 0C -wahoo! Welcome to winter in Calgary.

Enjoy!
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EXCITING new class!

I have just signed up for my second ning workshop! (for those of you who are asking yourselves 'what the heck is a ning site', according to Wickipedia, it is an online platform for people to create their own social networks -for my purposes, it is an online format for taking workshops) This one is "Memories and Manipulations" by DJ Pettitt, and is about digital artmaking. The beautiful images above are by DJ. The online class begins on Monday, and we will be learning all about digital manipulation with Photoshop. You can read all about the class (and sign up, it's not too late!) at DJ's blog. My friend/student Cheryl is taking this class with me, so it will be great to share the fun with her.

Stay tuned for some great new artwork coming up!