Portrait
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Chains and Tears
The beautiful Rachel wearing her chain mail head-dress…looks a bit medieval to me, so I added a castle… 😉 This is the first “creation” I made using a graphics tablet and pen. It felt a bit strange, but I was able to paint in hair much more easily than with a mouse. I need a lot more practice, but think I’m going to like working with a tablet!
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Building an Image: “Memories” deconstructed
Memories Here is “Memories”, deconstructed. I hope you enjoy. First I selected my foreground and background images. Originally I was intending to use a level cracked earth for this one, but it didn’t work with the back ground I had chosen. Images can evolve depending on what I happen to have in stock!
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Memories
It seems a long time since I had such fun creating an image. I’ve had a quiet autumn in terms of new work. Perhaps in the aftermath of my PAGB submission in the late spring, I needed to take a break. The other totally absorbing event in the last couple of months was the arrival of our Bengal cross kitten, who has been both a delight and a photographic distraction. Meanwhile I have amassed hundreds of new RAW pictures that just need me to find time to select and edit them and, of course, a creative idea or two would be good! Someone said to me on Saturday that the…
