A Little Photoshop Fun

Tonight while my husband and son cheered U of L's basketball team on to a win in OT, I played with Photoshop. I started with a photo I'd taken in Madison Indiana last Spring of pretty pink roses peeking through a black wrought iron fence.

First, I filtered the photo with 'glowing edges'. Then I adjusted the brightness. (Click on photos to make them larger.)

Next, I inverted the color. More adjusting of brightness. I think this one has a little watercolor feel to it.

I like all three versions. Of course, no one beats Mother Nature, but playing with the images is fun. I was having so much fun that I created a fourth image from a part of the photo...lots of filtering created the photo at the top of this post. I think it looks a little like a batik on fabric. It's been a long time since I've dabbled with Photoshop. It was fun!

Abstracted Dressing

My latest digital collage is a bit different for me. I may be the only one who likes it. : )













Here's an early stage of the piece. Doesn't look much like it ended up, does it?

Creative Matrix - I'm back!

Creative Matrix is an online group for digital artists that I've belonged to for several years. However, for the past two or three years I've been a lurker due to heavy demands on my time by my previous employer. (My time was never my own.) Now that I'm in a new job with a wonderful employer who is respectful of my personal time, I have jumped back into this great group with both feet. I created three digital collages today - a great way to start a new decade. Two of them have been entered with Creative Matrix, all three are entered here. (The third one doesn't yet qualify for CM because it only uses one of their images. I may do more with it. A minimum of two of the proffered images must be used to create a 'weave' or a digital collage.) It feels good to be creative again. (I've already finished all 12 of my birthday card exchange cards too. Waaaay ahead of schedule. Yay for me!)


Fanciful old truck.



Through a lace curtain.



Bird-view.