Ole Man and De Cat

sometimes i see a photo and just HAVE to work a

little painting mojo on it. the colors in this one sucked

me right in!

here is the original... my neighbor…Lannie…and his

new friend:

i brought the photo into brushstroke and gave it 

an oil painting look:

once this was done i opened the altered photo in 

procreate and added some white highlights and

gave kitty some whiskers and a few scraggly hairs

for the finished piece.

btw….HE named it Ole Man and De Cat

i am not in a position to be calling anyone

old. i only see a kind soul that rescued a

precious baby someone dumped by

the roadside.

My Gypsy Soul

so…another morning filled with altering

a photo. it's wonderful to be able to play

in a virtual studio.

to begin i opened this image (found on pinterest)

in icolorama…changed the style to tensor and

adjusted the exposure...

to get this:

took the above image to brushstroke app

and applied illustration a5:

i cut out the background with eraser app

and layered it over a photo of a green..

graffiti covered wall with the exclusion

mode selected to get the pink/purple color.

this was done in ps cs5 to get this result:

next the image was blended with the first

alteration in image blender app:

i finished by opening the above picture in 

icolorama and changed the effect by adding

noise which softened the look. in the form

mode i applied a mirror effect to flip the

image to get the end result at the beginning

of this post.

The Lightworker

do you feel the ENERGY?

she is a HOLLOW BONE...

it does not come from her

...it comes through her

i started this piece with a stock photo from 

kittythecatstock on deviant art:

in Brushstroke app i applied illustration a3 with 

a faded tint:

this was opened in photoshop cs5 where i added 

the kneeling woman and a texture overlay:

next i added the ENERGY flare using

Lenslight app:

 

i got the finished photo by adding scratches

with Analog app.

 

 

He Said Her Name

"it's been an ugly day" she said

"tell me something beautiful….."

and  he said

her name

i read that somewhere….maybe pinterest

and thought it was beautiful. 

i opened this image (an ad for fake

freckles from style.com) in Brushstroke app:

and gave it an oil painting effect with a tinted overlay:

next i took this image to Procreate app and did a few 

brush strokes in her hair and painted over her face

and freckles to even out her skin:

 in photoshop cs5 i added the stains

and the quote:

i finished by adding the scratches in

Analog app... as seen in the first image.

Live Wild Flower Child

who knew altering magazine pages could

be so much fun....and addicting....

this is the original page that i scanned:

i opened this image in icolorama and changed

the style to simplify then took that to Analog app

and applied the scratches. i added the heart shaped

wording using Path On app. easy peasy... i

love the look.

In Her Heart....

along the path of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage,

on a hill top overlooking the village of Uterga,

is a sculpture depicting pilgrims on foot and on

horseback with the inscription:

 

"Where the path of the wind crosses that of the stars."

 

i like the sound of that.

i want to live where the path of the wind

crosses that of the stars....

today i tried something different in my journal...

altered magazine pages.