Hello Ruby in the Dust

listening to a little Neil Young and playing

with apps….

House of Cards

sometimes it feels that way.....

Swimming in a Fishbowl

aren't we all…..

here's the original photo from the 2013 Beard

& Mustache Championship:

i added the goldfish using PS CS5 and then opened

it in Brushstroke app applying Simple 5:

opened this in Repix and blurred the background:

took this to Procreate and painted in the color/bubbles:

took this back to Repix and scatted a little dust around:

i finished up by taking it to Path On and adding my

own version of some Pink Floyd lyrics.

Star Light Star Bright

…i wish i might

have this wish

i wish tonight

i started with this magazine ad:

cropped to get a close up of her head

and took that to Brushstroke to give it

a painted look:

took this to Repix and blurred the background,

 smoothed some skin texture and added some stars:

opened this in Procreate and added some more color

to her face and the light reflection on the side of her

head. i finished it with "star shine" using LensLight

and adding the wording in WordSwag.

If You Could Read My Mind

this…..reminds me of my teens

i began with a magazine photo:

i opened it in Brushstroke and applied

Simple 2:

next it was opened in Procreate where i

added a little color:

then i took it to Repix and blurred the

background to give it a smoother look:

the piece was completed in Analog

where i added the scratches.

One by One

don't they always...

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.