Layloni

she wears flowers in her hair…..

i'm taking Gillian Lee Smiths Unearth Gather Create class

in hopes of improving my drawing/painting skills. one of my

first assignments was face mapping and shading. this is my

first attempt:

as far as face mapping.. the proportions aren't correct..

although with faces really anything goes. i opened my

drawing in iColorama and changed it in Style to

Threshold to get this:

i took this to PS CS5 and used the select tool on the

black…saving it as a png (i also made a brush to use

in CS5). this allowed me to use the drawing without

including the white background.

next i opened this image of a Klimt painting in Repix:

 i used the Van Gogh brush to blur

sections of the photo ending up with this:

then on to Procreate where i added the

png of my drawing:

i cropped out the section with the face and

painted in the flower..white high lighting and

the design in the lower right corner. 

next i took it to iColorama and added the lettering

in the lower left corner and the paint drips.

i then opened it in Analog…adding the white dust

and scratches…to get the finished piece.

Home

they always stay close….

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.

He Captured Her Heart

they have a way of doing that.......

the original photo:

opened in Brushstroke and changed to a painted image:

taken to Procreate and added some color:

still in Procreate...overlay an old digital collage,

masking out her face:

opened in Analog and added a few scratches:

took it back to Procreate and added

the heart and string:

finished by opening in iColorama and applying
Style/Coherence and painted some white
splatters using Brush/Paint

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.

Laden

sometimes things get a little heavy…

i began with this photo from a magazine:

it was opened in Brushstroke and Lead 1 was applied:

next i took it to iColorama and applied

Style/Simplify/4/14, Brush to mask what 

i didn't want and add the random letters, 

cropped, then Form/Straight to skew the

 image so she looked bent over:

i finished up in Path On, adding the wording

on her back.

Here is the journal spread i did with
this piece:

One by One

don't they always...

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.