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.

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.

Grayson Perry Makes Me Happy!

there are some pictures that just beg for a little digital magic.

this one of Grayson Perry was one of them! i did a little

manipulating with iColorama to get this image. he is such

a fun and interesting person…also a wonderful ceramic
 artist. want to take a peek into his world…
check out this interview.

Just a Shadow of Myself

I found this guy on my walk today and brought him home

to do a little digital magic on him. I was both creeped

out and fascinated with him and found myself waiting for

him to strike out as I shot a series of photos. 

I used Snapseed, iColorama, and Mextures to get 

this effect. Here's the original shot:

I carried this guy all around the yard shooting in 

different places. This shot was on the concrete

in front of my steps. When I started shooting I

noticed the shadow which I thought was wonderful.

After loading the photo on my laptop the one I wanted

to use was blurred….I have such a hard time taking

pictures with glasses on but don't manage well without

them for close up. Carried the little guy back out to

try for a clear shot and the clouds had rolled in so

I lost the shadow. I had to wait for about a hour before

the sun reappeared to get this shot.

Ssssssssssss!

This one was done with ShockMyPic:

Lucid Dreaming

Lucid Dreaming

Shamanic Journeying

Time Traveling

Soul Walking

Aho...

Composed with iColorama, Tangent, 

Tinned Cam & ShockMyPic

Summertime...

I'm not a country music fan but Kenny Chesneys

Summertime was stuck in my head today. Played around

with icolorama brushes again then opened the 

image in Oggl to add a vintage camera lens and 

film effect. Added some texture with DistressedFX and

finally the lyrics with Word Swag.

I know….it's not a Ford….but it's the only shot

I had of a truck.

Yoo-Hoo!

The Ancient

I've been looking at the icolorama app for a while

now. I've seen some wonderful things done with it

so I finally plunked down the $2.99 to add it to my

arsenal of photo manipulation tools. 

This is my first piece and to be honest I can't really 

tell you how I did it! I opened one of my digital

collages and played around with brushes in the

artist mode….I think….

After getting something that caused that little

"yeah…that's it" kinda thingy in my stomach

I saved it and then reopened it in Tangent and

added the geometric elements….and 

The Ancient revealed herself.

I've got a LOT to learn about this app but it

looks like a great purchase.