The Weight of Words

the weight of words

some things in life can not be fixed

...they can only be carried

this piece began with a picture of my front

porch taken with the slow cam app on my

iphone. i added the figure and background 

writing with procreate..texture in distressed fx

 then finished by adding letters across her back

 in path on. 

if you could smell this picture.... 

it would smell of 

sadness

Red On My Mind a Digital Collage Tutorial

Geri Centonze over at Art of Mob issued a challenge

on instagram to create a face collage using parts from

different photos. this is one of my favorite things to do

so i created Red On My Mind. i thought i'd walk you 

through my creative process to show how i made this piece.

i began with a picture taken with my iPhone at a ceramics

exhibit.

i opened this in iColorama app and changed it

to a painterly look.

opened this in Procreate app and then opened

my color outside the lines collage as another

layer and erased everything except the eyes.

below is what i ended up with. i also brought in a layer

with a letter written in a childs handwriting and erased

it all except what you see on the cheek.

then i opened the above image in ImageBlender as

the background and opened the picture i did below

as the foreground.

i played around with the opacity modes and

slider and then masked out all but the hair and glasses.

i took this photo back to iColorama and again

applied a painterly look. next i wanted a better

background so i opened my Tintype collage

in ImageBlender as the background and then 

brought in the above image that i had painted.

i moved the woman off center and then masked

out all but her figure. next i took the combined

photo back to iColorama and used brush/paint

to do a wash of color over the numbers to

make them fit my colors. i wasn't too happy

with top of her nose so i took the picture back

to ImageBlender and brought in the original

painted ceramic picture on top and masked

all but the nose to cover that light patch under

her glasses. i like how it turned out. i'd also

like to say that i'm sure all these steps could

have been done in iColorama…i'm just not

that good with the app…it's a powerful app and

one that i would suggest you add to your

collection.

Rainy Morning Walk….

Here are a couple of pics I took this morning on a 

walk around my yard. 

Yes….I HAD to snazzy them up with a couple of apps.

I've become quite obsessed with apps….BIG bang for

little bucks!

Here's the raw shot of the succulent:

I used Oggl (Hipstamatic) to get the effect above.

I have Hipstamatic on my iPhone…it lets you shoot

using a combination of lens and old film types but

I like shooting raw and opening the image in Oggl 

to see which combos I like best.

And the chives:

I opened this image in Snapseed and converted it to

HDR then saved and opened in my new favorite…

Tinned Cam and added the light effect and color

change. Easy peasy!

A little snazzing up makes all the difference!

L-O-L-A……LOLA

Do you remember the song "Lola" by the Kinks?

It was stuck in my head all day and ended up in my

art. The original picture is an old high school photo.

I opened it in Tinned Cam and added the overlay

with the white lettering and distress marks. Next I 

used Procreate to add the "makeup" and saved the

image and then opened this image and the original

 in Image Blender. After blending the two pictures

I opened the result in Word Swag to add the lyrics.

I've recently joined a group on Facebook moderated

by Karen Divine where she suggests a direction and then

she and other artists discuss your post. The current 

challenge is to develop a series based on one idea.

I'm thinking I'll continue to bring out the "Lola" in

more old photos for my entries.

Bird is the Word

I haven't had much of a chance to play around with apps

lately. After watching my gran while 

we waited for her sister to arrive I woke up the

day after she went home with some kind of cold/sore throat/

nausea thingy…..yuk! Still not feeling all that well but I did

play with a new app….Tinned Cam… to create this picture.

Fun app! I can't wait to feel better so I can really explore

what this one will do.

The Seeker

More iPhoneography for you…

I shot this yesterday using Camera+ while

my grans were hunting Easter eggs then

opened it up in Pencil Camera and played

around with the filters until I got the look

I wanted. Easy peasy…..

Raw image:

and my sweet boy….

Raw image:

Arlene Was Here

My senior picture and a snapshot taken in a jail

cell where women were housed back in the 70's 

make up this piece. I used Image Blender to combine

the two…adjusting the layer mode and opacity to

get this effect. 

Originals:

Foxy Lady

Just felt like having a little fun tonight.

Snapped a picture of a vintage sewing pattern

with Camera+ and cut out this lady's body.

Her head is from a picture I did playing 

around with free motion sewing. I combined

these two in Procreate and merged the

completed body with the background in

Image Blender adding the text with

Swag Word.

"You know you're a cute little heart breaker

Foxy

You know you're a sweet little love maker

Foxy

……Foxy Lady"

                                                                    jimi hendrix

Mobile Home with a View

Found this abandoned "home" in my asparagus

bed this morning.  I snapped this shot using

the Camera+ app on my iPhone…the only

adjustment was the lighting. I sat the shell

on the rusted lid of a galvanized can where

 I store bird seed to take the shot. Next I 

added the water/reflection below the picture.

And there you have it…mobile home with

a view.

That Beard….

I don't know what drew me first to this picture…the beard

or the eyes. I got it from the Swedish National Heritage Board

on Flickr. It was a black and white image.

I opened it first in Photoshop…converted it to an HDR image

and burned the eye area to make them even stronger. Next I 

opened it in Focal Lab and created the blur effect. After that

I opened it in Hipstamatic and applied a lens and film combination

that gave it the grain and color. Finally I opened it in Distressedfx

and converted it into an HDR photo again to get the strong visual.

Kind of a scary looking fellow…..

Reflections…..

“It is when you lose sight of yourself that you lose your way.

 To keep your truth in sight you must keep yourself in 

sight... and the world to you should be a mirror to reflect

 to you your image... the world should be a mirror that

 you reflect upon.” ~ C. Joybell

The Bee Keeper

I'm not sure where I saw this article about the bees

attending their keepers funeral but I always thought 

it was such a beautiful story. Playing around with

iPhoneography this sunny Saturday morn.

Totem

I've been taking an Iphoneography Class with Susan

Tuttle and can I just say that I'm absolutely twitterpated

by the idea of being able to shoot and edit pictures anywhere

that I happen to be. I've always carried around my Canon but

it can be cumbersome and to be able to carry an iPhone in my

pocket….well that's so much easier. I'm in app heaven at the

moment….love all the apps that I bought for this class. If you

are interested in seeing my work progress you can follow me

on Instagram….justjody59.