Damask Figures

The composition above was created by copying or pasting vectors (eps or illustrator files ) in Photoshop as Smart Objects. Using the free transform and move tools to place things were I wanted. Then using Inverse Selection to "place" the Damask Pattern in the figures. Purple is currently one of my favorite colors, and gray is my favorite neutral.

Rusted Branches

This composition employs the sames techniques used in the previous post. The original photo (credit again to Corb, thank you!), by itself is beautiful. I really liked the snow covered branches and contrasting sky. I begged to borrow the photo, so I could play with it in photoshop.

Original Photo

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Old Paper Figures

I applied my Threshold Filter technique to 4 different photos. Then copied the layers to a photo of old textured paper from istockphoto.com. After playing around with the layout, I decided that I liked the descending order of this composition the best. Picture credits go to Corb. Extra blogger points, to anyone who knows what building in DC the Statues on the left and middle of the picture are a part of.

Tribute to Snowmageddon 2010

Although I grew up in a blizzard prone town. I've never continuously walked through so much snow in my life as I have in the past two weeks. (You drive through snow there.) Just this morning I wished I had my old snow pants, as I sunk though a snow drift up to my knees. After a while the trudging through the snow gets old. But before that happens, while the snow is falling or just after the storm is over, the snow is truly beautiful. I've spent spent several cold moments with a smile on my face looking at trees, clouds and buildings.
Special thanks to Corb for venturing out in Snowmageddon to capture the picture of the Capitol and then letting me use it for my blog. The frame came from iStock Photo. I applied a few filters to the picture of the Capitol for a blurry oil painted look, with a little detail. To the picture of the frame I adjusted the hue until I saw the shade of blue I was after. I love the color blue, but it also conveys how cold I've been this winter while complementing the picture inside.

Classical Motif Abstraction Calendar

My current obsession is abstractions of classical and floral motifs. A few weeks ago I worked that idea into a calendar for my friend's birthday. I designed each of the months to fit on half of an 8.5"x11" piece of paper with a 1/4" border. Once all 6 sheets were printed, I cut each page in half. I used vectors downloaded from istockphoto.com and played with the scale and color in Illustrator, then I imported the backgrounds as jpegs into InDesign and added the text. My current Sans Serif font of choice is Myriad Pro.