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It’s been a creative few days

Posted on September 28, 2009

For my cousin’s daughter. 
-K

Miss Emily … sort of!

Posted on September 27, 2009

I’ve been sick the last two days with the flu and haven’t felt like doing much of anything.  I had a few projects open on my pc that I kept coming back and fiddling with every now and then since yesterday and just couldn’t seem to get anything right.  I finally finished up one character I was working on, hoping I can use this one in the future. Completely created in CS3.   I’m going to be creative and call her “Miss Emily”.  LOL.. yeah, it’s the flu talking.
-K

Smoke Photography

Posted on September 17, 2009

There was a thread I read recently that had some examples of smoke photography.  Of course you KNOW I had to give it a try.  I have to say… for me… this was NOT easy.  I’ll rephrase that and say capturing the smoke in focus was NOT easy.  No way would autofocus yield any usable shots.  My eyes are not the best, manually focusing on thin plumes of smoke in a semi-darkened room was nearly impossible.  I also had some issues with my onboard flash.  Once I figured out it needed to be set to manual and not TTL things were looking MUCH better instantly.  I couldn’t figure out why the images looked “almost” right on my lcd but when I pulled them into bridge…  the smoke was not lit up the way I wanted it.  A little ginning around, added some homemade “barn doors” to my strobe light, pulled out a reflector for the opposite side of the strobe, adjusted the onboard flash… set my camera settings accordingly and VOILA!!  The post processing is the best part of this, and right up my alley!    I’ll be experimenting over the next few weeks I think.  Triple LOVED doing this.
-K

I’m calling this one “The Dance”

The rest are unnamed

11×14 Storyboard Share {Holds 8 Images}

Posted on September 14, 2009

This Storyboard holds 8 images and is a little more complicated than the first one I posted.  It comes with instructions as an Inforamtional Text Layer and you will need to make invisible before saving your project at the end.  If using for web you will need to resize it accordingly.  I’m hoping the instructions are easy enough to follow.  Created as a psd in CS3.  I do not know what other versions it is compatible with.  I guess if you can use layers, it should work?  Not sure though.
-K

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8×10 Storyboard Share {Holds 4 images}

Posted on September 14, 2009

Yesterday I went look for some Blog photo templates and found a few.  I decided to try making one of my own and keep it as simple as possible.  Made in CS3.  This template is an 8×10 4 image design.  It is full size and can be used for printing.  If you are using it for blogging or the web in general, you will need to resize it accordingly.  Please remember to make the text info layer invisible before flattening and saving your project.  All you have to do is crop your images using the crop tool to the given dimensions for the image place holders (the sizes are right on the template for you) and then drag and drop them to the appropriate area.  It’s not the “best” template, but it’s generic and easy to use.  Hope someone can use it!  I think this download is only good for 7 days.  Below is a sample of the Template up for share.
-K

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To The Top

Posted on September 13, 2009

These are from a few weeks back when the girls tackled the Rock Wall at Canal Fest sponsered by the US Army.  Miss M’s brother would be proud that she made it to the top!  Both girls made it to the top and won T-Shirts.  Thankfully… neither girl was eligible for recruiting which was the ploy behind the event. WTG girls!
-K

 

Jewelled Lily

Posted on September 12, 2009

Now this painting… was for me.  It’s totally my colors!  I had no idea I would enjoy painting flowers, I’m not really a “flower” person.  I learned a few new things in Painter… like controlling Artists Oils.  I think I need to redo my stylus settings, I’m not getting the pressure sensitivity that I would like.  I hate messing with settings, that always scares me! 
-K

Blossom

Posted on September 10, 2009

My brother asked me to make him a painting for his bedroom wall.  He’s redecorating it with a mix of asian crossed with dark continent themes.  I love his faith in my skills but if it weren’t for digital painting… I’d never be able to do this stuff.    I really really LOVE how this turned out. 
-K

Same but different

Posted on September 7, 2009

Still playing today!  She loved it, and we printed it for her class folders.  Sometimes she actually likes the things I make.
-K

A Beautiful Mess

Posted on September 6, 2009

Needed to busy my mind and I promised myself to learn something new in photoshop every week.  So this week I decided to tackle “Layer Masks”.  While I don’t think I have it completely mastered {seems there are some pretty cool ways to use those} I do feel I have a better understanding.  This example is pretty close to the tutorial I followed, however that tutorial must have been missing a few steps because it did NOT work the way they suggested it should.  In the end…….. this is what I have. 
-K

Go Mighy Mo! Melanie Oudin

Posted on September 5, 2009

Melanie Oudin, what a little American firecracker!  I see an exciting future in this  Tennis player.  Hope to see her go far in the U.S. Open.
Go Mighty MO!
-K

HaPpY BiRtHdAy!!

Posted on September 1, 2009

… to me!
-K