I was experimenting around with Photoshop today, trying new things. My inspiration came from the January 2008 issue of American Quilter magazine. In it are two different articles about creating fabric digitally (awesome!).
Using the instructions in the article Digital Delights: “Applique and Piecing” by Computer (by Gudny Campbell and Sandra Hart * ) I started with this iris photo I had in my files. The color is a little off for a straight flower photo, so it’s perfect for altering.
Then I applied the Photoshop Motion Blur filter (horizontal) which made a gorgeous gradation right away. I was pretty surprised how well it turned out. To that I added the Ripple filter and ended up with the nice background below:
To get the final heart image I got into the Liquify filter, which was really like finger painting with a more sophisticated palette. Using the Forward Warp Tool I just drew the heart outline with my stylus and then kept working with the colors until it was obviously a heart. It’s amazing how much you can fine tune where the “paint” goes, even though the colors are a bit slippery, like oil on water. I think the end result has organic striations of color like you find in an agate.
* For examples of Gudny Campbell and Sandy Hart’s work, see their Art Quilt website.
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December 27, 2007 at 4:30 pm
This one really speaks to me, Gretchen - flower transformed to stone, with those lovely liquid colours. I really like to read about the process that you use when you make these pieces, too. You make my fingers itch to get creative!
December 28, 2007 at 5:59 pm
I am going to have to try this with paint shop pro and show you what I come up with over on my blog.The settings that you use can also be used on that program even tho they may have a slightly different name and property. Check out my blog this weekend.
December 30, 2007 at 2:10 am
[...] was visiting a site called Heart a Day I think it was yesterday and I came upon a heart design and thought I would try to replicate it as close as I could with paint shop [...]
December 30, 2007 at 2:18 am
Hey I tried it lol. I got close well sort of but go ahead and check it out. Here is the link to the post.
http://wildheartsworks.com/73/heart-work-inspired-by-heartaday/