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heArt #136 Broken Heart Sunday, Apr 6 2008

Abstract and Art and Collage and Digital Collage and Heart Gretchen 1:09 pm

Painted in Photoshop using some brushes from the plant set by bSilvia at graphics-illustrations as well as my own.

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heArt #102 Random Act of heArt Friday, Jan 4 2008

Abstract and Art and Digital Painting and Heart Gretchen 1:37 am

This heart art was digitally painted in Photoshop CS2 using a Wacom Graphire4.

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heArt #100 Heart Agate Wednesday, Dec 26 2007

Abstract and Altered Art and Art and Digital Painting and Heart and Tutorial Gretchen 10:22 pm

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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