January, 2010

What’s she looking at?

Sunday, January 31st, 2010

I’m an amateur photographer and digital artist. One of my greatest pleasures is being able to sit down for an hour with a photograph, and see what secrets lie beneath the image as it was originally captured.

Today, I worked on this photo:

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… and the entire time I worked on it, playing with the colors, the tone, the nuances of the image, I kept thinking, “What’s she looking at?” Do you see her? The woman in the blue dress staring out at the ocean? Is she looking at the guy on the sailboat? Is she waiting for her merman? Is she staring out at the horizon, wishing she was anywhere but here?

The writer in me can’t help but wonder… What do you think?

Geisha in Stained Glass

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

I’ve been putting in some very long hours at the day job, and although I’ve been meeting my word count in the evenings, I’ve also been desperately in need of another creative outlet. So I started a new Photoshop project, and in a few sessions, I had this:

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It’s not perfect… I’m noticing more and more flaws the longer I stare at it, but overall I’m happy enough to share. :-)

I know it’s not Christmas, but…

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Okay, so I’m about a month behind the rest of the world. Despite the fact that it’s January, I got my second wind of Christmas spirit today. When I have spare time and I feel like doing something creative, I tackle one of two things: I write, or I play with Photoshop in an attempt to improve my graphic art skills.

So today, I could have very well worked on a Christmas story… but I didn’t. Instead, I created this:

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