New to working with textures? Here’s a Beginning Tutorial to get you started quickly. Plus there are Two Free Downloads to follow along. A Flower photograph and a Fine Art Grunge Texture.
Self Portrait With Textures And Impression Filter
Here is a self-portrait I did with textures added and then finished with the Topaz Labs Impression painterly filter.
Rose Photograph Plus Texture Plus Impression Filter
Combining a rose photograph, a texture, and the Topaz Labs Impression Filter to create a digital painting.
Peony Scanography With Topaz Labs Filter
I’m really loving the combination of scanned flowers and the *Topaz Labs Impression filter.
Using The Photoshop Stamp Filter To Create A Design Element
In the last post where I showed you my Photoshop filter exploration on an iris photograph, one of my examples was using the Photoshop / Sketch / Stamp filter. In this post, I want to show you how I used that filter result with a texture to create a design element.
Iris Flower With Photoshop Filters
In the last post, I showed you my set up for photographing an iris flower intended for my designs. In this post, I share my creative Photoshop filter explorations.
Photographing An Iris For Your Designs
When photographing a flower to create a motif for your designs or illustrations, you may need to cheat a bit. Check out my set up, pre photography manipulations and Photoshop post processing and edits.
I’m Back!
I can’t believe how long it’s been since I’ve posted here! You know how we sometimes go through rough patches in our lives? Well, 2016 was a humdinger for me but 2017 has brought a shift to clarity and energy and boy do I have things to share with you!
Picking And Prepping Plants For Photographing
A few tips for picking and prepping flowers and plants before photographing them. Includes choosing plants, when to pick, basic clean up, and creative edits.
Creating Design Illustrations From Plant Photographs
The teaser for a series of posts on photographing flowers and plants and post-processing in Photoshop and Illustrator as design elements and illustrations.
Before And After. French Tower With A Watercolor Texture.
This photograph of a French tower was created with filters, selective desaturation, and the addition of a watercolor texture.