Visions Of Summer
I live in Australia and when I designed this piece the colours of the Australian summer and landscape came out in my use of the palette. I designed it in late 2005 at NSW TAFE, but I changed it today and added a few extra details. Is art ever really finished ? Each time you look at your work you may see something you would like to add, or do in a another way.

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screamqueen
beautiful work!!
reflector
Thanks screamqueen ( interesting login ) ! Your work is really good and it’s inspirational to me.
David McLean
sensational work
reflector
Thanks for the great comment David.
Michelle Boyer
Fantastic!
reflector
Fantastic Comment Michelle, hahaha ! Gotta love the old RB ! A highly inspirational place to gravitate to on the web, for sure. So much energy and talent to witness and fuel our creative impulses ! I haven’t been making anything sometimes, just gawking at other people’s amazing stuff way too much..
Alan Findlater
really good work very well done
reflector
Thanks a lot Alan, glad you like it.
Caroline Gorka
Stunning ! Such great imagery of our beautiful, blazing summers. I was an expat, from chilly Britain ..(was, as now a Aussie citizen) and when I first came here, it was the strong colours that wowed me – amongst a thousand other things.
reflector
I’ve seen some absolutely beautiful and incredibly interesting and mystical places in Great Britain. Only on the TV, DVD’s etc, not in person. It may rain a lot over there but those Castles, old mining towns, Roman and Celtic ruins and a million other things are simply amazing.
But I live here because I love Australia, like you do now ! Thanks very much for your great, thoughtful comment. ( Your avatar should be bigger so we can see your smile better ! )
david campbell
very nice
reflector replied
Thanks David, I’m glad that you like this design.
MuscularTeeth
this should probably be a tshirt dude.
reflector replied
Funny you should say that – there are a few photo-montages too that could be made into T-Shirts as well. I have been thinking that way for the last couple of days.
MuscularTeeth
ive ONLY sold tshirts.
but ive had more view on me pics.
reflector replied
Nobody ever told me that – the perfect info for a marketer. Image resolution is a problem for me, but if I put two images from a small series side by side and then reduce that a bit I should have the resolution issue fully sorted out.
Cheers !
MuscularTeeth
dude i dont think that far.
if it looks good on teh template thats enuf for me!
like that incredibly repressive and evil shoe company says “just do it”.
reflector
I’ll open the Template and see if it all makes perfect sense. Hopefully I can just use my current image sizes with no extra work needed.
J Velasco
the combination between red and orange works perfect.I like it a lot.It s very beautiful
reflector replied
Thanks very much ! I am not Aboriginal, but if I added Black to these colours it would have all the colours that represent their traditional colours.
retepk
Good work.
reflector replied
Thanks retepk ! You have some radical artwork in your folio !
peggywright
Nice artwork!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Peggy !
Gerda Grice
Love the colours and design and the wonderfully warm, sunny feel of this image!
reflector replied
Thanks very much Greda ! It’s great to get such positive feedback from a lady with your level of success and ability. Thanks also for the Fav !
Margie Dillow
Amazing colors – Love it
reflector replied
Thanks Margie, I’m glad you like it !
Jewd
A really strong design, great color palette and use of positive and negative space…a favorite..
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Jewd ! I made this first at TAFE, but this year I re-visited it and added extra elements to the design. Thanks for making it a Fav !
MuscularTeeth
posted on the buyers booth me ole chum.
reflector replied
Thanks a lot MT ! That edit you did in the booth looks bizarre, I need to have another look to see whats happening in the montage behind the card. :)
dinghysailor1
fantastic card my friend and well displayed! and love the big arrow by MT to guide me to it!!! congrats on your sale!!
reflector replied
Thanks v.much Dinghy ! I thought MT made a trippy montage at first, then I realized that it was a straight photo. He bought it a few months ago – it was my first sale.
Virginia McGowan
gee I missed this James! fan tastic thanks to our Mr Teeth friend I spotted it ,
reflector replied
Thanks Ginny ! This is my most popular graphic design ever. But every time I look at it I feel like it’s not finished art yet !
Sensiworld
Great !!
reflector replied
Thank you, much appreciated !
emolena
Beautiful !!!
reflector replied
Thanks very much !
michael byerley
very warm and relaxing.gives me that longing for summer !!!
reflector replied
Thanks very much Michael, this is one of my favourite graphic designs. We’re heading for Summer here, but I know it’s getting close to winter over there. Thanks for the Fave !
Marilyn Harris
Must have missed this one!! Such a wonderful design James!!! It would be great to see some more of these great designs!!! Love it!! :o))
reflector replied
Thanks very much Blossom. I have re-worked this one many ways for different uses including an animated user interface. There are other Graphic Designs in my last 2 or 3 pages. Thanks a lot for the Fave !
Cora Wandel
This is stunning. I don’t think art is ever finished, but at some point you need to let go. – Cora
reflector replied
Thanks Cora ! I think this one can stay finished, the queue of other things I want to do has superseded it ! Thanks for the fave !
reflector replied
... James
Cora Wandel
Your hosts,
Anne-Marie & Cora
reflector replied
Thanks by the bucket-load to both of you, that’s great news ! This has always been one of my ultimate personal faves – very much appreciate you choosing it for a feature !
Bev Woodman
Congratulations James on the feature in the Image Writing group – Yahoo!!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Bev, I just saw that and it’s great stuff ! I only found that group a couple of days ago.
dinghysailor1
congratulations on the great feature james – it is excellent work!! well done
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reflector replied
Thanks Maggie ! This ones had a good life ! :)
Solomon Walker
creative, real great!
reflector replied
Thanks a lot for your great feedback !
linda858100
NICE,
reflector replied
Thank you Linda, much appreciated ! This is one of my personal favourites.
parmi
This is fantastic mate, love the choice of colour, very apt representation of summer here.
reflector replied
Thanks a lot Parmi, I appreciate your comment ! My first sale on RB was a card of this – it was bought by Muscular Teeth.
maxy
The hints of the puffy summer clouds, the wonderful colors of orange red and yellow, the birds and warmth – this is amazing work!!! Stunning! xoxo!
reflector replied
Thanks for your encouraging comment Maxy ! This is one of my long term favourites. :)x
Trish Woodford
Love it, great piece of artwork – definitely has a great aussie summer feel :))
reflector replied
Thank you Trish ! I really like using those colours in design. :)