Free Falling
Just something fun I did Playing around in Photo shop!
I had a image of a girl diving and scanned it into photoshop and created a new blank image and pasted it in. Instead of having her vertical I rotated her horizontal, I used the clone tool to paint her bathing suite off, and used the paintbrush to fill in the background with color and clouds, then used a few filters like Gaussian blur on background several times. I drew in the wings and then added effects like emboss to give detail. then just did some color correction and added warm high lights to make it feel as if the sun was above and behind her! I think it came out with a high atmospheric feel! She could just free fall for 5 minutes or so before having to flap her wings
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Angel Gold
Very cool…Love the colouring
Van Cordle
Thank you Selina!!
Sensiworld
Wonderful !
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much Sylvia!!
Susan van Zyl
Spread your wings and fly!!!
Love it!
Van Cordle replied
Susan thank you very much!!
Tracey Mac
How gorgeous….reminds me of ‘City of Angels’ .....wonderful!
Van Cordle replied
Tracey Mac thank you very much!
Tania Donald
very pretty, Van. ; )
Van Cordle
Thank you Tania!! Just a quick fun thing!
Heather Brown ...
Love it! If I could have any super human powers, I would want wings like these.
Van Cordle replied
Heather thank you so much!!
Tom Godfrey
cool Van.
Van Cordle replied
Thanks Tom : )
claudiu
Suuuper, inspiring!
Van Cordle replied
Claudia thank you : )
MuscularTeeth
fantastic work.
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Teeth ; )
peyote
Sweet…

I dream like this so for me this image makes me feel free
while floating on soft clouds gently batting my wings hehe xXx
EarthGipsy
Wonderfullly whimsical :)
Van Cordle replied
Thank you EarthGipsy!!
HappyCatholics
Very cool effect with the wings.
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much HappyCatholics!!
GEORGE SANDERSON
Great image, Van
Way to technical for me!
Van Cordle replied
Thanks! I enterd this in a group who needed the info!!
Nathan Walraven
Excellent photoshop effects and use of tools! Fabulous picture!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Nathan!!
CherTheArt
This is great! I love the photoshop effects you did. :)
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Cher!!
flyfish70
Very nicely done Van!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much Flyfish70!!
Hidemi Tada
Super Angel. very nce image!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Hidemi!!
Tahnja
another lovely idea and image
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Tahnja!!
Jen Cannella
Beautiful work…thanks for sharing how it was created!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much Jen!!
Mariaan Krog A...
Very, very creative Van! Awesome job!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Mariaan!!
handprintz
Great work love the colours
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much Trudi!
Rosina Lamberti
Excellent work.
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Rosina!! Love your work!
Angel Warda
ahhhhh!!!! an Angel! I love it!!!!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Angel : ) Love getting comments from you : )
Angel Warda
I love giving you comments…so deserved!!!!
Alan Findlater
excellent work well done
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much Alan!
salsbells69
Wow Van…your explanation of how you got to this amazing piece is an art in itself!! I think the end result is fabulous and everything you sought to achieve you most definately did! Its fabulous!!
Van Cordle replied
salsbells69 thank you so very much!! I really appreiceate your comments!! And love your work!
cherylc1
beautiful!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much cherylic1!!
Geir Floede
So dynamic and powerful. Thats great.
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Geir!! Love your creative, humorous, excellent works!! Great stuff!!!
StarKatz
Such a beautiful creation your works are ingenious!
Van Cordle replied
Why thank you so much for such a great comment!!
Heavenandus777
Absolutely Stunning, Love the Title and the Song, .Yeah Im Free…... Free Falling.I can’t Remember Who sings it Right off Hand.LOL.
ANNA
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much AnnA!! I love that song too!!
Rusty Woodward...
Hello Van! How are you? This is lovely! Is this a new slant on Icarus? Brilliant digital art!
Van Cordle replied
Hi Rusty thank you so very much!! Just something I came up with -had nothing in mind!!
Nith
wow imazing art work Van Cordle
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much Nith!!
DarkStars
Beautiful! I love the ethereal feel to it :)
Van Cordle replied
Thank you very much DarkStars!! Love your work!! You have a great since of humor!
CanDuCreations
Beautiful, awesome work. It has the feeling of freedom.
Van Cordle replied
Thanks so much CanDu!! It does : )
Astrid Pardew
very clever and creative….awesome result!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Astrid!!! : )
midnightdreamer
Stunning work my friend, this piece is so beautiful and conveys such a sense of unbridled freedom….wonderful!
Peace to you ; )
Leah
Van Cordle replied
Thank you midnightdreamer for that great comment!!
Kathryn Potempski
lovely work nice and delicate Van
Van Cordle replied
Thank you kathryn so much!! : )
DanaMS
You just painted my dream.. omg… so beautiful…
Van Cordle replied
Thank you DananMS You have a great dream : )
RealPainter
great…..........i dont have photoshop yet….........when i win my artist contest ill go get it….....love this one its a great artwork…........have a great day
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Real : ) I love your art and words, when you get Photoshop you will do some awesome things : )
kimie
Just ,simply, beautiful x
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much kimie!!
Xenia
VERY CREATIVE!
Van Cordle replied
Why thank you Xenia!! Love getting comments from you : )
Renate Dartois
I love his I adore Angels-this is so lovely.
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Renate!!
Sharon Mau
Brilliant work Van, I very much enjoy reading your commentary on your process. It is beautiful!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Sharon!! Means a lot!!
sweetscent62
Beautiful image Van : ) aren’t you clever… Wen x
Van Cordle replied
Thank you sweetscent62!! Love your work!!
sweetscent62
You’re welcome.. : ) the feeling is mutual… Wen x
dogfish
Ha! a lot of playing around in photoshop for a quick fun image :-p
love it.
Van Cordle replied
Thanks doqfish! your work is great!
Anne McGinn
THIS IS GORGEOUS. REALLY CREATIVE ON YOUR PART. I LOVE THAT YOU EXPLAINED STEP BY STEP HOW YOU ACHIEVED THE FINAL IMAGE. I AM A BEGINNER AND IT HELPS A LOT. THAT IS WHY I LOVE RB SO MUCH :)))))
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much imaqeaddict!! Love your work!!
liliana
This is fantastic! Great image Van!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much Liliana!! Love your work!!
eXposure
very talented creation Van.
lovely image
Van Cordle replied
Thank you so much eXposure!! Love your work!!
kamorphous
I love this!
Van Cordle replied
Thank you Kalliope!! Means a lot!!!
Cora Wandel
Thank you, Van! It is EXCELLENT! – Cora
Cathleen Taraw...
Now wouldn’t that be fun.
LoneAngel
Oh its simply beautiful
Joyce Dickens,...
Fantastic!.... so uplifting, joyful and inspirational….......just a joy!!!
Ming Myaskovsky
You know its the piece itself that’s talking not the eye of the viewer, beautifully done!! :-)
Meeli Sonn
Great image. Thanks for sharing your masterwork and description
amarica
Congratulations on being featured in the AMERICAS ~ Rural, Urban, Wild, Free – Expressions of Artists group!!!
mekea
Very cool work Van! Hope you’ve been well!:)
rosamd
beautiful work,great title.:)