Anna
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Anna Shaw
United Kingdom
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Anna Dillon
United Kingdom
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Anna Roberts
United Kingdom
475 creative works found
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Double exposure created in the darkroom & printed on fiber based paper.
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My daughter allowed me six photographs before she became embarrassed and stopped the shoot. I attached camera to my bike helmet and pre-set the camera to fire on delay release. A bit hit and miss but managed this lovely picture. No wonder she was embarrassed! / Taken at Les Hoffman reserve in Dianella
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The painting is based on a photo I took on Dartmoor a few years ago. The light was fantastic and I’ve expanded on that to create this vibrant landscape.
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Hummingbird getting ready to land on the feeder. Canon 40D, Canon 70mm-200mm lens.
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A Turneresque depiction of Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland Nikon D200 / F22 1/50 ISO100 / 7 exposures +/-3 / Processed in Photomatix / Edited in Photoshop Featured in: /
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Giraffes in the heat of the African sun. Created in Photoshop with photos, paint and textures. Featured in: / Creative Giraffes / Retired and Happy
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“And when the day arrives I’ll become the sky and I’ll become the sea and the sea will come to kiss me for I am going home. Nothing can stop me now.”’ Trent Reznor This image is a tribute to an old friend, Hilton Matthews, who so sadly died earlier this year. It is a gift for his wife, and my closest friend, Sarah. Hilton was a well known sailor on the Isle of Wight, and was one of the true characters of the Fishbourne Sailing Club. He weathered many storms during his life. He would have loved this one! The boat in the image is one which Hilton helped rescue when it ran aground on the rocks. The sky and the seas have been painted, using a variety of brushes in Photoshop CS4. 09/11/09 – 879 Viewings, 217 comments and 79 favourites. Featured in: / The Woman Photographer / Digital Art Manipulation / Top Ten in the Water Challenge / Digital Brushstrokes / Dream and Fantasy Art / The Scavenger Hunt / Artists of Redbubble / Digital Art Compilations / Imaginative Realism
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“My friends, when you are thirsty, I will bring you water. When you are hungry I will bring you food. When you are lonely, I will bring you me. I will be there for you always” Aquarians are wondrous, puzzling and sometimes ‘whacky’. / They are the thinkers of this world. Music – Wade in The Water Eva Cassidy Featured in .. / Jen & Erics Eyes / MCM/CP7FM_NCM6X_PKU1E This is the fifth image in my zodiac series the others are … —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / This was created in Photoshop. / Several different backgrounds and textures from my own stock, were blended and merged and then the individual components blended in. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / I am indebted to the following artists for their wonderful stock images… Girl / Lion / Goat / Ram / Goat / Owl
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This was inspired by the beautiful poem ‘By The Sea’ written by my wonderful friend Restlessd It immediately conjured up the music of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata On 25/11/2009 this image has had 881 views, / 189 comments and 66 favouritings Featured in / Art For The World / Digital Art Compilations / Jen and Erics Eyes* / MCN :: CBG75-QXBCY-WMQNY By The Sea The moon reflects its luminance / As I stand above the flowing waves. / The tide moves evenly in and out / White foam crashes into the caves. Sea oats whisper in the wind / A gull breaks the night with its cries. / I stand alone taking all this in / And a smile comes into my eyes. Darkness, darkness all around, / The sand so cool to my feet. / The music of the ocean near, / Yet, silence set in so deep. A motionless sky beacons to me / While streaming white stars say no. / So I will stay where I be, I’ll not disturb thee / For I really don’t want to go. Melting clouds drift all about / Just like ghosts beyond the sky. / Now and then there comes a call / As a sea bird soars on by. Away beyond the shoreline tide / A few lone ships fade and hide. / There they await the dawn / Knowing then their work is done. Ebbing, peaceful rhythms ever so near; / Quiet solitude engulfs me, / I am calm and I am happy here, / Walking in the night by the sea. _____ Several backgrounds were blended together in Photoshop CS4, and textures added. The beautiful girl was blended over several layers, some of them being blurred to give movement to her dress. The clouds and moonbeams were painted. I was pleased with the end result, so I really hope that you will like it. ______ Special thanks to the artists who so generously shared their stock… Girl / Gulls / Main background
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“The sky and the earth are charged with our power as we pay homage to the Ram, who brings us the passing of winter and the emergence of spring. Flowers grow, and new beginnings are here. It is an ode to joy” (anna shaw) “Joy, beautiful spark of the gods, / Daughter of Elysium, / We enter fire imbibed, / Heavenly, thy sanctuary” / Words to Beethoven’s Ode To Joy / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / On 9/11/09 Aries has had 432 views Featured In… / Photo Manipulations / Jen & Erics Eyes / Dimensions / Animal Fantasy and Whimsy On 9/11/09 this has received 432 views / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Aries is a Cardinal Fire sign, ruled by Mars. As the first sign in the zodiac, and corresponding with the first day of spring, the Aries individual is a mover and shaker, fearlessly forging ahead or “springing forth” into new territory. The Aries personality is always a force to be reckoned with. These are curious and energetic individuals, always delving into new areas, but often quickly becoming bored and moving on, leaving unfinished projects in their wake. Arians are forthcoming and direct. They don’t generally have hidden agendas or ulterior motives. If they find an area in which they are interested for a long period, they can become accomplished, well-known, and wealthy. / From Mysticalblaze / MCN/C4YKS_KEQGL_N7R4L This is the seventh in my Zodiac Series. The others are… _________ / This image was created in Photoshop CS4. It took over 70 layers to merge and blend all the foreground images with the background. Many different textures were added and lots of painting was involved. It was tremendous fun to create this. I am indebted to the following artists for the generous use of their stock… Woman / Rams / Bull / Lion / Lioness / Goat / Ritual Table
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Featured in / Artists of Red Bubble / Dimensions / Red Bubble – Most Popular Art / Inspired Art Inspired by the beautiful singer, Eva Cassidy. On 25/11/09 this work has received 960 views, 310 comments and 83 favourites. Fields of Gold You’ll remember me when the west wind moves / Among the fields of barley / You can tell the sun in his jealous sky / When we walked in fields of gold So she took her love for to gaze awhile / Among the fields of barley / In his arms she fell as her hair came down / Among the fields of gold Will you stay with me will you be my love / Among the fields of barley / And you can tell the sun in his jealous sky / When we walked in fields of gold I never made promises lightly / And there have been some that I’ve broken / But I swear in the days still left / We will walk in fields of gold / We’ll walk in fields of gold I never made promises lightly / And there have been some that I’ve broken / But I swear in the days still left / We will walk in fields of gold / We’ll walk in fields of gold Many years have passed since those summer days / Among the fields of barley / See the children run as the sun goes down / As you lie in fields of gold You’ll remember me when the west wind moves / Among the fields of barley / You can tell the sun in his jealous sky / When we walked in fields of gold / When we walked in fields of gold / When we walked in fields of gold —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / MCN/CSEXA_TVJ2B_GKFDV’ / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——- / This was created by merging four different photos from my own stock to create the foreground,mid ground,and sky.Textures and sunbeams were added. I am grateful too, to the artists who so generously make their stock available. / Woman / Man —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—--
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The EASIEST WAY TO MAKE RAYS OF LIGHT: A Photoshop tutorial for beginners
by Anna ShawTHE EASIEST WAYS TO MAKE RAYS OF LIGHT A Photoshop Tutorial for beginners I have used Photoshop CS4 but it will work in earlier v…
THE EASIEST WAYS TO MAKE RAYS OF LIGHT A Photoshop Tutorial for beginners I have used Photoshop CS4 but it will work in earlier versions. This tutorial is an adaptation of ‘Creating An Underwater Scene’ by the truly wonderful Mark Monciardini —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / As with anything in Photoshop, there are many ways to achieve the same end.Making rays of light is no exception. There are many ways to make these.This is the easiest and most effective way that I have found to do this. Essentially it is only four main steps to achieve this result… Steppleland Stock from Deviantart has kindly given permission to use the lovely start image. If you click on this LINK you can download the image. Make sure that you download the full size image and not just the thumbnail or the technique that you will be learning will not work properly. To do this click on the download button, and when the full size image shows, right click and use ‘save image as’. Please make sure that you tick the Add to Favourites button before you download, as a way of saying ‘Thanks’ for the use of the stock. Step 1 / Open the image and immediately create a new layer by clicking on the new layer icon at the bottom of your layers palate. Name this layer ‘Light Rays” / See below… / Step 2 Set colour palate to the default White foreground, Black background / Go to the menu bar and select Filter/Render /Clouds and hit ‘Enter’. / Your layer should now look like this… / Step 3 Go to your menu bar and select Image/Adjustment/Threshold and hit the ‘OK’ button in the little box that comes up. / Your layer will now look like this.. Step 4 Go to / Filter/Blur/Radial Blur When the box pops up, set Amount = 84 / Blur Method = Zoom / Quality = Good The arrow here shows you where the zoom will radiate from. You need to place the blur centre over your light source ie the sun or the moon, or where the strongest light is in the sky. In this image, we need to have the Blur Centre it in the top left hand corner. So, with your mouse, slide the zoom centre to the top left of the square box. / The dialogue box should look like this… Hit the OK button. Your image will now look like this. You are nearly there now! Step 5 Now set the blending mode of this layer to Soft Light (See image below) / Reduce the opacity to 77% / Reduce the Fill to 94% / (The reduction in opacity and fill is a personal preference. Just adjust them until you are happy with the effect.) / Step 6 Now add a layer mask to this layer by clicking on the layer mask icon at the bottom of your layers palate. (See image below) Now set your foreground colour to Black. / Set the background colour to White. Select a soft round brush 200px. / / With the layer mask selected, paint over the areas you want to hide with the black brush. Here I have painted out the rays over the tree trunk, to give the impression that the light is falling behind it. I also painted out the front foreground to set the rays further back in the image. If you go too far, change the foreground colour to White and that will bring the rays back. And that’s it!! How simple was that? / / Special thanks go to my dear friends LorraineCreagh &Francis / for their kindness and help in learning how to upload and post this tutorial. / xx /
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Capricorn The wild mountain goat leads the way to his magical dominion, spurred on by the music of the heavens. 12/11/09 This image had received 589 views. Featured in .. / REDBUBBLE HOME PAGE / Retired and Happy / Inspired Art / / From early childhood, most Capricorns are self-disciplined, serious, determined, mature and able to persevere in the face of adversity. Capricorns tend to work hard and rise in their chosen fields to achieve positions of status. In their careers, they often end up in positions of power, earning the respect of others rather than simply asking for it. / Most Capricorns keep their promises and fulfill their obligations. They are less likely to stand people up or waste their time than those of other signs, and they have little tolerance for “flakiness” or unreliability in others. Capricorns have an excellent sense of humour, which tends to be rather wry or dark. When Capricorns feel hurt, this humour can become sarcastic and cruel, but the rest of the time they are inclined to be diplomatic, preferring to avoid unnecessary conflict. Capricorns can be over-conventional, afraid to break with tradition or try new things because they are more comfortable with what has been proven reliable over time. They are slow to trust, and they don’t let their emotions show easily. Most have a deep fear of public humiliation and a strong streak of self-consciousness, which prevents them from making dramatic fashion statements or emotional scenes in public. When they are feeling anxious or low, others rarely know it. / Capricorns don’t usually bring their problems to others, but instead suffer in silence. They find it hard to open up to other people and so have difficulty establishing deep relationships, though when they do they tend to be very loyal, reliable and trustworthy friends. / From Astological Sun Signs Music: Mahler’s 5th Symphony / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— MCN: CSUDF-7DHJQ-9WQPU / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— This is the eighth in my Zodiac Series. The others are… —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Credits: / I am indebted to the following artists for their generous use of stock: Background Forest / Foreground / Ibex / Girl on Ibex / Cello Player / Lion / Bull / Lion Cubs / Ram
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I wanted to create a powerful and moody image, which told a dramatic story. In all my work, light plays an important part, and here it was essential for the drama inherent in the scene. On 25/11/09 this work has received 739 views. 232 comments and 68 favourites. I created this in Photoshop CS4 and it is a submission for a national photoshop contest. To create the scene, I merged together 5 images of seas from my own stock, and several skies . The figures in the image were created using models from unrestricted stock in the public domain.They were first copied, then traced over and painted in Photoshop, painting from dark to light. Areas of the sea and sky were also painted in this way. I have used two main textures which give a ‘painterly’ look, and the impression of age. Three colour fill layers were used to add depth and uniformity of colour to the image. The cliff, on the left hand side, is the start image for the contest. The image has been created totally in Photoshop, and all photos used (except the start image) were from my own photo stock. I hope that you like it. ! / MCN/C1URN_7XFKX_NGWVN Features / /
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CHANGING SKIES IN COMPLEX LANDSCAPES: A Photoshop Tutorial
by Anna ShawCHANGING SKIES IN COMPLEX LANDSCAPES: A Photoshop Tutorial I have written this tutorial in Photoshop CS4, but it will work in earlier…
CHANGING SKIES IN COMPLEX LANDSCAPES: A Photoshop Tutorial I have written this tutorial in Photoshop CS4, but it will work in earlier versions too. How many times have you been out with your camera, found a beautiful landscape, but the sky was uniform, dull or flat? It has happened to me more times than I can remember! As with everything in Photoshop, there are so many different ways to remove skies from a landscape. It is very simple to do this in Landscapes which have straight edges into the sky, like cutting around buildings etc. But it is much harder to cut out skies when there is a lot of foliage around. The normal lasso tools, the quick select tools and the ‘magic’ tools do not work too well. But there is an easy way. The length of time it will take will depend on how many colours are in your existing sky. This tutorial will show the steps needed to go from this image… to this… Lets get going! You can download the lovely start image from Dangerous Stock / You can download the great sky from Hatestock / Do remember to use the download button so that you get the hi res versions and to click on the ‘Add To Favourites’ button. This is courtesy for being able to use the image. Also, if you publish your work do please remember to credit the artists who have given their stock. Step 1: * With the start image open, *double click on the background layer so that it then becomes Layer 0. Re-label this layer as ‘Background’ by double clicking in the box that says Layer0. This sounds silly, but now we have changed the start image into a layer, it will enable us to move the layer around later. Click onto the New Layer Icon. This will place a transparent layer above Layer 0 . / It is now labeled as Layer 1. You can leave this as it is. / Slide your background layer above Layer 1. / This is what it will look like… Step 2 The next step is to select the area containing all the blue sky that you want to replace. You can use a variety of tools to do this, but the easiest one for this image is the Polygon Lasso tool. / All you are doing with this selection is making sure that you do not cut any pixels out of the image that you do not want to loose. This is particularly important where you have pixels in the foreground, which are the same colour as the sky. In this image there is lots of blue in the barn, which we do not want to cut. So, click onto your Background layer and start to make your selection. I have highlighted my selection in red, so that you can easily see it, but yours will look like a dotted line. You can see that I have gone just below the trees where sky shows through. You now need to SAVE this selection. Go to the menu bar and to Select/Save selection and save it as ‘1’. Step 3 Now you have saved your selection, go to the menu bar and choose Select/Colour Range. / A dialogue box will pop up. Select ‘Sampled Colours’ / Tick ‘Localised Color Clusters / Fuzziness = 104 (You can increase or decrease this depending on the colours in your image, but for this image 104 works well. / Select the Image button. You will see your image behind the dialogue box. / Now, with the little eyedropper tool, click onto an area of blue in the sky. / You will see a selection created of that particular colour. Go to the menu bar and select Edit/Cut. Now just repeat this process as many times as you need to, to get rid of all the shades of blue in the sky. / DO REMEMBER TO LOAD YOUR SELECTION EACH TIME. / To do this, go to *Select/Load Selection and scroll down until you come to ‘1’ / Then once again, Select/Colour Range…. Edit Cut. I took about 6 cuts to end up with an image like this Step 4 Whilst you have a transparent layer under your background image, it is sometimes hard to see if you have cut out all the unwanted pixels. So to do a ‘safety check’ you will need to fill Layer 1 with a white fill. To do this go to the Paint Bucket tool, and with white as your foreground colour, click on that layer and it will fill with white. / If you have any hazy blue areas showing, just go to your History Palate and dump the white fill into the dustbin. Then go back to your select colour range and cut out some more. Step 4 Now you need to choose a new sky. I have found a beauty, which you can download. Just click on the image. / / Again, if you download it please do remember to favourite it out of courtesy. You can choose any sky you like, but it should have the horizon roughly where the horizon is in your original image. The most important thing to remember is that when you choose your sky, you will need to ensure that the strongest light source in the sky fits with the brightest part of your start image. In the sky I have chosen, the strongest light source comes from the top left hand side of the sky. This fits with the brightest part of the start image – the highlights on the roof of the barn, so immediately the image is credible. If this sky were flipped horizontally, so that the light source was on the opposite side, it would not work at all. Step 5 / / You can skip this step if you wish Because the sky is so dramatic, and because the start image is lovely, I want to extend the canvas in order to balance out the different elements in the image. So to do this, simply highlight your bottom layer – Layer 1. / Go to the menu Bar and select Image/Canvas Size. / In the dialogue box, scroll down the width and height settings and change this to Percent. / In the Height box, alter the percent to 140. / Click OK. This will have transformed the size of your image. Go back to your background layer, and with the move tool, slide the image to the bottom of the canvas. Step 6 Open up your sky image, and go to Select/Select All / Then to / Edit/Copy / Go to your barn image now and select Layer 1 – the bottom transparent layer. / Go to Edit/Paste You will see that the sky you have imported is larger than the original image, so you will need to make it smaller. / On the sky layer, go to Edit/Free Transform and from corner of the image, shrink it to fit. Step 6 You will see now that there are a few annoying bluish leaves hanging around on the start image. So select the start image layer and create a layer mask. (see image below) With your foreground colour set as black, choose a soft round brush and on the layer mask, just paint them out. Do this until you are happy with the end result. If you paint out something by mistake, just set your foreground colour to white to paint it back in. Step 7 Just to unify the two parts of this image, select the background layer and on the menu bar, select Image/Adjustments/Colour Balance. Slide the Yellow/Blue slider towards blue. You can see what I have done here. Also, I felt the need to slightly darken the start image to fit better with the sky, so go to / Image/Adjustments/Levels and slide the middle slider slightly towards the right. You can see what I have done here. Step 8 This is the really clever bit, and it something I do whenever I merge any images together. You can use this technique in many photomontages to achieve a unified colour scheme. Create a new layer above the start image. / Select the Paint Bucket tool. / Click onto the foreground colour and when the dialogue box comes up type in 336633in the hash box. Like this… Then, with the paint bucket tool, pour this into the new layer. / Select Color Blending Mode and reduce the opacity to 20% (see below) Step 9 Repeat this process. Create a new layer and fill with color 333366 / Set blending mode to color and reduce opacity to 20% Step 10 Repeat this process on a new layer and fill with cc9966 / Set blending mode to Overlay and reduce opacity to 21% / Your screen should look like this… / This will have unified all the colors in the image. One final step… / Go to Select/Select All ... then….. / Edit/Copy Merged... then…... / File/New (no need to change any sizes here) .... then….. / Edit/Paste That will give you your final image. You can then save this as a .jpg file. / Your original .psd File with all its layers is the preserved, so that if you wish to go back and change any bits at a later stage – you can do so. I hope that you have enjoyed this tutorial. If you have, please let me know. Also – if you have found any bits too difficult, or which do not work please let me know too. I would love to see your final images too. If you want to show me, or ask any advice, but do not want to load your image for other to see, just upload it as normal, but tick the box ‘Hide From Public View’. You can then send it to me by Bmail, using the normal codes – !! either side of the url when you copy image location. / xx / Anna
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Here our wonderful crab meets the little mermaid and falls head over heels in love. I will leave it to you, the viewer, to decide if he is having a mid life crisis, or if the little mermaid truly is the love of his life? It is best viewed larger / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / 25/11/09 this image has had 325 viewings, 122 comments and 28 Favourites. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— This was created totally in Photoshop and involved over 40 layers of blending, painting, colours and textures.Stock credits can be found below. The island was painted in PS, as were the roots going down onto the haed of the crab. The little Elelizard was morphed and added for fun. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / ! / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / The music is Louis Armstrong singing ‘Give me Your Kisses’. Do listen, because it could be our crab actually singing this to the mermaid. It is sheer fun. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / The fourth sign of the zodiac is Cancer and it is represented by the crab. Appropriately enough, Cancerians can seem easygoing, sympathetic, and patient one minute, then cranky and irritable the next. Because of this ability to make a sudden change, Cancer is the least predictable of all signs. They are ruled by the moon and have water as their element, so their mood swings can be compared to the turbulence of the shifting tides. If they feel they need to, they will retreat to their own emotional shell to keep others out. However, Cancerians can be very sympathetic to others and readily show their affection. Cancerians are also very emotional and sensitive, which may be why they are so empathetic towards others. Cancerians need a lot of attention due to their unpredictable character, but if you give them the support they need, they will offer you their undying loyalty and love. Once you have won their trust, nothing anyone else can say will sway them against you. Cancerians are very intuitive, almost to the point of being psychic. They are able to spot even the smallest change in another’s behaviour, so it is hard to deceive them. They are very insightful and most have a photographic memory. The combination of these two skills plus their excellent observation skills makes them very aware of the ulterior motives of others. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / I am indebted to the following artists for their generous use of stock… Crab / Tree / Mermaid / Girl / Goat / Lioness / Lion / Boat / Ring / Mountains / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / This is the tenth in my ‘Zodiac World’ series. The others are…
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‘The Serpent Tree’ was inspired by the John Lennon song, ‘Woman’ / which he dedicated to all women everywhere This is a marked change to my normal work. I started my creative life as an artist, painting in oils. I tended to work on large canvasses. In much of my digital art I have been conscious of creating the ‘big scenes’, so this one is such a pleasing change for me. I have to say that I am excited about this change of style. RedBubble is simply inspirational! I really hope that you will like it. Thank you for viewing, and an especailly thank you for comments and (hopefully) faves! Featured in Animal Fantasy and Whimsy / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / ! / MCN :: CL1LL-CNGDW-9DKHL / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / This was created totally in CS4. With all those little apples, stalks and snakes to be added,it amounted to over 100 layers! I am so grateful to the following artists for their generous use of stock… / Background / Tree / Eve / Apple / Snakes
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On 16/12/09 This image has had 935 views and 239 comments I have created this for the Winter Whimsy Challenge which is in the enchanting Animal Fantasy and Whimsy Group. The challenge called for a creative portrayal of animals in the winter. I have so enjoyed creating this one. Whenever I make composites of animals it always makes me smile and feel incredibly happy. I chose the polar bears because I thought it would be fun to try and develop an image using largely white as the dominant colour (and I also thought that we would be seeing a great many reindeers in the coming month!) On 25/11/2010 this image has had 517 views / 198 comments & 59 favouritings. FEATURED IN / Red Bubble Popular Art / / INSPIRED ART / ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE / MONOCHROME / Top 10 Winner in the Winter Whimsy Challenge The image was created totally in Photoshop CS4. The background was my own photo. I am grateful to the artists who made the bears available. / Bears / Bears The beautiful music is Hayley Westenra singing Winter’s Dream ! / MCN :: CNNST-QBFU5-UBQCL
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Finished…Phew! This is the last of the Zodiac series. The music linked to this is Enya, singing ‘Voices of Light’ which will inspire those who believe that there is still some good left in the human heart. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / MCN :: CL2MK-SU71C-JSDP6 I created the background canvas, using many layers of colours and textures, and adding gradients for the light. The Walls are from my own stock. All the animals and Libra herself, were cut out and saved, and then added to the background. Multiple copies of each one were layered and blended in using a whole host of blending modes. Lots of painting followed and final adjustments to colours and textures were imposed. / For full stock credits – see below. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / Librans are Lovely….... Libra is the only inanimate sign of the zodiac, all the others representing either humans or animals. Many modern astrologers regard it as the most desirable of zodiacal types because it represents the zenith of the year, the high point of the seasons, when the harvest of all the hard work of the spring is reaped. There is a mellowness and sense of relaxation in the air as mankind enjoys the last of the summer sun and the fruits of his toil. Librans too are among the most civilized of the twelve zodiacal characters and are often good looking. They have elegance, charm and good taste, are naturally kind, very gentle, and lovers of beauty, harmony (both in music and social living) and the pleasures that these bring. They have good critical faculty and are able to stand back and look impartially at matters which call for an impartial judgment to be made on them. But they do not tolerate argument from anyone who challenges their opinions, for once they have reached a conclusion, its truth seems to them self-evident; and among their faults is an impatience of criticism and a greed for approval. But their characters are on the whole balanced, diplomatic and even tempered. Librans are sensitive to the needs of others and have the gift, sometimes to an almost psychic extent, of understanding the emotional needs of their companions and meeting them with their own innate optimism – they are the kind of people of whom it is said, “They always make you feel better for having been with them.” They are very social human beings. They loathe cruelty, viciousness and vulgarity and detest conflict between people, so they do their best to cooperate and compromise with everyone around them, and their ideal for their own circle and for society as a whole is unity. Their cast of mind is artistic rather than intellectual, though they are usually too moderate and well balanced to be avant garde in any artistic endeavor. They have good perception and observation and their critical ability, with which they are able to view their own efforts as well as those of others, gives their work integrity. In their personal relationships they show understanding of the other person’s point of view, trying to resolve any differences by compromise, and are often willing to allow claims against themselves to be settled to their own disadvantage rather than spoil a relationship. They like the opposite sex to the extent of promiscuity sometimes, and may indulge in romanticism bordering on sentimentality. Their marriages, however, stand a good chance of success because they are frequently the union of “true minds”. The Libran’s continuing kindness toward his or her partner mollifies any hurt the latter may feel if the two have had a tiff. Nor can the Libran’s spouse often complain that he or she is not understood, for the Libran is usually the most empathetic of all the zodiacal types and the most ready to tolerate the beloved’s failings. From astrology-online / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— This is the last in the Zodiac series. The others are… —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / I am indebted to the following artists who so generously make their stock available… orb / M.J Ranum model / horse / Ibex / Ram / Lioness / Bull / Orb Stand
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The Fool This is the first in my new series. I was initially inspired by the way Carl Jung used the Tarot to get his subjects to explore their own subconscious selves, through the universal archetypes represented by each card. At the same time, I had become aware that repeatedly we are bombarded with photo montages of women that are perpetuate romanticised fantasy of dreamy, pure, young girls, and I began to wonder what this does for our inner psyches. I know that there is much more to us that that, so this deck is my attempt to explore different aspects of the female psyche using the archetypes inherent in the Tarot as tools. It is to be a celebration of women everywhere. All Tarot Decks were designed for the epoch in which the creators lived, and their own beliefs. This one will reflect mine. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / The Fool, traditionally is about the dilemma of making choices on life’s long journey. Sometimes we get it right and embark on a series of adventures, and sometimes we get it wrong and flounder. / -—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / I would like to thank Mr E / for planting this idea in my mind / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Featured Artist in ‘The Sisterhood and avatar of the week. / / Featured in All In Editing / / Featured in ‘Retired and Happy’ / / ! / MCN :: CK6VX-L2VY9-QYPDM / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / Created entirely in Photoshop CS4. Three different backgrounds were blended together and then the individual components blended. textures and colour fill layers were used to meld the whole together _______ The music is just beautiful, – Barbara Streisland singing ‘Send in The Clowns’ / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / I am indebted to the following artists for generously making available their stock. Model / Frog / Background
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On 14/12/09 The Magician has had 447 views and 185 comments The Magician – The source of all power / I was initially inspired by the way Carl Jung used the Tarot to get his subjects to explore their own subconscious selves, through the universal archetypes represented by each card. At the same time, I had become aware that repeatedly we are bombarded with photo montages of women that are perpetuate romanticised fantasy of dreamy, pure, young girls, and I began to wonder what this does for our inner psyches. I know that there is much more to us that that, so this deck is my attempt to explore different aspects of the female psyche using the archetypes inherent in the Tarot as tools. It is to be a celebration of women everywhere. In traditional Tarot decks, the magician is all powerful. Always a man, always skillful, self confident, often arrogant and always with a halo above his head. He can be very manipulative as well. The magician represents the potential of a new adventure, chosen or thrust upon one, and a journey of enlightenment. —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / / MCN :: CVJLP-P4FY3-RACXP / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / The music is so hauntingly beautiful, and adds to what I was trying to say in the image. / ‘The Humming Chorus’ from Madame Butterfly / I am indebted to the following artists, who so generously allow the use of their stock: / Texture- Susan Wellar (One of our great RB artists) / Magician / Cat / Wand / Table The background is from my own stock and the baby is mine!!
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The High Priestess – the third in the Tarot series, showing another aspect of the female psyche. When I was creating this, the song going through my head all the time, was the last verse of the beautiful Leonard Cohen song – Suzanne. It is so apt, it could have been written with the High Priestess in mind. Now Suzanne takes your hand / And she leads you to the river / She is wearing rags and feathers / From Salvation Army counters / And the sun pours down like honey / On our lady of the harbour / And she shows you where to look / Among the garbage and the flowers / There are heroes in the seaweed / There are children in the morning / They are leaning out for love / And they will lean that way forever / While Suzanne holds the mirror / And you want to travel with her / And you want to travel blind / And you know that you can trust her / For she’s touched your perfect body with her mind. The High Priestess is enigmatic, sensual and insightful. She is the opposite of the Magician in every possible way. She is still, quiet and contemplative. She will take you to unknown places within you. She will show you things about your inner-self that even you do not know. She will take you to places of hidden delight. / She will help you on the road to self-discovery and self-enlightenment. She is an enigma though. You will never quite feel that has taught you everything, and all you want to do is remain with her and carry on the voyage of self-discovery. Finally, you have to leave, but as you do, she promises that she will meet you again when you are truly ready. / ………………………………………………………… / I created this in Photoshop CS4. Three images were blended together to create the background, and then the High Priestess, chalices, honey and candles added. The fabulous model came from mizzd-stock / I loved the enigmatic smile on her face. She was just perfect for the High Priestess. Background 1 / Background 2 / Chalices / Everything else in the image came from my own stock. ............................................................................. / ! / MCN :: CMVHN-QTUAC-AWMT2 / .............................................................................. / Music – Leonard Cohen singing ‘Suzanne’ / The others in this series are… / The Fool / The Magician / ..............................................................................
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I was initially inspired by the way Carl Jung used the Tarot to get his subjects to explore their own subconscious selves, through the universal archetypes represented by each card. At the same time, I had become aware that repeatedly we are bombarded with photo montages of women that are perpetuate the romanticised fantasy of dreamy, pure, young girls, and I began to wonder what this does for our inner psyches. I know that there is much more to us that that, so this deck is my attempt to explore different aspects of the female psyche using the archetypes inherent in the Tarot as tools. It is to be a celebration of the complexity of women everywhere. The Empress On your journey to self-fulfillment, you come across The Empress. The Empress is the archetypal mother figure. In old tarot decks she was displayed as pregnant, Traditionally she is dressed in white with pomegranates over the dress. She would wear a crown of stars. She is a creator, be that the creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold her love, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her. The Empress shows you how you need to nurture and work at your dreams over time, to bring them to reality. Here she is setting free the bird, who had spent so long in a cage of self-doubt, that it was frightened to fly. / .............................................................................. / ! / MCN :: CF8PB-4UCKD-9NP78 / ............................................................................ / It is quite incredible that when I am creating these images, a particular song, or a verse of a song keeps popping into my head. This time it was Whitney Houston singing “Greatest Love of All”. I believe the children are our are future / Teach them well and let them lead the way / Show them all the beauty they possess inside / Give them a sense of pride to make it easier / Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be / Everybody searching for a hero / People need someone to look up to / I never found anyone who fulfilled my needs / A lonely place to be / So I learned to depend on me —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / I created this in CS4. I struggled a bit with it as I found myself trying to repeat the traditional symbolism, and feeling that this was all becoming too soft and fuzzy. Then I realised that being gentle and giving is part of our personality too, and as long as it is not the only way we are portrayed, it is OK. All the female characters in the Tarot are much less complex than the males, so I guess I have to run with that. I chose the amazing background as it had shapes that were reminiscent of the womb. I am trying to use the same model in all the cards as I think she is so strong, so powerful and yet so feminine at the same time. I love the idea that we can find all the different facets of our personality in one woman. This one was tricky though as I had to make her pregnant (so to speak) . The real challenge was the birdcage which had to have the original bird removed, and then be rebuilt. I am grateful to the following artists who made the following stock available. / Model – the wonderful mizzd stock / Background Texture / Bird / Cage / Tree / The wheat texture was from my own stock. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— / / The others in this series are… / The Fool / The Magician /
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The Emperor Who says that women cannot rule the world? I was initially inspired by the way Carl Jung used the Tarot to get his subjects to explore their own subconscious selves, through the universal archetypes represented by each card. At the same time, I had become aware that repeatedly we are bombarded with photo montages of women that are perpetuate the romanticised fantasy of dreamy, pure, young girls, and I began to wonder what this does for our inner psyches. I know that there is much more to us that that, so this deck is my attempt to explore different aspects of the female psyche using the archetypes inherent in the Tarot as tools. It is to be an exploration and celebration of the complexity of women everywhere. The Emperor On your journey to self awareness, you next come across The Emperor. She is a complex character. She rules her empire with strength and power. She expects to be obeyed. She is filled with enthusiasm, energy and aggression. She is direct, strong and forceful. Unfortunately, she can also be a tyrant and be impatient, demanding, and controlling. In the best of circumstances, she signifies the leader that everyone wants to follow, sitting on a throne that indicates the solid foundation of an Empire she created, loves and rules with intelligence and enthusiasm. In the worst, it is an empire of rigid rules and punishments if you do not obey. But that throne can also be a trap, a responsibility that has the Emperor feeling restless, bored and discontent. The Emperor will show you how to gain control over your environment, – including your body, your temper, your instincts and your life. She will tell you that this is not the time to be guided by the wants and needs of others, and she will give you permission to be aggressive, strong and bold,and in command. She will also give you permission to give up power if that self same power is weighing you down. / ............................................................................ ! / MCN :: C326W-D83DF-AN2KD / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—— / / I created this in Photoshop CS4. / Several of my own textures were merged together for the background and then overlaid with the fabulous / Background that you can see. For the Emperor, I had to stitch together several different body parts to get her riding the horse. The models came from the fabulous mizzd- stock The Horse / Crown The layers for each individual component were added, and duplicated several times using different blending modes in order to achieve the right depth of colour against the background. Colour-fill layers were blended in finally to unify the whole. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—- / . / Music: John Lennon, singing ‘Revolution’ / / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-— The others in the series are…. The others in this series are… / The Fool / The Magician / /
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