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• Tutorial: Layer Masks and Transparency Gradients for "The Heart"
  by Cain Doherty

  This tutorial will cover my development of The Heart with Photoshop CS3…

  This tutorial will cover my development of The Heart with Photoshop CS3. The source images can be downloaded by clicking on the thumbnails for a larger version and right clicking to save to your computer. / IMG_1164 & IMG_1166 A key part of processing The Heart is making use of layer masks. This enables modification of selected regions of the photograph created in this case with the gradient tool. 1. To begin, open IMG_1166. 2. Press Ctrl+Shift+N and click OK to add a new layer. To place IMG_1164 on this layer go to File > Place and find where you saved it. Click the tick to commit the transform. 3. To create a mask, click the New Layer Mask (grey square with white circle inside) button in the Layers palette. To create a transparency gradient on this mask, first hit G to bring up the gradient toolbar and select a linear gradient. Then click and drag as shown in the following picture. 4. The next layer will be a photo filter so click Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Photo Filter and hit OK. Push the density slider to 100% and select a custom colour with properties as shown in the following picture. 5. Now apply another layer mask and gradient, as done previously, to restrict the photo filter to the sky. Change the blend mode to Linear Burn and opacity to 70% for the following picture. The Linear Burn blend mode is similar to Color Burn, but instead of increasing contrast, it decreases brightness to darken the base color and reflect the blend color. Now add curves layers to the foreground and then the sky. 6. Click Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Curves and hit OK. Then modify each of the RGB channels to reflect something like the following picture. 7. Change the blend mode to soft light and add a layer mask and gradient (this time in reverse) to restrict the curves layer to the foreground. This will produce the following result. The curves layer that targets the sky looks like this. 8. Change the blend mode again to soft light, opacity to 75% and create a layer mask and gradient to achieve the following result. 9. The final step involves adding a levels layer and changing its blend mode to ‘screen’ to boost the lighter areas. An opacity of 90% will achieve the picture shown below. 10. Straightening the horizon and correcting the barrel distortion yields The Heart. If you’ve found this useful please let me know. Feedback and discussion is welcome. My previous tutorial Photographing the Milky Way with a standard DSLR camera has attracted five hundred views so I figured it was worthwhile to write another. Cain Doherty

• I Now Own My First SLR
  by Jeff Burns

  Well I finally have done what I have been wanting to do for a long time. I purchased a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI 10.1 MP. I have been…

  Well I finally have done what I have been wanting to do for a long time. I purchased a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTI 10.1 MP. I have been wanting a full Digital SLR camera for a very long time. It is my very first one. I currently own the Canon Powershot S3 but it was limiting me way to much. / I also purchased a killer lens. / The Sigma Zoom Telephoto 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro Autofocus Lens So hopefully soon I will be uploading some new work. Sorry to say I have not bought the IR filter yet. / Also on Friday I am beginning my first class as a member of / The Cleveland Photographic Society Its a class that meets every week for learning and competitions. / Also do field trips. I would like to thank everyone on this site for inspiring me to get more involved with Photography.

• The Redbubble Digital Alphabet ~ check if you've been featured!!
  by myoriginalsin

  Recently I was lucky enough to have one of my digital art pieces featured in The Dark Alphabet...

  Recently I was lucky enough to have one of my digital art pieces featured in The Dark Alphabet on Deviantart. So, inspired by this, I have decided to start by featuring my own version called “The Redbubble Digital Alphabet. Those who watch me know digital art is my new obsession lol. So I figured it was a great genre to start with… These are some of my personal favourites, I hope you enjoy this amazing art work: [Click on images for full view please :)] A is for….Amore / / “amore di tulipani” by skeeter B is for….Believe / / “I believe I can fly” by Kurt Tutschek C is for….Cottage / / “The Cottage in the Woods” by Angela Barnett D is for….Dark / / “Daddy’s Girl” by Thomas Dodd E is for….Emotion / F is for….Fairytale / / “Far Far Away” by Rachmat Lianda G is for….Gorgeous / / “Dreamscape” by Basia McAuley H is for….Home / / “Home” by Jacky I is for…..Innocence / / “Heaven can wait” by Malen J is for….Journey / / “Journey Begin” by Ata Alishahi K is for….King / / “king peacock” by Narelle Craven L is for….Light / / “Into The Light” by Randy Monteith M is for….Memories / / “A Daughter’s Memory” by kcranmer N is for….Night / / “Journey to Dreamland” by Charles Winslow O is for….Once / / “Once Upon A Time in the Western Woods” by Thomas Dodd & Laurie McClave P is for….Poppies / / “Little hut in a poppy field” by Kurt Tutschek Q is for….Queen / / “The Raven Queen” by Milamber R is for….Roam / / “CrossRoads” by WanderingSoulArt S is for….Shadows / / “Between The Shadows” by houk T is for….Temple / / “Temple Unholy” by Cliff Vestergaard U is for….Urban / / “Urban Jungle” by sutherland V is for….Volvitur / / “Volvitur tempus II” by houk W is for….Woods / / “The Woods” by Annette Blattman X is for….eXperimental / / “Last time I committed suicide” by HypNotiSes – Manolya Y is for….Youthful / / “Goddess Emerging” by Ange Z is for….Zen / / “Loyalty” by alanalan I hope you enjoyed…look out for my next alphabet feature soon :) / Chantal – myoriginalsin

• DIGITAL ARTISTS' FRONT COVER CHALLENGE FRONT PAGE FEATURE OPPORTUNITY ON OUR HARDCOVER PUBLICATION THE WORLD IS WELCOME TO THE CHALLENGE
  by Alateia

  I AM WORKING WITH MY GROUPIES OF THE MELBOURNE SHOOTERS GALLERY & EVENTS AT THE MOMENT TO PUT…

  I AM WORKING WITH MY GROUPIES OF THE MELBOURNE SHOOTERS GALLERY & EVENTS AT THE MOMENT TO PUT TOGETHER A REALLY COOL HARDCOVER PUBLICATION. HERE IS SOME INFO / YOU CAN BE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD & TAKE UP THIS CHALLENGE THERE IS NO LIMIT TO THE NUMBER OF ENTRIES YOU MAKE AND THE DATE IS LEFT OPEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BUT GET IN QUICK. * THE LAST PHOTOGRAPHIC PRODUCTION THAT I STAGED FOR THE GROUP CALLED ‘THE ANGELS’ PRODUCED SOME AMAZING IMAGES, HIGHLY UNIQUE. THEY WERE SHOT WITH THE EXPRESS PURPOSE OF PROVIDING MATERIAL FOR DIGITAL ARTISTRY. THE CHALLENGE IS FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS TO TAKE YOUR PIC OF ANY OF THE SAMPLE IMAGES BELOW, HAVE A PLAY AND SEE IF YOU CAN TRANSFORM THEM INTO REAL ANGELS WITH WINGS AND THINGS… oh, i f you don’t have a spare pair of wings floating around try something sureal, mythological, futuristic…... . THREE OF THE BEST WILL BE OFFERED THE ENTIRE COLLECTION TO CHOSE FROM AND PROVIDED WITH THE HIGH RES IMAGE TO WORK WITH. SOME CLUES….....? / imagery to represent / ART HOUSE PRODUCTIONS all due credits of course. / HERE ARE THE IMAGES GOING INTO JIUCY, GLOSSY PAGES My weaknesses: / Classical mythology, purple, blue, red, gold, fantasy, sureal, scifi, paris, 1920- 1950, favourite times 60’s & 70’s, favourite gods, demi gods, bacchus, pan, diana, athena, neptune, hercules, hermes, adonis, icarus, oh did i say ICARUS? favourite moveis, the 13the element, dead man, elizabeth, 300, favourite music, french, mademoiselle K, manu chau, donavan, favourite designers: jean paul gautier, de la renta, jimmy choo, kanzai yamamoto, favourite art: japanese woodblock, kabuki, manga, marquesian tattoo, favourite cultures: japanese, italian, polynesian have fun… but before you do…........READ THE FOLLWING AND DO NOT ENTER IF YOU DO NOT INTEND TO ABIDE BY THIS CONDITION. IMPORTANT NOTE: TO PROTECT THE AUTHORS OF THESE IMAGES PLEASE OBSERVE THE FOLLOWING:* / . / (THE AUTHORS OF THESE IMAGES HAVE GRANTED THEIR APPROVAL FOR DIGITAL MANIPULATIONS OF THEIR IMAGES SOLELY FOR THIS CHALLENGE ALONE. _SAMPLES OF YOUR WORK MUST BE FOR THIS PURPOSE ONLY AND ANY WORK YOU DO ON THEIR IMAGES MUST ONLY BE FOR THIS CHALLENGE AS SAMPLES AND NOT TO BE USED OR EMPLOYED, PUBLISHED, DISPLAYED ANYWHERE ELSE APART FROM THIS JOURNAL ENTRY. / IF YOU ARE SELCTED FOR THE FINAL IMAGE A FORMAL AGREEMENT WILL BE DRAWN UP TO EMBRACE SHARED IMAGE COPYRIGHT AND CREDITS. / ‘fallen angel’ courtesy of Missy Miss / / / Over the next day or so i will post some more up. I have permission from the photographers to offer their images up for this project, they are also very excited to see what you can do with them. ............go for it. !! / take out the aparatus and background and turn them into amazing Arc Angels would be cool….. i like mist and mystical, rich tones and intensity. THE MORE CAPTIVATING THE BETTER. COVER IMAGE BABY!!! / #3by me#4by me. CHECK THIS OUT GUYS* i have been given permission to post this bubble up…... Aloramyst wrote you a BubbleMail about 3 hours ago: Alateia, I would like to offer up my entire Redbubble portfolio which contains over 1500 pieces of artwork for collaborations for digital artists for your Digital Artist’s Front Cover Challenge. They may manipulate any of the images to be a part of this challenge only. I have an abundance of artwork ranging from magical, fractal, nature shots an more. I would luv to see what others can do with them in combination with your provided models. Here is a link to my portfolio if you’re interested in making it available to others. I THINK THATS A WONDERFUL IDEA, HAVE A LOOK THROUGH HER COLLECTION… SOME AMAZING ZTUFF…......ooooo this is getting FUN!! TAKE A SNEAK PEEK AT THE COLLECTION / the password is … crusifix

• "Looking" featured in the bits and pieces group
  by Paul Stephen Dixon

  Thanks to the moderators for featuring this piece. !http://images-3.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-pri…

  Thanks to the moderators for featuring this piece.

• Dragons and my DarkSide Featured
  by Randy Monteith

  The Dragon’s Fire Group very kindly featured my two dragon images. Thanks to the…

  The Dragon’s Fire Group very kindly featured my two dragon images. Thanks to the Hosts!! Winter Dragon Dragon Wars The Graphic Editing 101 Group Thanks to the Hosts have kindly chosen to feature My DarkSide thanks again to both groups Randy

• Card Sold
  by frogster

  I want to thank Irene Burdell for buying / The Old Mill House...

  I want to thank Irene Burdell for buying / The Old Mill House as a card, Irene Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it. Thank you again ‘-)

• A Great Day For Selling
  by frogster

  I just saw that Irene Burdell also bought another card / Hanewi Valley...

  I just saw that Irene Burdell also bought another card / Hanewi Valley Thank you dear Irene I know you will love this one. ‘-)

• "White and Pink Flowers" is going to be published in the DIgital Photographer magazine!!!!!!!!!!
  by Vonnie Murfin

  I got an email from the editor of the Digital Photographer magazine!! They want to publish my picture!! !http://images-3.redbubble.com…

  I got an email from the editor of the Digital Photographer magazine!! They want to publish my picture!!

• "The Proud Chief" Featured
  by frogster

  One of my images that I’m really proud of / The Proud Chief is f…

  One of my images that I’m really proud of / The Proud Chief is featured in the / Spirit of the Native American Group Thank you all so much for honoring myself and my image.

• Published!
  by Helene Kippert

  A big thank you to Aloramyst Shelly Heath and “C …

  A big thank you to Aloramyst Shelly Heath and C J Lewis for including me in their exciting new ezine Digital Abstracts and Patterns. Thanks too for all your hard work in putting the ezine together. I’m thrilled to be part of it! :o) My interview is here and the art is here.

• Crazy wonderful quadruple feature! Thank you Bits and Pieces!
  by Randi Bailey

  Thanks so much to the moderators for giving my new day a little extra shine! It’s so much fun to check on your bubble and find an overnig…

  Thanks so much to the moderators for giving my new day a little extra shine! It’s so much fun to check on your bubble and find an overnight delivery like this! / The featured works are: “Ibis design” “Persian tabby cat” “Early morning mourning dove” “Newly trimmed hibiscus bush” Thanks again go out to the great hosts! Randi Bailey / AKA Infoframe Dynamics

• Another Feature For "Autumn Color Palette" in Impressionist Art
  by Jokus

  !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminated-print/size:medium/view:preview/1723971-2-autumn-color-pal…

  So Happy to see another feature for “Autumn Color Palette” Thank you so much to the Hosts, Sharon and Karön of the group Impressionist Art / You two are SUPERRRR and doing a wonderful job! Happy Dance Weekend, Joke ;-)

• Australia is in the grip of election fever so.... *Vote for me!!*
  by Paul Louis Villani

  Good morning to all the wonderful Bubblers in the world! / I have a request… / An image...

  Good morning to all the wonderful Bubblers in the world! / I have a request… / An image of mine is a finalist in an online art competition and I need your votes please!! / Please click on the picture below to go to the polling booth ahem voting page!! Thanks so very much everyone! / Lots of love and massive bear hugs!!! / / / / ...oh and I’ll be in Sydney tomorrow at Global Gallery between 2pm and 5pm hope to meet some NSW bubblers!! That would be cool!!

• "Two Are Better Then One" Featured In "Flower and Foliage Detail"
  by Susan Bergstrom

  Woke up this morning to a feature of / Two Are Better Then One in the “Flower and Fol…

  Woke up this morning to a feature of / Two Are Better Then One in the Flower and Foliage Detail Group My humble thanks to the hosts of this wonderful Flower Group…This is one of the groups that got me taking photographs of flowers! / Susan

• FORMER DPF MEMBERS
  by Rosalie Dale IPA

  In order to facilitate our communication and interaction within the huge Redbubble site, we have begun a Group specifically for Former DP…

  In order to facilitate our communication and interaction within the huge Redbubble site, we have begun a Group specifically for Former DPF Members!! I’ve just been advised it is now LIVE and we can join and upload to this Group. This has been started so we don’t have to have 50 extra people on our Watchlist with masses of uploads into our Activity Monitor every day – it means that we can go join the FORMER DPF MEMBERS group, tick that box when we upload a photo, and go browse the Group the same as though it were DPF – as a separate entity. We can also post threads in our own Forum (please play nice – if you have something to discuss with an individual member, please Bubblemail them, not use the Forum!!). Gail and I will be Hosts for now and I’ve requested Gail’s pawpaw pic be used as an Avatar to begin with as it is a lovely striking photo which I think most of us recognise. Any concerns please bubble me … this has happened quicker than I thought so it has caught me on the ‘back foot’ but will post some information in the Group Forum this evening. Cheers!! / Rosalie

• "You're not doing ART right!"
  by BlueKnot

  Got an interesting and somewhat saddening bubblemail today. An artist who was being criticized for digital manipulating a photo and dari…

  Got an interesting and somewhat saddening bubblemail today. An artist who was being criticized for digital manipulating a photo and daring to call it “art.” They wrote to me because I also work in digital art, and asked my opinion. First let me describe the Artwork in question. It had started as a photo, then was converted to a line art drawing using software. (And by the way, if that sounds easy to you, you haven’t tried. Sure the software does most of the “work”... once you find good settings for your particular image! ...and that can be a major headache!) But more than this, the Artist had gone over each section, adjusting color and gradient. This was not a lazy piece of work. I started off addressing the work: “I actually like both versions; it’s clear that some people just don’t ‘get’ that the intention is a sort of digital impressionism, not photorealism.” “I note you said ‘Photographers’ were panning it. There are some – not all – in that category who are …. er, “purists” is a nice word. Let’s use that. The purist feels that the skill and effort of capturing the perfect picture is the ultimate achievement – they and their camera vs. the world. For them, digital manipulation is a distasteful “cheat.” Maybe to smooth over a flaw or two in the otherwise perfect picture, but it shouldn’t alter the overall look of the picture (so they say.) Fine for them, but some will insist on enforcing their opinions on everyone else.” “You have started with a great photo, and then you saw more in it: it became the canvas for another work. And you’ve done a fine job. Even if you’d just “run it through a filter”, that was your decision, you made the input of altering the picture that way. (And sometimes that yields spectacular results… look up a guy by the handle “lightsmith” here. I like his name, too: he doesn’t just capture the light with his camera, he works it over in photoshop as a smith does iron.)” The artist also asked me if I had ever “gotten flack from other artists because you don’t get your fingers dirty with paint?”... “Have I gotten flack for not getting my fingers dirty? For not even using a camera? Well, not so much personally but I’ve seen it over and over in other communities. I look at it this way: The photographer does not usually sculpt or give birth to his or her subject, they do not cause the sun to rise or the landscape to teem with flora. They take what they find and use it, manipulate it, frame it and capture that wonderful image that they saw and wanted to share. I have pictures in my head… to get them out I use models created by others and software I did not write, but I carefully place, pose and arrange. I adjust the light, changing it’s intensity, color or direction (an ability some photographers would kill for!) I compose and frame my images the same way as the photographer, I just have a somewhat fantastic camera and infinitely patient subjects. ;) “ But the big question in the email was Is it Art? “To borrow/paraphrase the definition of a friend of mine (“GoofyFoot” here) ‘Art is anything created by one person capable of eliciting an emotional response in another person.’ “ “And if I were to extend it into the definition of an artist, I’d say “A person capable of creating Art, as defined above, and who does not deny the validity of someone else’s ‘art’” ... because once you cross that line, you’ve become a snob, and the only reactions you can create are unpleasant ones.” And there you go. If it makes you feel, it’s Art. It doesn’t mean you have to like it. I’ve seen plenty of Art I didn’t like. It doesn’t mean that your way of doing Art is “wrong” and you need to do it that way. But what it does mean is that however it was created is a valid way of creating Art; and you have no right to deny the legitimacy of it because techniques were used that you don’t approve of. The traditional media artist critisize the photographers for “just snapping pics of what someone else created.” The photographers criticize the digital artists for working in a medium that has “undo.” The digital painters criicize the 3D artists for “playing with digital dollies and letting software make all the art.” The ‘pro’ photographer criticizes the photographers who “manipulate their work artificially.” The ‘pro’ 3D artists criticize the hobbyist for “not making their own models.” The oil painters criticize the watercolor artists for working in a “lightweight medium.” It’s all ridiculous. I have a friend who likes to turn the tables and ask the painters if they bind their own brushes and gather and mix their own pigments. After all, if you don’t you’re taking credit for work that is partially someone else’s. ;) Art comes in all flavors. And while it is part of redbubble’s massive organization problem, it is also one of the things that makes redbubble great. They (almost) got it all. I would never go to a photography-only site, but I’ve seen some awesome photos here that I’m glad I didn’t miss. Excuse me, I should have said “I’ve seen some awesome Art here that I’m glad I didn’t miss.”

• WOW ! I WAS INTERVIEWED ! "Interview with Innovative Art Digital Photographers"
  by Madeline M. Allen

  A huge Thank You to Redbubble’s Own Zoe Marlowe – digitalmidge for her interview with…

  A huge Thank You to Redbubble’s Own Zoe Marlowe – digitalmidge for her interview with me on behalf of Innovative Art Digital Photographers Straight From The Heart – An Interview With Photographer – Artist Madeline M. Allen Please feel free to leave a message in the message box on the interview . WoooooooooooooooooooooHooooooooooooooo !!! CAN LIFE GET ANY BETTER ??

• 4 Features in 4 Days!
  by Randy Monteith

  Hi everyone Thanks to the following groups and Hosts for kindly featuring my artwork! The Art of Books...

  Hi everyone Thanks to the following groups and Hosts for kindly featuring my artwork! The Art of Books Gothic OZ Live, Love, Dream The Story in Her Eyes Altered by Design The Ice Queen My Darkside

• Artist Profile: 2D digital painter Tom Godfrey doesn’t see dead people, he sees aliens.
  by community

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  Art has always played a big part in Tom Godfrey’s life. For 20 years the former schoolteacher ran the art department at Highbury High School in South Africa. “Teaching fulfilled most of my creative urges,” he says, “I could try all sorts of artistic things with the kids, which was fun for them and for me.” It was only during school holidays that Tom had time to work on his own creations. “I guess it all started when I made cartoon covers for the school’s cultural and sporting events – things like the evolution of the running shoe, although a little simpler. “After that I thought I’d try my hand at watercolour. Eventually, I joined a watercolour society and exhibited. To my delight I sold two landscape paintings,” he says. Even for such a talented artist the rest hasn’t quite been ‘history.’ For Tom, giving up the day job to pursue his passion was too much of a risk. “There is nothing like a regular income when you have regular expenses,” he says. Even so, he dreamed of retiring early to become a full time artist. Last year Tom and his wife immigrated to Sydney. The move was prompted by a need to look after Tom’s mother-in-law who suffers with MS. It was the fresh start he had been waiting for. “I realized once I had given up my day job in South Africa that the future was a clean slate and being older, and hopefully wiser, I decided that it was up to me as to what was recorded on that slate. “I have given myself a window of about two years to make it, in some form, in the art world. “A full time artist once said to me, ‘Tom, put yourself in a corner and paint your way out of it.’ I always like that image,” he says. Although one of the most respected and versatile artists in the Red Bubble community, Tom is still searching for his niche. “The problem is I’m interested in so many different approaches to 2D art,” he says. “In traditional media I use both acrylic and pastel to create wildlife and landscape paintings. But I also love cartooning, caricaturing and sci-fi. ”I’m not focused on a single approach yet as I am testing out new markets to see what sells – I need to eat first and indulge later,” he says. Tom is currently working part time in a local gallery while building his reputation on and offline. “I’m starting to get commissions coming through,” he says, “Although things are probably taking longer than I expected.” Cartoons and caricatures have proved most commercially successful for Tom but it’s his outstandingly original sci-fi / fantasy artwork that gets him most excited. “If I won the Lottery that’s the stuff I would concentrate on,” he says wistfully. As well as the visual appeal of his alien landscapes populated with characters like Gorgon and Zola, Japanese Fighting Fish, and the Clakkerpods, Tom’s illustrations are accompanied by tantalising back-stories. “The stories just come to me as I work on an image,” he says, “I guess it all comes from having an overactive imagination.” - Craig Scutt More of Tom’s art can be found here /

• 3D Artist Interview - Lyndseyh
  by Damian

  From a childhood love of fairy tales to her present dark and stylish digital art, welcome to the world of Lyndsey Hayes (Lyndseyh), co-mo…

  From a childhood love of fairy tales to her present dark and stylish digital art, welcome to the world of Lyndsey Hayes (Lyndseyh), co-moderator of the RedBubble group ‘The Art of 3D’. Lyndsey works full-time as a computer programmer in the UK, but has always had a need to create artistically, ‘it’s an itch I have to scratch.’ She was inspired early by the paintings of the Pre-Raphaelites, and is a huge fan of Salvador Dali and fantasy art. For her, one of her most enjoyable aspects of art is the unexpected results, and ‘how with minor changes, you can make an average image shine – I love those moments.’ While not having studied art formally, she has been through many ‘arty phases’. These have involved pencil and charcoal portraits of friends and family, as well as a few commissions, and fantasy art using traditional acrylic painting. Lyndsey first ventured into digital art through photo manipulation in Photoshop. ‘When I first got my camera, I bought a premier issue of a photographic magazine on the way back from London to read on the train, and it had a load of tutorials on photo manipulation in Photoshop 7.0. I promptly became obsessed with manipulating and creating art from photographs.’ From there, she evolved into 3D art, which she has been doing for about two years now, using ‘Poser, Photoshop and Painter mostly – I also use other 3D programs like Bryce, Vue and Carrara occasionally. Typically, I will create several scenes in Poser, which I then merge together to make one image for manipulation in Photoshop. I’m pretty heavy on the post work so I typically do all the lighting and most of the background stuff in Photoshop. I will then switch to Painter to work on the skin and hair.’ For Lyndsey, the appeal of 3D art is the photo-realistic effects that are possible, and the speed in which you can get great results. Her drawings and paintings would take a long time to complete, so when she started her own business, she had little time for art. She says that 3D art is ‘ideal for people who have time restrictions,’ and that, ‘typically I will spend about 6-8 hours on one image. The longest time I spent on one image is Necromancy which took me about 15 hours in all.’ The quickest image had taken her about 2 hours. Lyndsey’s love of fairy tales is evident in her fantasy-filled gallery, and she says she keeps coming back to mystical, magical sorceresses. She says she has ‘always been fascinated with people’s faces, which is why so many of my images are portraits. I think women are more interesting to draw and paint than men and fantasy art is so wonderful because by definition there are no boundaries to it – you can draw or paint whatever you like. My images are very organic and have a bit of a life of their own. They often don’t evolve as I expect them to. I try to keep an open mind and go with the flow so they end up how they end up.’ When asked about her favourite image, Lyndsey said, ‘It’s probably necromancy because I love the implication that something really powerful and unexpected is going to happen.’ / Necromancy Lyndsey’s 3D art has been very successful, getting ‘Image of the day’ on ImagineFX’s (a UK fantasy art magazine) website with ‘Only Ask if You Want To Know’, plus images published on the DVD with an issue of their magazine. / Only Ask if You Want To Know When DAZ3D re-launched their website last year, the image ‘Temptress’ was used on their home page for a number of months, as well as being published in ‘Exotique 3’ by Ballistic Publishing last year. / Temptress She currently has her gallery featured on Artzone, which has helped enormously to raise her profile. In closing, Lyndsey has offered this great advice for people interested in 3D art- / (1) Practice makes perfect – my very first Poser render (which is indescribably dreadful) is enough to inspire confidence in anyone interested in Digital Art :) / (2) Paint what you’re passionate about – it will give your images life and make them particularly interesting. / (3) Realistic expressions are what make a character (whatever the genre) relatable, so spend as much time as is necessary on them.

• Please Pray for me.
  by TREVOR IRWIN

  Its now Thursday morning here in cold London. I am leaving for the airport in two hours time, to return to the rural and Isolated village…

  Its now Thursday morning here in cold London. I am leaving for the airport in two hours time, to return to the rural and Isolated villages in Africa. I Give God thanks for all of you my dear friends who have prayed and are continuing to pray for me and the mission. Also to all who have donated art and Finance to help the people and especially the children. God will not forget you, nor will I cease to pray for you all. I will miss you all and the bmails, and comments. There is no Power, or telephone where I am going, and nobody has ever heard of the internet. So this is my last communication to you, until I return on 30th October. Please continue to pray for me. I love you all and thank God daily for your Love and support. God Bless Redbubble, who has allowed me to share photographs and the mission with you all, worldwide. there will be lots of new Photographs. Video will be uploaded to the Charity Webiste. I leave you all in the wonderful hands of my Heavenly Father. Your Friend. Trevor. link to my Africa Mission Website: / http://www.philadelphia33.org/ http://www.redbubble.com/people/joshuatree1

• Sensor Cleaning Advice Site
  by NATURELENS

  Dear All If you clean your own sensor, or are thinking of cleaning it, then its worth giving this site a look, its the best one I have…

  Dear All If you clean your own sensor, or are thinking of cleaning it, then its worth giving this site a look, its the best one I have found to date. Sensor Cleaning Hope you find it useful Regards Neil

• UNLEASHED OPENING NIGHT PHOTOS
  by RedBubble

  Wow! What a fantastic night we all had at the Unleashed 07 Gallery Opening. It was so great to meet so many RedBubblers there. Thank y…

  Wow! What a fantastic night we all had at the Unleashed 07 Gallery Opening. It was so great to meet so many RedBubblers there. Thank you all for making the night so much fun and such a success. We’ve uploaded some photographs into the RedBubble portfolio. Please add a comment and tell us your user name if you spot yourself! The exhibition will be running until Thursday 26 April – see the invite for details.