GIMP daisies

 

 

 

 

I have been playing around with GIMP again. This is the original picture I started with. While I like it as is I wanted to see what I could do with it. Here are the results.

I used the colour balance feature to give the photo the pink colour. Then I used the border Script-fu, followed by the bevel Script -fu. Both of these are found under the Decor Script – fu list. When adding the bevel I kept the bump layer which kept the corner definition. Not bad for a novice, in my humble opinion.

Teenie Weenie Doodle Diary

A few months ago on a Yahoo group called Purple Ink there was a doodle diary swap. I didn’t participate but I thought it was a neat idea. There was also a discussion about doing teenie weenie art. So I thought of combining the two ideas and this is what I came up with. I did it on a 6 by 6 inch piece of black paper using various gel pens including glitter, metallic, pastel and neon pens. This was a fun project!

Spinning dragonfly!

This is another GIMP creation. I did not know what would happen when I animated this picture but I really liked the way it turned out. This is different from other graphics I’ve seen. I hope people like it.

Creating my own graphics

I thought it was about time I posted some of my own digital art. I have been creating graphics using a open source program called ‘GIMP’ for a little while. (Check out this program at http://www.gimp.org/. ) Tonight I had some fun and played around with some of the different effects. Here are some of what I came up with. I hope you enjoy them.

This one is called Purple star.

This one is purple supernova. I love this effect.

Orchids are one of my favourite flowers. So I just had toplay around with a picture I had of one. This is one of the results.

Here’s another one I did using the same base photo.

Josephine Wall – One of my favourite artists

A few years ago, I discovered this great artist Josephine Wall on the internet. Please check out her website at http://josephinewall.com/josephine.html. Unfortunately, I can’t afford to have her work hanging in my home but if I could I definitely would.
Her paintings get my imagination flying to wonderful magical places. It’s as if she has looked into my mind and pulled out pieces of my fantasies. I’m sure many people feel this way and I hope those of you who are not familiar with her work will love it as much as I do.

As I look at the piece above, I can’t help but see myself as that little fairy; dancing among the daisies What young girl wouldn’t love to have wings and be able to flutter above the earth like a butterfly. The colour and detail she uses draws me in.

I’m so glad there are such amazingly talented people as Josephine Wall in the world!

Have a great day!

Linda K.