Monthly Archive

“Sea Foam Mandala”

Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

“Chrysanthemum Mandala in Blue and Gold”

Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

Digital Construction

“Where is the World is Lemuria?”

Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

Digital Construction

The photographic elements are the map and the raven, to which various filters, color adjustments, and type were added in different layers.  The bamboo wall is a custom pattern fill.

                                                                Jan

“Mystic Madame”

Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

Constructed in Photoshop and Illustrator

“More Bougainvillea”

Lori Gloyd

(c) 2007

Here’s the same bougainvillea trellis.  I did not adjust color hue or saturation.  This appears as vibrant as real life.

“Bougainvillea”

Manipulated Photograph

Lori Gloyd (c) 2007

This photograph is of an outdoor seating area at my local coffeehouse. It is adjacent to a supermarket parking lot. In Photoshop I airbrushed out some cars and a shopping basket. Then I created a second layer to which I applied a filter called “underpainting” which I reduced to a 50% opacity. Then I merged the layers and applied various artistic brush filters and noise filters until I acheived a “painted” effect.

She Wolf brought a monster home to Riverleigh.

She claimed he followed her.

I think he knew how to make the best of himself

and

as he has promised to be

an exceptionally well behaved

if somewhat slimy

little monster

I have found a pool just a few feet from the Gazebo

under the big chestnut tree

and invited him to stay

provided, of course, that his mistress looks after him

and does not expect me to find his food. Fran

She Wolf gave us a story of the strange mushrooms

that attacked her deep in the forest on her way to Dwamish Bay

Here is my version, vision, as the story came to be in this strange place.  Fran

I have been experimenting trying to achieve the lovely blue tones you see in cyanotypes. I don’t have access to very sophisticated photo editing software so my efforts are a bit limited but they will give you an idea of what can be achieved.

Convert your chosen photo to a negative and then experiment with the hue saturation and lightness settings.

This is the basic photo with well-defined edges and good contrast colourwise

Here is the same picture negativised

Unfortunately I couldn’t achieve exactly the effect I wanted but it was quite close.  However, I did chance upon this one, which I really like.

It’s all a question of experimenting.

More information and some stunning artwork by Lou McCulloch can be seen here.

If you don’t have a camera, worry not. The same sort of effect can be achieved by using rubber stamps and dark blue ink.

The effect is achieved by spreading blue ink or paint on your chosen support (I used Bristol cards, which have a slightly satiny finish which takes the ink and the stamped image very well). Allow the colour to dry. Tamp your rubber stamp gently on some dampened kitchen paper to which you have added a few drops of bleach. Stamp your stamp on to the colour and watch as the colour leaches away leaving the image in white.

“Vellum” effect is that lovely watered-down effect which is achieved by first converting your chosen photo to a negative and then experimenting with the hue saturation and lightness controls. I have used Adobe Photo Deluxe (pre-cursor to Photoshop) but most photo editing software has these facilities.

The Dancers
dance for the years
we have spent with our blogs
our friends in the town
and the city of cyber
We’ve shared
and we’ve travelled
we’ve learned
and we’ll wonder
at all of the pieces we’ve found
in the corners
and the garden
in the rooms
and the travels
For we are Heather’s bloggers

Earthquake in Dwamish

the old ferry woman

takes her trembling passengers

to safety

Her old pipe  a comfort

in any circumstance

Remembering Mrs. Murphy’s cow

I tremble

I thank Quin for the story.  Fran