From Photo to Art Image

I’m really tired tonight, but I did manage to get a project finished from the frost photo that I posted yesterday. I have so much fun when I get into the groove with an art project in Photoshop. In fact, I find it hard to stop and play a computer game or surf the web.

In spite of all my talk about loving to use Photoshop, I still like working directly in a number of mediums like paint, felt-tip pens, oil pastels, pencils, clay and even hot glass. If I get lucky, something comes out to where I can scan what I made in another medium and then make it into something else on the computer – double the fun!

Check out the frost image I have posted.

Where Inspiration Comes From

I was watching my cats watch a vibrating cat toy dance across my wooden floor and thought – Wow isn’t this fun! But it got me thinking about where inspiration for creative projects comes from. As I mused upon this subject, I was reminded of a photo of my frosted car windshield that I took one morning in the freezing cold last month. It was one of those inspired photo moments and it produced some very nice images of the magic of frozen water crystals. I am currently using one of these frost photos as the starting point for one of my next projects.

My point being, that inspiration can come from anywhere at anytime when you least expect it and I find that to be a wonderful thing. Grabbing those inspirational moments is one of the reasons I started taking photos when ever I saw something that peaked my interest, whether it is a rusty piece of pipe or a beautiful sky full of clouds.

Speaking of photos, I love my digital cameras and the Photoshop software to work on them with. I first learned photography with a 35mm camera and though it was possible to get good photos, it is a lot easier to interact with my digital images. I got myself a nice little portal scanner and scanned all my 35mm images into my computer to add to my image library.

Another thing I like to do is request photos from other people when they go on trips to places I have never been and might never go to. This allows me to see the world through someone else’s eyes and I get some surprising results, making it worth while to be a bit of a pest to get photos from these other people.

Be sure to check my next post for the finished image made from the frost photo that I mentioned above.

* “I am but the shadow of a mouse on the surface of the second moon” *