Looking forward to linking up this week with Bonnie over at Photo Art Friday . The challenge this week was to "use three photographs and one of my textures to create a piece of abstract photo art."
So I began playing around with a number of images, actually probably more like 8 or 9. I used a cool texture from Bonnie called:- "pdpa etched in stone." This image is great to work with and gives some amazing effects.
I chose a number of images to fuse together to form one cohesive picture.I cut out the lamb from the image below by isolating it with the lasso tool. I left a few rough edges instead of cleaning it up.
Next I selected an image of a lion and cut him out of his background using the same method. I had all of these images open in Gimp.
At this point I have worked on 4 or 5 layers , I also added a layer of an image of the seashore and a clock face and played around with the opacity and filters on each level.
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Next I added in the image of a horse, after cutting him out of the background.
and the image looked like:-
So now I played around with it a bit more and added in some text:-
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and a last version:-
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Credit for this Image:
Girl,texture,bokeh and seashore:- http://night-fate-stock.deviantart.com/
Texture: pdpa Etched in Stone :- http://www.pixeldustphotoart.com/
Lion/lamb and clock:- http://morguefile.com/archive/
This is absolutely gorgeous and packs such a powerful message! Love it!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your lovely comment Jeanne, and for stopping by. Blessings Suzanne
DeleteThis is so interesting - a great collage; the woman in the pic has the perfect pose. I like how ultimately the clock and seashore are so subtle but still offer depth to the background. Nice work.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind comment Terrie, I have so much to learn but the process is fun. Blessings Suzanne
DeleteLast version is so beautiful. I can feel the freedom. Very well done :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Merike, much appreciated. Blessings Suzanne
DeleteBeautiful work - love the idea of the lion and the lamb. Your color choice and processing are wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing. God Bless. Karen
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the lovely comment I so appreciate it.
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great rendering . . .
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by Deborah
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Awesome piece. The "Lion/Lamb" portion was so moving and I agree that the woman in the picture had a perfect position for the quote you used. I am slowly learning the Gimp program and will have to check out the (Lasso) tool. Where would I find it?
ReplyDeleteHi Ida, thanks so much for your lovely comment. The lasso tool is in the toolbox in gimp and if you google 'cut out backgrounds in Gimp' you will find a number of good video tutorials that walk you through using the tool step by step. Blessings Suzanne
DeleteLooks like top quality art for a fantastic book!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Margaret, Blessings Suzanne
DeleteGreat work.
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Thanks for stopping by Tatjana
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Very interesting, really extraordinary composition, I liked to contemplate the successive stages.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Leovi
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Suzanne
Your photos turned out beautifully. I definitely need to work on adding other elements to my photos besides just textures. The girl on the beach - way cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks Pat, it sure is a fun process learning all this new stuff together. Thanks so much for your comment.Blessings Suzanne
DeleteSimply divine...fabulous editing.
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Kathy
Thanks so much Kathy
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Wow, Suzanne, this is fabulous! Interesting to read your process, much to learn for me. The final image is gorgeous - what a great piece.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Carola, I am enjoying this journey, lots and lots to learn. Sometimes it works and other times it doesn't, guess that's all part of it. Blessings to you! Suzanne
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