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Digital Art

Three Wishes

May 6, 2010

Page 6 of my ‘Tell Your Story’ Digital Art Journal.

Ahhhh…I wish!
I chose three wishes which were entirely inconsequential and which would only give me pure pleasure.
I finally learned how to make a curved line in Photoshop with the pen tool to create a path. (Here’s the tutorial if you’re interested.) I made the hearts this [...]

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I Want More Than Anything

May 4, 2010

Page 5 of my ‘Tell Your Story’ Digital Art Journal.

This is something I think about. A lot. Stephen Covey talks about finding your voice in The 8th Habit.  On page 85 Stephen outlines the part I’ve written above in my note, and adds, “…therein lies your voice, your calling, your soul’s code.” If I can [...]

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{Today Felt}

April 30, 2010

Page 4 of my ‘Tell Your Story’ Digital Art Journal.

In this lesson Rachel suggested creating a patchwork page and I knew straight away I wanted to do it. She was talking about using paper but I wondered if I could somehow do it digitally with fabric. She also talked about the colour wheel, and the [...]

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A New Season

April 30, 2010

Page 3 of my ‘Tell Your Story’ Digital Art Journal.

I was humming ‘Wish Upon A Star’ while I was making this. I think the dreamy (even Disney-like) feel was what I was going for.
I learned a few more Photoshop tricks making this, which is grrreat.

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Today/Right Now

April 28, 2010

Page 2 of my “Tell Your Story” Digital Art Journal.

I guess today wasn’t the most exciting day to mark the beginning of my art journal, what with being pretty sick and miserable. It was a day in my life nonetheless – it was “today” and that is significant in its own way.
This was good practice [...]

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Digital Art Journal Introduction

April 27, 2010

Oh dear. I’m looking at the other amazing journal pages in The Red Velvet Art Flickr Pool and I’m already feeling inadequate. I have to remind myself, this is not about showing off…this is about practicing and developing my skills and an artistic voice and learning to work with digital mediums. So I am kicking [...]

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“Tell Your Story” Online Art Journal Class

April 26, 2010

Wheee!! I’m really excited about this one folks. I only *just* found out about this class yesterday. I  immediately signed up, and the class began today!
I’ve been playing around with my new graphics tablet which was a really thoughtful anniversary gift from my hubby. (11 years now!) I’ve been thinking that I really want to [...]

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