Category Archives: digital

textures from nancy donaldson

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nancy donaldson again provided some textures to play with… so far i enjoyed making the following samples, (click to enlarge):


all these are made in a similar way: using the photo, texture(s) from nancy + scan from a botanical book.
if interested, you can find my “recipes” below:
original photo cropped a little
texture 2 from nancy donaldson (crackle structure) at blending mode soft light 100% – layer mask to erase the seed
scanned image (from a botanical book) layered with blending mode darken + adjustment layer to make it more black
frame from shadowhousecreations (black vintage mask) set at multiply
text added with fonts mythbusters + pea terri cherie
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nancy donaldson texture 2c at blending mode darker color 100%
nancy donaldson texture 2b at blending mode soft light 50%
copy of all, soft light, 22%
scanned image of a raspberry (botanical book) at blending mode divide, 100%
text: fonts second breakfast + fine hand
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layer from background, soft light 60%
nancy donaldson texture 2a, blending mode exclusion 100%
again texture 2a, blending mode linear burn 70%
scanned image of corn (botanical book), darker color 100%
flickr ttv-frame multiply 100%

take a word: childhood

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i found this postcard on a flea market a while ago. the backside tells me the photo was taken by aglaia risch, 1984 in belgium. i started a google research, but could not find out more about this photographer…

background by cosmo cricket, clover stamps by carina gardner, tape tizzape, font pie sugar noodles.

find the other participants of take-a-word here.

vor einiger zeit fand ich diese postkarte auf einem flohmarkt. auf der rückseite steht, das foto stamme von aglaia risch, brüssel 1984. leider konnte ich durch googeln nicht wirklich mehr über die fotografin erfahren…

take a word: blackbird

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the upcoming theme for take-a-word is blackbirds… so i made this storyboard with photos of the magpie my cat killed recently. positioned some bodyparts on spray painted backgrouds and arranged the squares digitally.
(the biologist in me knows that magpies belong to the bird-family of corvidae, but the “real” blackbirds are turdidae. but both are in the order of passeriformes… so far about things you did not want to know *g*)
diese bildersammlung habe ich gemacht mit fotos der toten elster (als model auf gesprayten hintergründen), die mein kater letztens gefangen hatte. die kommende woche geht es bei take-a-word zwar um “blackbirds”, genaugenommen also amseln… aber das schert ja wohl keinen. nur die biologin in mir muss hier ein bisschen korinthenkacken, denn während amseln zur familie der drosseln gehören, sind elstern rabenvögel – allerdings gehören beide zur ordnung der sperlingsvögel. was ihr noch nie wissen wolltet *g*…

PAF – snail mail / freebie

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i´m linking these snail photos to PAF showcase this week oct 7th – oct 9th — take your time to visit the other contributions, great photo art there!

the first snail pic is edited with a halftone frame

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on the second one i used bonnie´s medieval magic texture. i decided to turn it into a faux postage stamp (which i often do with my pictures), adding the stencil std font.
i´d like to offer this as a freebie for you to use… just print it out in a small format and cut it with stamp scissors (fiskars f.e.). i really love to personalize my mail/art this way…

das schneckenpost-bild ist ein freebie: einfach im kleinformat ausdrucken, mit briefmarkenschere ausschneiden und als “falsche zusatzbriefmarke” verwenden