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Saturday, February 9, 2013

Incomplete book illustrations

I started doing illustrations for a children's story I created. You can't imagine how much work it is until you have started.

Sunday, January 27, 2013

KISS Photo editing tutorials

Lesson 3 - Try this With Your Own Pictures

Keep it simple to begin with. Rome was not built in a day. Find a simple picture you like and try to copy it, i.e. do something similar to what they did. If you like it it should hold your interest. It does not need to be exactly the same...if they chose blue and you want it red then make changes.....for that is the beginning of creativity.

My example:

I liked the shape of this leaf. I was thinking of my boyfriend and it looked heart shaped to me. It needed a cheery background and my scarf was just the right colour so I placed the leaf on it and took a photo.

Now rotate it....

.....and add a short text.

KISS Photo editing tutorials

Lesson 2 - Crop and Rotation

No matter how wonderful a picture is if I have to crick my neck to view it I'm not interested. Some people think it is acceptable to post these pictures to Facebook. ....I'm here to tell you that it is not.

Unacceptable

Perfect

KISS Photo editing tutorials

This is especially for Jenny but others may benefit so feel to share. I will update it as and when I can.

Download a free photo editing program on your PC. A well known one like GIMP will be great. If you have a smart phone there are plenty of free Android apps & iPhone apps.

On Android market I am currently using:
One Man With a Camera
Pic Paint
Skitch....tied to Evernote (which I love)
Paper Artist
I will speak more about them later.

Lesson 1:

Take a photo of a loved one (or an unloved one)
Go to the filter settings of your program. See what each one does and save an example of each. You can rename the picture John 1, John 2 or John B & W, John sepia, John polarised.

The object is to become familiar with the options available on your particular program.

Feedback welcome.