A Digital Art Kinda' Day

I love creating digital art and tend to use bright vivid colors, often with a soft glowing look. With the various photo-editing software packages on the market there are all styles of digital art you can make, just pick your favorite. 

Digital Art "The Twins"

The above art was created using several colored layers placed over the original photo. I added a very soft glow which softened the overall look of the art. 

Original photograph of "The Twins"

The alterations to the original photograph are not drastic but I love the colors of the layers and the softness - to me the digital art says "spring is here".

Pick your favorite style of altered photographic art: mixed-media, photo manipulation, layering, texturing, montage or collage. And that's just the beginning of what's available. Any one software package can make most of the digital art I mentioned.  


Software prices range from free (Gimp - download off line) to Picnik (about $25 a year) and the various Photo Shop programs. If you use Flickr to store your photos there are Flickr groups for all of these software packages which offer support and answer specific questions. A couple of Google searches will bring up lots of information.


You can learn to make your own layers and textures or find them free online.  Flickr has several groups offering free textures but be sure you understand the copyright licensing of each texture.  My Amazon Search Tool (in the right hand column of my blog) will assist you in finding books on photography, digital art, cameras and camera gear.    

I'll be posting more digital art in the coming days and weeks with more information. I hope you like my work.