Tag: Art
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a gentle calm
I wanted to try my hand at some more minimalistic scenes. It’s a far cry from what I had originally planned, which is an illustration of a woman yelling – which I was going to call “Crying Wolf.” It’s a long story, but long story short: I caved and changed my Adobe plan back to…
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You Sneaker
“It’s not about the shoes, it’s about what you do in them.” -Michael Jordan So… this is a little sad. I spent an hour or so learning a new technique in Photoshop by reading a tutorial; how to turn an image into a sketch. The reason I did this is because I made a decision…
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Hope
“Hope is important because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today.” -Thich Nhat Hanh –Before I talk about hope, let me just say that I’ve been trying one of the new free programs (which I’ll talk about another…
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Hanging on
“When you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt I don’t have many words tonight, so hopefully my image speaks for itself. Mainly… I’m still getting ideas from my book and the Thing to Do (when you turn 50) #12 is: Indulge Yourself in a Playground…
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In the Garden
As you can see, I’m not quite done with the long narrow images. I liked the idea of having to scroll down the image to see the entire piece, and so I thought it would be fun to have a bit of a surprise at the bottom. In this case, I guess it’s the shoes.…
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The Fisherman
“Be patient and calm – for no one can catch fish in anger.” -Herbert Hoover Between the rush to finish my story, and a paper that I am still working on, I needed to get out of my head. I’m going to stop explaining my processes so much, because it kind of spoils the ambiance…
a sprinkle of faith 