Tag: ideas

  • The Bargain Basement

    The Bargain Basement

    “Money can’t buy love, but it sure improves your bargaining position.” -Anonymous I’ve started making a lot of mental notes lately, like “Oh… I should share this on the blog.” Silly things. Worthless information. But hey, who am I to judge?! My mother and I went to a couple of thrift stores on Friday. I…

  • Go on… Do It!

    Go on… Do It!

    When in doubt, paddle out. So I’ve been going to town with my Photoshop lesson #2, selected at random to learn how to turn a photograph into an illustration. I have to tell you that learning new things brings new life into my previous (somewhat) mundane mood. I watched a YouTube tutorial and literally followed…

  • You Sneaker

    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…

  • Gone Fishing

    Gone Fishing

    “A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.” -Benjamin Franklin. I thought I’d do something different on this image. It’s a sketch / paint blend, with a paper background, so that it looks a little old school and handmade (not digital). Looks like this man knows how to…

  • Femme Fatale

    Greetings! I wanted to pop in and share my latest ‘femme fatale’. I’m at a total standstill as far as my writing is concerned. My head has been in a total fog lately, and I’m placing some of the blame on my ethics class. I have to wonder if information overload comes a little too…

  • Moody

    Sometimes I’m energetic, full of color and life, feeling crazy… Other days I want to lay still, relax, read a book and be lazy. I learned how to do these orbs in Photoshop via Leya (HERE) and I just can’t get over how beautiful her orbs are (Ha-ha that sounds funny). Anyway, I’ve seen several…