In this world we live in digital art seems to be all the rave. And I have sisters who are so very talented in their fields of passion. Baby sis can sculpt like no other I have known. I know I'm just a little prejudiced since it is my baby sister creating the art. But none the less she is so excellent.
I have another sister who's talent is portraits. She can whip out a sketch whose likeness is almost photographic in nature.
And yet another sister who can sculpt your hair with flare and love.
Yes the whole family has talent that is simply amazing.
Being the oldest of eight brothers and sisters has been interesting to say the least. I grew up often feeling more like a parent that a sibling to them. And because we were all spread so far apart age wise I suppose I could have been.
And with all this talent in one family I've often wondered just what mine is. Do we even have to have a talent? We all have some talent for something. You can usually tell what yours is by the passion you feel for what you are doing.
And so that leaves the question where is your passion? Mine is in nature photography. Then taking those nature photographs and turning them into digital art. Digital art is any art that is produced by computer.
According to Wikipediea - Digital art is an umbrella term for a range of artistic works and practices that utilize digital technology. Since the 1970s various names have been used to describe what is now called digital art including computer art and multimedia art but digital art is itself placed under the larger umbrella term new media art.
Sometimes I feel like the art I create is cheating because it is so much fun. And as part of this fun I wanted to share with you this art creation made by taking two separate images and blending them together.
I love the look in people’s eyes when they see what can be done using layers and color effects in a simple photo editing software. The base this picture was taken at Herick Lake in Wheaton Illinois.
A little creative cloning cleaned up a runner in the park as well as the no swimming sign by the lake. These objects just didn’t quite match the aged effect I had in mind.
The dancing Shaman was actually a statue standing in downtown Sedona Arizona. I was hoping for a ghostly effect in the end. This is one of my favorite digital art productions. I hope you enjoy it as well.
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I just got word that mine is being shipped soon.
So are you ready to try your hand at creating a little art on your computer?
