MAGAZINE COVER PROJECT
Here's a project from my Photoshop class. I had to come up with a cover for Daydreamer magazine (my teacher daydreamed this up). The goal of the assignment: Find a photo of a grassy field, then use at least ten major techniques that we've learned in class to create a surrealistic scene from that photo for the magazine cover. Then use the altered photo as the cover page and finish it out in InDesign. I used 11 techniques for my cover.

NOODLE
I went to the local zoo a couple of weeks ago with my rendering class for a sketch outing. I was ill and running fever, but trooped on in spite of it. The BIG giveaway that I was really, really sick, was that I could not finish my delicious Chick-fil-A meal that I had taken with me to enjoy by the lake.

The outing was for gathering sketches for inspiration in developing a cover for a children's book assignment for class. I could not do a lot of walking around since I felt terrible, but I managed to gather some good bird sketches, none of which, were used to develop my character!

In the end, I was inspired by photos my teacher shot of a playful ostrich. It had a game of peek-a-boo going with her while she was photographing it. She showed us the photos in class, and the ostrich really made me happy. So I decided to make my character an ostrich. "Noodle" is my character developed from thumbnails I sketched from various images I found on the internet, and inspired from my teacher's photos. My daughter came up with the name, and I think it fits perfectly.

SAILOR IN TOYLAND
Here's another digital collage piece. I have not had a lot of time for tactile activities lately. Photoshop is something I'm doing at school, and this gives me a chance to use my new skills and practice them in a creative way. This is done with images and photos from sxc.hu. I love retro dolls and toys. I usually search randomly to come up with ideas for pieces. When I found this sailor doll, I knew I had to make a collage around him. Reminds me of Robot Chicken.

ANGEL BABY
Another digital collage with stock from sxc.hu. This one is finished off with a layer of scribble on top. Full view to see that the white areas are feathers. This has a solemn feel to it that is actually quite reflective of my childhood. The photo even resembles me as a child, although I was not actually thinking about that until just now.

FASHION DIVAS TIME WARP
Digital collage using vintage photo from my stash and stock from sxc.hu.

LAYERS, LAYERS, LAYERS
More digital collage with Photoshop using stock images from Getty and Stock Exchange, and vintage stock from my personal stash.

Little Narcissus


The Covey


Tea Time

DIGITAL COLLAGES USING PHOTOSHOP
This is something new for me. I've always wanted to learn how to do this, and now that I'm taking a class, I'm applying what I'm learning to something I love to do, which is collage! Though the tactile, touchy-feely part is missing, the results are pretty doggone wonderful.

No Walls


Superpower

MOMIJI ILLUSTRATION & ARTICLE

This is an illustration done for an article for my rendering class at school. We had to find a photo to use for the illustration, then render it in our chosen medium. I used technical pens and colored pencil for my drawing. I used Photoshop to edit and digitize the art for use in Adobe InDesign for the article. I made the Japanese symbol for "East" from a stock photo using Adobe Illustrator. I found the perfect typeface to use with the headings, it's called Twelve Ton Sushi. The illustration and the article presented very well in class. Yay!