Creating a pattern

Here is my new creation in pattern making. I sketched these imaginary flowers, scanned it in the computer, and pulled it up in Adobe Photoshop to make some changes and to generate a pattern. 

After editing some of the details in the flowers, inverting the image, and repeating the sketch multiple times, I got the following....

                                     

Here is another version of the same pattern you see above.  

"Antler Project"

This is my Antler Project. I have a knack of creating new things out of otherwise boring objects. When I took this photo, I was inspired by the organic shape of the antlers. I wanted to do something special and create something unique. 

                                                           

                                After separating the antlers in Adobe Photoshop, this is what I got. 

I created the following image, by rotating and flipping the antlers. Arranging them in a way that look esthetically pleasing to the eyes. 

Pattern A

 

After achieving the following intricate design....

Pattern B

I integrated the pattern with a photo of a flower and used the pattern as a vignette.  

Later, I turned the antler motif in to a tile.... And this is what I got!  By using pattern A in a repetitive manner, I was able to create the following. 

Pattern A

By cropping a part of pattern B, and using it as a tile I also achieved this...

   

Tile

            Recently I have been playing in Photoshop with some patterns. The tiles below are from  photographs of a giraffe and a zebra. I put a filter on the tiles to even it out. Then, arranged them in Photoshop to create a pattern.

                                     

     So, I have been working on some patterns. Here are the details..... I carved a piece of rubber carving block, then I brushed it with acrylic paint, ink tends to work better but since I didn't have any available I used acrylic paint. After brushing the paint on the carved block, I stamped it on a piece of paper and got the following motif. Then I scanned it in the computer and started experimenting with it in Photoshop. Here are some of the different patterens I came up with.

Vignette Tutorial Adobe Photoshop CS6

Vignette Tutorial

"Building Blocks"

Third Place Winner.

I took this photo of logs in Dalton, GA. The patina is what attracted me to take this image. The tarnishing of the wood brings a lot of character in the logs, which actullay makes this photo pop. 

Adobe Photoshop Tricks

Adobe Photoshop Tricks

This photo was taken in an indoor skateboard rink in Dalton, GA.

 Here are the steps to create the effect.

1. Open the image that you want to edit in Adobe Photoshop.

2. Click on Filter Gallery under Filter.

3. Click the Colored Pencil filter. Make some adjustments to enhance the image.

4. Under Image click Adjustments, then on Brightness/Contrast. Increase the contrast to define and bring out the image.

Light Painting

Light Painting

Transforming the light painting technique photo in to a piece of kaleidoscope art. 

I learned how to photograph light painting in a forum at the photography club. We played and experimented with a lot of different light sources. The image below seemed to work for what I had in mind, since it has interesting lines that seem to have texture as well.

After cropping the image following steps were taken in Photoshop.

Then a couple of kaleidoscope filters in Photoshop were applied to create the following images.

   

"Rusty Window"

Second place winner

              This image is created in Photoshop. The window is from a train and the surrounding rust is the peeled paint on the train that rusted over time. I gave it a monochromatic tone, which gives a mysterious feel to the image.

              I won second place at the photography club. This is my first winning image since I started entering in the monthly competitions.




                                    These are the two photos that I used to create the image above.

Giraffelant

Hey guys,

            Recently I blended three different photos of animals and gave birth to a completely new and rare digital species :-). I took these photos at our local Zoo in Atlanta. It was a fun project.

           Its called Giraffelant. I used two different photos of the same elephant to get this image . The pose of one elephant seemed to work better with the head in a different photo. The skin is from a photo of a giraffe. In photoshop I was able to combine all three photos and transform it to the image you see above. 

Love what you can do in Photoshop!

The head is from the above photo.

and the body belongs to this one....

The mix between Zebra and Rhino. I named it Zebraceros.

"Curved Road"

Second place winner at our local photography club.

    This photo was taken in Asheville, NC. We went on a family vacation. On our way back we stopped for sightseeing. I don't know if you can tell, but if you look really hard, you can see that it was drizzling. I was able to get a shot of this tunnel in time, cause I had to run back to our car since it started to pour right after...LOL.

      I entered it in the montly competition at our local photography club and won second place.

       
             I attended a seminar not long ago in Atlanta. Adobe Creative Tour was in the town. I learned some great tips that I utilized to create the following image. With combining some of the techniques I learned at the seminar and after browsing the web for tutorials, I have more understanding on how to use different tools in Adobe Photoshop that I haven't experimented with before. I will show you what I have been up to.

             I took this image of sunrise, that I photographed at our neighborhood lake for the background, and edited it to enhance the colors.

 This is the other iamge of a tree that I used to create the overlay effect after editing in Photoshop.

The result