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Gasping in the New Year
So I ushered in the New Year gasping – not in wonder and awe that we’d survived the world’s ending as predicted by some, but – for lungs full of air! Some mysterious agent, all the usual suspects were...
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Where One Door Opens…
To new beginnings. Last month my life experienced a major event. I left my job of nearly 8 years. While there were lots of things I loved about my job, I needed a new challenge. After many, unstated,...
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Sigh of Confidence
Last week, I finished and submitted my very first photoshop painting project. It took seven hours to complete, but was the most enjoyable experience I’ve had in quite awhile. Creatively it was...
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Back to the Beginning
Last week’s class assignment and homework, brought me back…way back. Some of us may have a more colorful recollection of Kindergarden than others, but if any of you still have your memory box from...
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Letting the artistic hair down OR fun with filters
Just a quick post today to share some fun project results! This week we learned how to apply filters and other adjustments to a photo, in some cases to fix a flaw in the exposure or as I found out...
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Colorizing the Past
I’m very excited and proud to share the following images from this week’s projects. The assignment was simply to take a black and white photograph, grayscale, and turn it into a 4-color image. I had a...
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Making the Effort
Finding closure and continuing to start new chapters. This week I had the opportunity to visit a number of my former colleagues that weren’t in town when I left this past summer. After nearly eight...
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Love and Travel
Yesterday, I presented my final project in my first graphic design class. We were given the opportunity to design a book, magazine, or CD cover with specific requirements. It needed to contain at least...
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Spooky Composites
Well classes have started up again (hooray)! Last week’s first assignment in my advanced photoshop was lots of fun. As you’ve seen from previous posts we’ve been learning how to make composites, where...
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Sketching Is Everywhere
Over the last two weeks, I’ve come to appreciate more and more my dalliance of taking a sketching class this fall. While the art class has been fun and certainly challenging, it has found its way into...
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