Playing with shareware....

Okay so I played with a program called ArtRage2 last night... how fun.!!! But let me tell you, drawing with a mouse instead of a tablet is a chunk of work. Keeping in mind that I did these with a mouse, and that is challenging at best, my rough results are posted below..... (the oil paint brush strokes sorta show up in the sun/moon combo in the reduced size image). I could kick some serious butt and really have some fun with this program if I had a tablet.......... guess who's poking around on ebay in a another window?!? I want everyone to note: I DO love color, but I do NOT always create art in shockingly bright colors ;p

And I need to note here one important fact about ArtRage...you don't need great talent to use it, it offers a trace pad option, so you can load a picture and it makes it a tinted background for you to paint over, then you delete the lower image. This makes the program a great learning tool for those trying to learn to draw or paint!




Yup, this program is one I am going to invest in buying the full version of! I cannot believe I have had it down loaded and not installed since Nov. My bad! The pastel sun above is going to become an embellished art quilt one day..... I really like how it turned out!

I've also been playing with another program called Basic Photo Filter, it's shareware... and it's free to use for an unlimited time
http://www.photofiltre.com/
They also have an upgraded version that's closer to Photoshop or Illustrator in what they call the Photo Filter Studio version found here: http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/frames-en.htm
The studio version is free to try for 30 days and then you need to register it to keep using it. Cost:$25 EUR or about $33 USD

Tips and tricks for both versions can found here: http://frontpagesolutions.com/photofiltre/tutorials.htm

And here is my business card, modified slightly using the basic version:



Note: The wildbohemian web site isn't up right now, it hasn't been up for over 2 years, but it IS going back up by January...

You know...one truly cannot have too many sunfaces....

Especially when one lives in Oregon...
And there really is no such thing as "too much color"...

Artsy Doodles revisited

The possibilities are endless..................

Oh, look what I found!

A very cool photo editing site, http://photofiddle.com. Through this site you can try out several artsy photo styles and have the ones you like printed to paper or canvas for fair enough prices... nice side benefit of finding this page is that it may just save me from going mad since my computer crashed and took my photo shop with it. The results from doing a photo edit on this site are amazing for an online deal. I am actually gonna get a print of the one I did today of my dog Sheba (RIP). In fact I think it turned quite nice....

Doodles......

A funny thing happened in route to the sunface art quilt I am designing, with a minor modification to the ribbon on the upper left hand corner doodle, this design became my business card..... The business card company emailed me wanting to buy the design. I am now pondering this offer....

What I am listening to these days.....

http://www.isound.com/amir_beso
This music makes me happy!!!!