Well, I've done it...I've actually finished my Mad Hatter's Yuletide Soiree swap piece way ahead of schedule!!! This is my 1st digital art piece I've made with Photoshop for a swap & I'm really happy with the way it turned out. I learned so much about Photoshop on this piece, probably due to the 75 Layers I worked with. What were some of the monumental lessons I learned you ask??
Using the paint brush feature: It's always better to adjust the color of an image before it's added as a layer & make sure you're working on the correct layer when you are using the paint brush feature, duh! (under the cooks butt is a big green spot where I added color to something that I later removed only to find the color under it had been done toooo many layers ago to fix, thus 'the cook'.)
Naming Layers: Always name your layers! OK, I never named a layer, I always felt I kind of remembered them, but after the 30th layer it all became a blurrrrr. Now, I'm also old & have no memory, so as I was editing & perfecting I would have to go through the 75 layers to find the mouse's Santa Hat that needed to be moved by 100th of an inch. (this happened MANY TIMES)
Simple Lessons of Photoshop, of Patience, of Failure, of Success, of Acceptance, of Life...
Note to self: Even when not perfect, It's All Just So Good!
Friends interested in participating in the swap can click on the Yuletide Swap badge on my sidebar which will take you directly to where you need to be to sign up, the more the Merrier!!
I also want to give a HUGE Thank You to Marsha at Tumble Fish Studios for giving me my 1st Blog Award! It's always wonderful to know others appreciate your artistic efforts & even though we do our blogs for ourselves there is a feeling of a shared community & wanting to include pictures & information that will interest our other readers. So now I must follow the RULES of this Blog Award & pass it on to some of my fellow bloggers that I most admire!
Congratulations:
Vanessa @ A Faniciful Twist for hosting such a Wonderful Halloween Blog Party
Jamie @ (art-e-ology) for always having such Great FITS
Janna @ Artsy Fartsy Junk Finds for being such a Fun Junk Girl
Lucy @ By The Hill for Lovely Photograpy & for being such a Good Blog Friend
Tammy @ A Stitch in Time for being so Open & Honest & always Keeping it Real
Please pass this Blog Award on to some of your favorite blog sites...Enjoy!!
3 comments:
Brilliant work - I adore it!
First off....WOW,WOW,WOW!! Your Mad Hatter piece is fantastic! 75 layers?? and you got to 30 before they blurred?? you're good, girl!
Beautiful composition, you are very patient!
Second...THANKYOU FOR THE BLOG AWARD!! You're so sweet! I'm going to blog about it tonight or tomorrow a.m. and will pass it on.Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou, I'm thrilled!!
Thank you SOOOOOO much for this award Sweetie! It means so much to me:) Your digital work is fantastic and I ADORE your new blog banner!!!! Sorry I have been absent of late, but hopefully things will settle down soon:) Love, Jamie
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