Higher Learning

For Digitalmania Group www.flickr.com/groups/digitalmania/

The challenge this week is GURBUS DOGAN EKSIOGLU.

Umbrella girl - extracted from senzostock.deviantart.com/art/Stock-Huh-2-48618080

Book stack, moon, starry sky - Deviantscrap - www.deviantscrap.com Holliewood Studios

BG - I merged 3 different photos from my collection to create the background

Two textures - my collection

In The Garden

Woman extracted from a vintage photo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/37775831@N02/3682951365/in/set-72157623687726711

BG - I merged three of my photos

Foreground flowers Deviantscrap - www.deviantscrap.com Art By January

Textures - my collection

Sorrow

BG - http://lucieg-stock.deviantart.com/art/bord-de-mer-3-138010234

Angel - extracted from http://meltys-stock.deviantart.com/art/cemetery-6-97905992

Lion stone chair - http://totgstock.deviantart.com/art/Lion-s-Throne-122757766

Textures - I used 3 my collection

Moon and black rose - DeviantScrap Holliewood Studios - http://www.deviantscrap.com

Death - Annabel Lee

This is an entry for The Poe Inspired Tarot Challenge at Castle-of-Cards DeviantArt

Girl - http://magikstock.deviantart.com/art/pippa-winterlands-preview-2-178606433

Angel - http://neverfading-stock.deviantart.com/art/Angel-Statue-PNG-05-260947145

Moon, rope, starfish - Deviantscrap -www.deviantscrap.com (Holliewood Studios and Eenas Creations)

BG - I combined two - my collection

Textures - I used four - purchased from Design Cuts -www.designcuts.com

Annabel Lee - a favorite of mine - I choose to portray the Death Card inspired by this stanza of the poem:

"The angels, not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes!- that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee."

Keys To The Kingdom

Girl extracted from a vintage photo - bnspyrd.deviantart.com/art/Lrg-Scanned-Vintage-Nude-3-309...

BG's - I used a lot merged - my collection

Crown, keys, house, flowers, bird - Deviantscrap -www.deviantscrap.com (Holliewood Studios and Finecrafted Designs)

Textures and brushes - my collection

Earth Music

For Digitalmania Group www.flickr.com/groups/digitalmania/

The challenge this week is the fantastic work of husband and wife team Angi Sullins and Silas Toball.

I used their image Grow as inspiration - media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/dc/4a/14/dc4a1407dc1ecc60...

Reading girl - extracted from an original painting by Frederick C. Frieseke called Nasturiums - 4.bp.blogspot.com/-q2hRQ5Qw_bM/UaTb9uuPYAI/AAAAAAAAgoM/GJ...

BGs, textures, brushes, birds - all my collection

Kind of busy for me but I do think it is in the style of the image I used for my inspiration. See below.

Dead Flowers

A couple of my photos combined

All textures my collection I used four and some blending modes too

"And you can send me dead flowers every morning

Send me dead flowers by the mail

Send me dead flowers to my wedding

And I won't forget to put roses on your grave"

Something different for me. Yea I know weird but that's the way I roll ; )

War Of The Worlds

Girl - lostgirl-stock.deviantart.com/art/Lostgirlstock-9-1449086

Background - ashensorrow.deviantart.com/art/Premade-Background-1319-24...

Tall man, wand, stars, bow, weeds, hat, blimps - DeviantScrap -www.deviantscrap.com
(Holliewood Studios and Finecrafted Designs)

Textures, birds and additional planets - my collection

Warm Summer Nights

Girls extracted from a vintage photo

Background image - photo I took at Bayhead, NJ

Pier extracted and added from another beach photo

Birds, moon, bow, rowboat and rope - DeviantScrap -www.deviantscrap.com

Larger seagull on beach - thinkgimp.deviantart.com/art/seagull-200112786

Seagull in boat - www.deviantart.com/art/Seagull-2-352764069

Bird brushes, textures - my collection

I really love this image - it was fun to make and fun to look at.

The Gate Keepers

Couple - extracted from a vintage photo

Background image - DeviantScrap Holliewood Studios -www.deviantscrap.com

Skeleton - Devinatscrap - Fincrafted Designs -www.deviantscrap.com

All other BG images, textures, trees and moon - my collection.

Back to the creepy where I like it ; )

Queen of Swords

Woman extracted from a vintage photo - step-in-time-stock.deviantart.com/art/Gladys-Cooper-20129...

Background - gothicbohemianstock.deviantart.com/art/Old-Wardour-Castle...

Wings - poserfan-stock.deviantart.com/art/Demona-Wings-008-334975902

Bird - momotte2stocks.deviantart.com/art/Cut-out-stock-PNG-29-fu...

Textures - my collection

Since in the Tarot Swords represent air I added the wings to get some air into the image.

Lucy In The Sky

Woman - victorian etching/engraving

All backgrounds, textures and stuff my collection

Original image below.

Don't Let The Darkness Rule

Model - fluffybunny29stock.deviantart.com/art/Steampunk-2-442569229

Backgrounds (I combined 4) - all my private collection

Textures - purchased from www.designcuts.com

Bird brushes - my collection

Took me awhile to get the BG the way I wanted it - with the snow and sky.

Loving Him Was Red

Woman extracted and colored from a vintage photo -www.flickr.com/photos/37775831@N02/3682569923/in/set-7215...

Flowers - shop.scrapbookgraphics.com/Field-Journal-Collection.html

Textures, paint splatters - my collection

Lots of painting on the BG in this one. I want to get a more painterly look to some of my digital images and this is a good start.

Mud Pond Princess

This image if from a photo my cousin Nancy took this week at Lake Ariel.  Below is the actual picture. I loved it and wanted to do some digital work using it.  Seeing the cousins this past week was so much fun and Lake Ariel is such a beautiful spot. I hope everyone likes my image!

Model - auroradreams.deviantart.com/art/Grey-Fae-4-118685232

Freak Show

BG image - indigodeep.deviantart.com/art/Circus-background-154851995

Girl - dazzle-stock.deviantart.com/art/Blind-Faith-108488106

Stilt Walker - two-ladies-stocks.deviantart.com/art/stilted-66923711

Stars, balloons, circus wagon, dancing women, blue flag - Deviantscrap - www.deviantscrap.com

Textures - my collection

Wren - A Selfie

Girl extracted from a vintage photo

All BGs, textures, trees and butterfly - my collection.

For The Birds

Woman extracted from a painting by - Konstantin Egorovich Makovsky -
http://www.wikigallery.org/paintings/335001-335500/335101/painting1.jpg

Birds, lanterns, gears - Deviantscrap - Holliewood Studios, Krysty Scrap Designs and Finecrafted Designs - www.deviantscrap.com

Background, textures and frame - my collection.

Stay

Woman extracted and colored from a vintage photo - vintagedream-stock.deviantart.com/art/Gloria-10-293916630

Flower, clock, rose and iron gate - Deviantscrap - Holliewood Studios -www.deviantscrap.com/shop/manufacturers.php?manufacturerid=1

Other BG and textures my private collection. I just love the vintage images.