Week 18 Challenge - Valentine

Week 18 Challenge - Valentine

Couple Image - stock-foto-graf-hi.deviantart.com/art/farytale-272619944

I tried to tie all the images together with the roses and dove. I used 2 main textures on all images from 2 Lil Owls Textures (2LO Distressed 6 and 2LO distressed 23) also some other textures and lots of other stuff. Well it is almost February 14th. 

Under Your Spell

So this started out as a practice piece. I had a blank white image and I added the woman - I didn't bother to resize her, just wanted to play around with some techniques. Tried a little of this and a little of that and ended up liking her image. I also liked the white spaces around her but thought why not add some trees - well if you add trees you need birds and if you have birds you need bigger birds. Now this was OK but I still didn't like the pure white so I used two new textures from 2 Lil' Owl Studio and that finished off the image.

The Hat

Nothing fancy. A vintage picture - I added the doorway and stairs, trees, ghost, bird, cats, writing and lots of texture and blending modes. I just felt something needed to be in the doorway - it looked like a black hole.  Once I added the ghost the bird and cats followed.

Misfit

Model - kittythecat-stock.deviantart.com/art/The-Elevator-04-4149...

More of a sketchy look on this one. Lots of layering, blending modes, filters, textures and painting.

The Stairwell

Model - kittythecat-stock.deviantart.com/art/Baroque-Couple-08-41...

I wanted to do a more sketchy image - not quite what I had in mind but fun to make. Lots of textures, coloring and overlays plus a crow!!! I need to work on what I envision but I do rather like this image. How can you go wrong when you add a crow.

Sparrows

Lots of extracts, layers, textures and blending modes. It has been so cold and snowy here I feel so sorry for the poor birds. I have been keeping the feeder full but not too many takers in this cold. I love these little birds!!!!

The Ice Queen

Model - kuoma-stock.deviantart.com/art/Restless-13-269624530

It is so cold here I can't think of anything but ice. I am also feeling very uninspired - I think everything I do is predictable and looks the same.  Time to change it up somehow.  Maybe I need to simplify or do some landscapes.  Hmmmm - not sure of my direction right now.  I need to think on this.