Saturday, January 12, 2008

Love Tokens


We think of these peanuts as plain, while Scarlet Macaws think of them as love tokens. This is my entry for the 2 things challenge this week and I had great fun doing it since I love animals and who wouldn't love these gorgeous birds?

Deconstruction:
Photo of Macaws and peanut from wikimedia.org. Three layers only this time, counting the background layer. I used [filter, artistic, watercolor] on the birds, then [filter,texture,load texture] for the peanut image in the background of the birds and [filter,render,lighting effects] to give the texture some dimension. Lastly I used [filer,texture,stained glass] to create the netting design on the border so it was all photoshop magic this time.

7 comments:

Trijnie said...

Hi Bobbie I never visited this blog
of you. Its wonderful what I see.
I answered your question on my blog.

Unknown said...

i love how you see things, Bobbie, and how differently we use photoshop. I can hardly wait for your CS3 program to come through.
~sue

John M. Mora said...

Beautiful, calm and joyous - perfect blend of emotions. Just love it. My best.

dianeclancy said...

Hi Bobbie,

I love this. I love how your mind sees things .. you are wonderful!!

And I am so sorry for your loss. I am glad you came here and painted anyway.

You are one fantastic woman and I am glad to know you!!

~ Diane Clancy
www.dianeclancy.com/blog

Janet Kincaid said...

This is beautiful! The brightness of the birds and the plainness of the peanut--which is barely visible--is a perfect capture of this challenge! Good job!

Artists With Artitude said...

Bobbie! Help!!! Your picture has disappeared and there is that red x instead!!!

Rima said...

how sweet! very nice effect - you're really stretching these days (now that you have time!). I love to see how you see.