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Published: 2006-12-06 07:44:02 +0000 UTC; Views: 1549; Favourites: 27; Downloads: 31
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I am not sure what category to put my work into. I use a camera, paintbrush, pens, and Photoshop. This is the first post for me in about 5 years. Let me know what you think.Here are the pieces before I edited them
[link] <~~ Photo Background
[link] <~~ Stems
[link] <~~ Sunflower 1
[link] <~~ Sunflower 2
As you can see, lots of editing... it is fun looking back at what I was starting with.
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Thanks for checking out the gallery.
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Sunflowers are my fav flowers btw ^^ This picture is nice
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I would call this a digital collage...the textures are incredibly convincing, great job!
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super thanks
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I like the way you tend to mix different styles!
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Glad you like. I was looking through your gallery and I must say I like how you crop many of the close ups making them almost abstract. I am a sucker for texture and detail. When the overall composition remains compelling its a bonus! nice work.
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thanks 
i love the abstract beauty of flower
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maybe crop was the wrong word... framing, yeah I like the way you frame the image? I didn't mean to imply you edited the photo after it was shot.
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well sometimes i do 
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Featured in my Journal & Deviant News! [link]
Check it out!
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I am now famous, Thanks!
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yeah, Its a little out there. I've been having fun with mixing photography and traditional art. Ya got to love photoshop.
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well thanks for keeping the forum going its an important one dont forget to check my stuff out haha
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I did check it out. There are a lot of emotionaly charged pieces. Most nudes have little to say other than "look at my croch." Your work seems to be deeper. I love kara. It somehow reminds me of the feeling I had when a long lasting and loving relationship came to a close. There was no ill will just a heavy farwell.
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haha it was the day after she dumped me i needed one last shoot she got me into photography 4 years and that was the last haha thanks
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how very wonderful - it has such a mixed media vibe. i love the colours and the textured feel.
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Well, it's not really photo-manipulation and it's not totally illustration... lol! but it a wonderful piece anyway!
An instant fave... for me
The works you posted on this thread: reminds me of a contest from worth1000.com called Pygmalion - where they merge real-life images with cartoon characters or characters from classic works. Here's the [link] 
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Thanks for the link, and the kind words. I use to play around with photo manipulation all the time. Now I am just trying to use only what I have shot or drawn. I have been having a ball.
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Beautiful! It feels like they came from a haunting dream.
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It did, my life 
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You manipulate water colors masterfully. I'm jealous. Everytime I tried using them I had to outline it with a dark sharpee and it turned out like crap.
Yours on the other hand didnt at all and that angers me. >
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Hey, just though you might want to see how it was created, I added scraps to show what it looked like before the editing...
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It looks like water color but it is actually acrylic ink. Not that it is any easier to manage⦠but you do have to plan ahead and preserve your highlights. Work from the darkest colors to the lighter ones and paint in layers. I usually start with a few sketches then sometimes I will use pens to create the outlines or just free ball it. It is definitely fun and rewarding, keep at it and thanks for the complement.
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You know, I actually quite like this. I rarely do on the forums, but this is good. Good colours, good tones, nice concept. It works.
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I think this carries dark connotations . the death of a flower , and not just any flower
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An ode to paccaso, at least I didnt cut off my ear.
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wow thats beautiful the leaves at the bottom look soooooooooooo real, i had to take a second look to see if this was a painting or a real photo
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I have more with this same style but I gave the originals away as gifts. With any luck I will be able to get scans of some when I visit, or I could just do more...
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well done
i think this pic looks really sad because the flowers look so dead
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Yeah, sunflowers can be depressing. At least I didnt cut off my ear
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Pablo Picasso (I hope you have heard of the famous artist) painted a lot of sunflowers and he was also bat-shit crazy. He cut off his ear as a political statement. My comment was in reference to that.
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ahh i see.. i had that deep in mind but i was not sure at all
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Wonderful job! It's a great display of mixing medias!
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