Photoshop Fun Continued...

This is the next incarnation of a previously posted class assignment:

This cute little guy was photographed at the Koala Park Sanctuary in West Pennant Hills, Australia.

For Sale

As promised, here are my newest Etsy listings:

Nantucket, MA

Paradise Falls, NH

Lawrence, MA

Birthday Greetings

More Etsy Love!

Another item of mine has been featured in an Etsy treasury!

This time it's my purple & yellow magazine page bowl, in the treasury "After the Reading," which features items made from magazines, catalogs, and newspapers.  A big thanks to member Mireloom for including me in her collection!

Come Sail Away

I came across some old postcards a few weeks ago, and now that the craft room is (sort of) set up, I've been working on transforming them into blank note cards.

I started with this postcard of ships in a harbor.  The postmark and message identifies it as Nantucket, Massachusetts.  The postmark is dated August 23, 1927.  

I wanted to add a decorative border to the image, but because of it's age I didn't want to make any permanent changes.  A simple border was cut from scrapbook paper, and glued to cardstock to create a sleeve.

Just slip in the postcard, score the middle, fold, and viola!  A blank card from a vintage postcard.

Once I make a few more of these I'll be listing them on my Etsy.  I'll be sure to post a link once they're officially for sale.  :)

Photoshop Fun

The fall semester is underway!

This semester I'm taking a courses in Photoshop and Flash.  I've been a casual PS user for a number of years, but have never taken a class focusing on the software.  The first few assignments have been pretty basic, but still fun and informative.

This week's assignment was to create a texture quilt using the crop tool and upsampling/downsampling techniques.  I opted to use only images from my trip to Sydney:

I really like the concept of this assignment.  It's a unique way to display vacation photos, possibly as a calendar image or thank you card.

The Flash class is a bit more challenging at the moment.  My only exposure to the software was as an animation intern three years ago.  It will be fun to create some basic animations, which I hope to incorporate into some web design ideas I have.  I'm working on an online portfolio to help with my internship/job search.  Fingers crossed I can get it all together (and looking excellent) by January!