{"id":4198,"date":"2010-08-31T09:31:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T13:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=4198"},"modified":"2010-08-31T09:31:42","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T13:31:42","slug":"digital-flower-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=4198","title":{"rendered":"digital flower power"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This little digital painting is based on the photo below.<\/p>\n

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I like the photo, but I thought it might make a good base for some digital play.<\/p>\n

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I did this all in Photoshop, not going into Painter.\u00a0 I first painted brighter colors over the flowers and played with various filters.<\/p>\n

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I then blended the painting into the background.\u00a0 While I like the look, it’s a bit flat for what I was looking for.<\/p>\n

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I then punched up the color.<\/p>\n

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I added more color to the central area.<\/p>\n

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And added a bit more color to the flower area.<\/p>\n

At times I’m asked how I get from idea to a finished work.\u00a0 This is it.\u00a0 That is, I start with one idea, in this case a photograph, and I start experimenting.\u00a0 In the above case, I have other variations.\u00a0 I then print out some of the versions, dating them and noting the file name.\u00a0 The prints go into a sketchbook with additional notes. The digital format is put within a folder on my computer, within another folder for designs for that particular month\/year.<\/p>\n

When I’m looking for ideas for a new project, I tend to flip through my sketchbooks with fresh eyes.\u00a0 I sometimes add tracing paper and play around with more ideas.\u00a0 Or, I’ll print out a version larger, add more color, and photograph it to push it farther.\u00a0 At times some of the file sizes become huge.\u00a0 I’m working on a design now that was over 4 gigs in size.\u00a0 When it gets that large, Photoshop or whatever program chokes and gives a message saying it cannot save the file.\u00a0 Ugh.\u00a0 Then I need to figure out how I’m going to break it up int a couple files.\u00a0 Eventually when it comes together, I work out the final size and create a new document with flattened artwork in the size I want to print.\u00a0 And, that’s how I do it.<\/p>\n

I’m thinking about doing some online classes on digital-related stuff.\u00a0 I’m wondering about if there would be any interest.\u00a0 It’s one of those things peculating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This little digital painting is based on the photo below. I like the photo, but I thought it might make a good base for some digital play. I did this all in Photoshop, not going into Painter.\u00a0 I first painted brighter colors over the flowers and played with various filters. I then blended the painting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-digital-art"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4198"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4212,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4198\/revisions\/4212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}