Bats and bins... #iPhoneArt

One of the images included in this weeks collection of creations, I found when going through my photos, (yes, the 4S has arrived so the change over is occurring.) and was about to delete it. See if you can guess which one and if you agree.

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Anyone curious about what apps where used to create a particular image, just leave a question in the comments and I'll answer.

I'm still playing with two lots of images at the moment. Some of the Fluid Motion screen shots from the iPhone cover design I posted last week and the photographs that I took when down at the Albert Dock. Two of the Dock images are included in the above; a close up shot of a dressed up shopper and another from the lobby of the Tate gallery.

Here's the sequence that I went through to achieve the Fluid Motion image that's first in the gallery;

So the apps were, going from left to right, top to bottom -

Fluid Motion, Segmentix, Percolator, then I combined 2 and 3 with HDR Fix to create 4. Lego photo is 5 and the final image is 4 and 5 blended with HDR Fix.

Oh...and Happy Halloween!

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(Number 2 is a .gif )

* For some odd reason some of the thumbnails are blank...? I've tried deleting and re-uploading but it makes no difference.

 

The Creative process - Abstract art #iPhoneArt

I keep aiming for a Sunday post and failing...but my life seems to be ruled right now by my digestive system and my Fibro brain and I suspect that the two aren't mutaully exclusive.

Previously I've focused on iPhone photos and I still have a LOT of images from my day down at the Dock that are waiting to be played with. Yesterday though was a yucky day and my muse tends to leave me alone when my body and brain have me at their mercy. Just before bed I started to play with Flow Paper.

This is a lovely app, @missypoem  (see her Posterous here.) has been doing some lovely sketches with it and a few iPA peeps do great things with it too. 

Find FlowPaper here.

Here's the final image -

'The Road to Nowhere.'

It started with me trying to achieve a smoky effect with Flowpaper. Then I used a few Scratchcam filters, Scratchcam can take a while, not because it's slow but because the filters are so random, though you can save your favourites. Then I started playing with some art effect apps - 

Artista Oil - I love this app and the variety you can achieve with it, but it didn't like my Flowpaper sketch this time so...on to;

Auto Painter - I tried both versions and this DOES take a while, but it's interesting to watch the process. Not happy with any of the results so;

Shock My Pic - I can't link to the iTunes store for this because iTunes search has decided they don't have it...I LOVE this app. SImple but effective and very easy to use. I got a few images that I like with this, for blending with, I tend to use;

HDR fix - Because it's quick and I like the slider to choose the degree of blending of one to the other. There's probably another app that does this and more, but at the moment necessity has made me a creature of habit. Plus when I tried to update apps on my phone last night, it said there wasn't enough room! *Gasp* Please hurry iPhone 5...

Next came filters in Photo Studio and more blending of the results with HDR fix. Then finally, another of my favourites;

Camera+ : Which is ON SALE at the moment, so snap it up if you haven't already got it. In this I used the 'Back light' filter and the framing option. Then I used my preferred Watermarking app;

iWatermark - (sheesh Apple, your 'search' tool sucks) Though the eagle eyed amongst you will know that I usually forget to use it...

Here are some of the images produced in the above process, created as usual with Strip Designer

The first black and white image is the original Flowpaper drawing.

Hope this made a change from the usual Liverpool Tourism advert ;)

NB - I only recently noticed that feedburner wasn't working, my apologies :( it's now fixed (I hope)

Into the fire - red 6 #art

I've returned, after a long gap to my 'Into the fire' (one day it may be a) series.
The background for this image was created so long ago I have no idea how I made it. I loaded it into Art Rage and drew the figure, then flooded it with colour and tweaked the opacity.
Then Scratchcam followed by Photo FX ultra to add texture and light. Somewhere along the way I percolated the image and blended them together with HDR fix. Finally a few Weather FX and a crop.

It's been a long day and this has calmed and relaxed me greatly. Thank goodness for art's many therapeutic qualities...

34/30 #iPhoneArt

rest...

...hopefully I'll be well enough etc to have changed this or added some more. As well as wishing my American friends a Happy Independence day, it's also time to wish this blog a happy birthday. It's one year old today :) I'll check my google stats (I hope) and see how many lovely peeps have peeped at my creations. 

Thank you. Your feedback makes a lot of difference and keeps me going.

Day 27/30 - #iPhoneArt #30DaysOfCreativity

caving

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Day 26/30 - #iPhoneArt #30DaysOfCreativity

me and my big mouth - parts 2 to 5

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day 24/30 #iPhoneArt #30DaysOfCreativity

It's a long road...

Blue roses #art #digitalArt

I usually put geometric art on to the items I print/get printed...but for some reason I wanted to see if I could do a design based on roses. I'll see what it looks like on a purse tomorrow.
Managed to leave the house and venture out into the glorious sunshine today. Nothing exciting; recycling and a few groceries.
Although I am red eyed and pink cheeked through fatigue, it was nice to manage to do it. #FFs will, alas, have to wait until the morrow. As will everything else...
Sleep well if you read this in the evening, may the sandman bring you uplifting visions. Have a glorious day with your muse beside you if it's the day...