Photoshop flowers

[memento1]

Yay, I made art! I was wandering around art sites searching for inspiration when I ran across Thia. It's been a while since I'd explored her art so I went all around her various sites, just boggling at her artwork. She's always been a huge inspiration for me, especially because she makes all her own resources and does everything herself, which is what I'm trying to move towards. So I opened up Photoshop and tried making a flower with the pen tool, which she does amazingly well. I was quite surprised at the outcome, since I'm not much of an artist when it comes to hand-crafting. But I'm incredibly proud of it, since I did it all in Photoshop without a single outside resource. Although of course it's hugely influenced by some of Thia's pieces.



There's also a wallpaper version on my site. Yay art! Whatever happened to my muse, I hope she sticks around for a nice long while.

Comments

[hsapiens.livejournal.com]

Very nice! I'm envious of your accomplishment. I hadn't opened up Photoshop in *months* but I've recently been itching to do something "creative." The new SG-1 movie promos got me trying my hand again and now I've learned that Photoshop muscles atrophy miiiiighty quick.

Love the artwork and I grok your pride over doing it without using others' resources. I'd love to make my own resources and be able to make *pretty* things from them. Congrats on the pretty flowers. :D

[memento1.livejournal.com]

Thaaaaaank you! I actually had the opposite experience - I hadn't done stuff like the pen tool and setting patterns in years, but it all came back really quickly once I set down to it. I DO know that if I try to force my muse, I look like a complete amateur again. *L* I hate being at the mercy of my muse.

And you could SO make your own stuff. If I can, you can. ;)