fifi’s grafitti

scribblings from historic downtown McKinney, Texas: altered art, local color, flora, fauna, cemeteries, irrational commentary, improbable-and-unlikely diy home projects

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Category: photoshop

danza

5 September, 2008 (19:17) | photoshop, collage | 1 comment

Playing around with Photoshop and some of its filters…..Been thinking about Day of the Dead and these images appealed to my macabre senses. Like too many of my projects I had no plan when I started.

the modern illusionist

22 July, 2008 (08:26) | what horrors has civilization wrought, photoshop, collage | 2 comments

When you work for a big corporation and the national economy is in a downturn you don’t want to hear the word “consultant”. You know it’s a euphemism for a headhunter, and I don’t mean they’re looking to hire someone to oversee production, but rather some heads are going to be served up on a […]

strange visitors from another planet

20 July, 2008 (09:35) | writing, photoshop, collage | No comments

It was dreadfully hot, the middle of Moodling Season. Everyone trudged rather than walked, dragging sopping wet armpits in their wake. The two brothers, Weaves and Juicester, decided a trip to Planet Earth for some fishing was exactly in order. They donned their fishing togs, swept up their violins, and planted themselves in the Sprint […]

absorb the magic around you

28 June, 2008 (09:31) | poetry, photoshop | No comments

hold your hand to the stars
catch a firefly (but let it go)
cup your hand round your ear
and listen to moon light
wings of owls
not so distant dog bark
mockingbird sonata in the maple tree
touch the night to light your soul

weathered

24 October, 2007 (09:11) | photoshop | 1 comment

Sometimes I like to play with Photoshop’s filters. I don’t use them much in my photography, but they’re nice for creating illustrations. I found a site called The Altered Heart, a weekly prompt for creating a piece of art containing a heart-shape. The word prompt this week is “weather/weathered” and this is what I came […]

Doll Face

27 May, 2007 (08:34) | photoshop | 6 comments

The prompt this week on Inspire Me Thursday is “Copycat”, exploring repetition in your art.
I shot this photo of a doll’s head I’m going to use for another piece, and then I experimented with filters in Photoshop. It’s really more of a reference page than it is a piece of art. I really liked some […]