For my birthday this year I treated myself to a new blog title (which means having to create a new blog.) I needed a title that better fits me and what I post, so here it goes! Come visit me at Right-Brained Mama and forget-about-it as far as this one goes. Anything currently posted here (and anything new, for that matter) can now be found at the new headquarters. See you laters, alligators…
I think he was originally a Dover Clipart Sample. Looks like a nice guy but I bet his breath is terrible.
ArtRage 2.5 and Picasion, of course.
All made with ArtRage 2.5 and Picasaicon. Help yourself!
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Well, it was The GImp’s animation generator vs. Deviant Art’s strict rule that an icon be no more than 50 px by 50px and 15 KB. Trying to make a good looking animated gif in tiny proportions with The Gimp was a pain in the ol’ buttinsky. Picasion saved me (heck, it was even easy) and allowed this little bright star to shine into existence. The alternative, of course, being a quick trip to the computer’s recycle bin to the discord of much mundane muttering and swearing from me. All this because I read that silly, irritating blinking icons really do get you noticed at busy places like Deviant Art. It’s not that I want to be famous. It’s that I’ve offered up a gazillion stock photos that I think people should be aware of….. part of my ongoing effort to beautify the internet with pretty floral photos. -LW
I spend time every day over at the forums for the ArtRage community….it’s a wonderful place to visit and the members are most definitely above par. The environment is warm, friendly and gives me quite the creative boost. Anyway, from time to time I post photos up with a challenge for people to interpret them artistically. First, I posted flamboyant red parrot tulips. I was quite surprised at the amount of participation! Great fun! So, next, I posted a challenge featuring blue irises. Again, there were so many interesting and intriguing, as well as down-right stunning, entries that I was a bit agog.
I want to take the opportunity to highlight one submission in particular: it’s by an artist dubbed Belvrog and I think it is extraordinary. The first time I glanced at it, I thought it was a fine photorealistic rendition. On second look, however, I just about jumped out of my seat.
Belvrog’s creation:
And, the original photo (irises belonged to neighbor):
Nifty, eh?
