Wednesday, August 2, 2017

Implementation Day 2: Child of Stardust


Child of Stardust
This is such an interesting journey. Yesterday, I worked hard, made two completely different versions of the image I was trying to create and wasn’t truly happy with either.

Today, I threw two images together and they fell in love with each other and I couldn’t do anything except tweak here and there.

The instructions for this challenge said to create a piece that should, "invite us to let go of whatever might otherwise be troubling us in our lives, and give us a few precious, lazy minutes where we can stop fidgeting with our daily concerns and imagined worries and dramas ... and just take a moment to enjoy something beautiful ... and perhaps find something extraordinary quietly awaiting us there."

The rules were … no clocks, no words, keep it simple and keep it light. Digital art tends to go dark with all the layers, so keeping it light is a challenge. I didn’t manage to do that in this piece, so I put a light frame around it. That will have to be enough. 
 
Does this actually give me "a few precious, lazy minutes?" I'm not sure, I just know it makes my heart sing. Perhaps because it comes from two favorite photos ... a face-painted child at a music festival and an oil slick. One of my earliest memories of delight came from oil slicks after rain. They still enchant me. I also love the idea of how we came together from stardust. All in all, I really like this one.
 
Is it okay to say that?
 
This post was prompted by Sebastian Michael's "21 Days to Creative Living" and "Photoshop Artistry" programs. More information here.
 




4 comments:

  1. It is totally okay to say you like something you created. We're quick to say when we don't, right? This is a very special piece destined to be created...by YOU.

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    1. Thanks, Becky! Our babies are always special to us, even if to no one else.
      hugs,

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  2. Catching up with your posts... This piece is spectacular!!!

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  3. It's interesting that, viewed upside down, this piece might have a different name. Like, "Feline Stars Shouting Down" ?

    ;-)

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