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"Balloon"Labels: Art Everyday by Mick Mather, digitally manipulated tempera-on-paper painting, good deed, meeting, nature abhors a vacuum, Secret Visual Laboratory, The Toys Series
posted by Mick at 3:53 PM
In its short-sightedness, blogger has turned its back on those of us stuck with old operating systems and I'm forced to find a new blog host. You will now find MickMathersARTblog at Blog.com - use the direct link found in the masthead and remember to update your bookmarks. This place will continue as another archive for a large body of my work. As many of you know, my primary medium and working method is digital collage composed of manipulated photographs often combined with digital drawing & generative images. Netlabels, bands and musicians can view samples of my CD Cover Art at Mick Mather Illustration located on Tumblr. In another life I was an Arts & Culture consultant specializing in revitalization planning through creative public art projects and programs with Economic & Community Development Departments of towns, villages and cities. In these hard financial times this work is more important than ever and I still accept consultancy inquiries. You can contact me by email at: mickmather@yahoo.com
8 Comments:
I'm trying to figure out how you did this...that is...I can almost feel this balloon on my check.
I'm remember what it feels like to rub a ballon in my hair...(before letting it static against the ceiling...)
I like the way you achieved the sense of transparency and tautness. so cool.
mick - this is *unusually* bright and cheery...are you okay?
catnapping:
I'm afraid that I'm not able to help much with your question. The basics are that I do a very quick study using tempera paint on a piece of newspaper which is very rough and tumble. I scan the painting and then start with the plug-in filters. Once I found a few that seemed right I layered them before digitally painting the thick, outline of the balloon and string in orange. Back to the filters again to stack a few more layers until I achieved what you see here. Thanks for the great question and comment ... by the way, you can rub mine if I can rub yours! :D
the charm school dropout:
ROFLMAO @ you! I am, dare I say, way okay! :D
Set them (balloons) free!
Spring is in the air...no, it's a balloon!
Bright and colourful, weird:))
elegia:
Funny that you say that ... it's exactly what my granddaughter does, sets them free! :)
susupetal:
Yes, a balloon called... Spring! :D
Such bright floatiness after the ominous bird;)
I like the cell like look too it, like DNA cells not jail:) It's very alive.
lisa sarsfield:
One of the things about photo editors and plug-in filters is that some areas of color are magnified or deepened where one might not necessarily see much of a difference. The trick, therefor, is in the layering of a variety of manipulations that work well together. I'm glad you enjoyed it. :)
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