#13 - Dawn (Digital Whisper)

I did this piece a while back but never posted it.  Kind of a cowboyish feel, and who doesn't love the colors of dawn.  Thanks for looking.

#13 Dawn

With Thanks to:

Lorie Davison

Border:  StruckDumb @ DeviantArt

Texture:  SiriusSudz @ DeviantArt

Photo:  Kkart



#37 - Eyes (Digital Whisper)

Lots of different ways to go with this one, but here's what I came up with ...

#37 - Eyes

With Thanks to:

Catherine Designs

Crowabout Studio

Tumble Fish Studio

#37 - Eyes (Digital Whisper)

I reworked a prior piece I'd done just because it reflected the "Eyes" theme.  Using elements from Tumble Fish Studios, Crowabout, and Catherine Designs give this kinda of a "collagey" feel.  Thanks for looking!

#37 - Eyes

#49 - Stripes (Digital Whisper)

Well, it's a little late to post this for the 4th of July ... but better late than never!  This is a photo of my dad who served on the U.S.S. Laffey during the Korean conflict.  Several years ago, my dad, sister, and I got to visit the destroyer when it was ported at Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, and it was quite an experience.  Not a lot of room to move around ... that's for sure!  Thanks for looking, and hope everyone had a happy and safe 4th of July.

#49 - Stripes

With Thanks to:

Texture:  Shadowhouse Creations

Waves:  Tumble Fish Studio

Striped Paper:  Miss Crow

#25 - Summer Haze (Digital Whisper)

It's been a while since I've posted.  Lots of projects going on and life in general.  I really want to complete the 100 Themes for the year so I've got to light a fire and get going.  When I thought of "Summer Haze" I immediatey thought of my grandpa napping on his hammock strung up between to apple trees.  He grew Gravenstein and Golden Delicious apples, and we were lucky to get to them before the deer arrived!  This was a good memory and fun to remember ...

#25 - Summer Haze

With Thanks to:

Textures:  skeletalmess @ flickr

Bird:  Deviantscrap

Apples/Hammock:  Internet

Foliage/Background/Grass/Balloon:  Lorie Davison

#46 - Male (Digital Whisper)

Geez ... I've had a super hard time posting anything to Blogger. I'm getting a "server rejected" message and had to edit my settings. Hopefully I've fixed the problem, but from what others have said it doesn't look too promising. Anyway, I really love vintage photos, and this one of the boys caught my eye. They look so cute and well-behaved, but as we all know ... boys will be boys. Thanks for looking!

#46 - Male

With thanks to:

Room & Banner: Studio Gypsy

Table/Telegram/Rocking Horse: Holliewood Studios @ Deviantscrap

Alpha & Frames: Christina Renee @ Scrapbookgraphics

Hearts & Bird: CreateWings Designs

Bunny: Catherine Designs

Boardwalk: Tumble Fish Studios

Boys: Cassandra204 @ Flickr

#21 - Cave (Digital Whisper)

Starting in on this I knew I wanted a chaise in a cave, and this is what evolved.  Upon completion, I wasn't sure if I liked it or not so I've been sitting on it for a few weeks.  Turns out ... I like it!  Thanks for looking!

#21 - Cave

With Thanks to:

Figure:  Finecrafted Designs (Inner Voice) @ Deviantscrap.com

Crystal Balls:  Lorie Davison (Gremouse Manor) @ scrapbookgraphics.com

Net/Hanging Ornaments:  Gypsy @ scrapbookgraphics.com

Magic Dust:  Lorie Davison

Cave:  Internet

Texture:  skeletalmess @ flickr, Shadowhouse Creations

#87 - Tranquil (Digital Whisper)

The moment I saw this figure I knew I wanted to use it somehow for this theme.  There are so many different ways to go with the color scheme but this is what spoke to me as I was creating it.  Thanks for looking and have a great week!!!

#87 - Tranquil

With Thanks to:

Textures:  Darkwood @ Flickr, Shadowhouse Creations

Border/Papers/Lilypads:  Lorie Davison

Buddha:  sunlitsix @ Deviantart

#27 - Rock Star (Digital Whisper)

I took this one literally and so much fun creating a "rock" character".  He's a bit cartoonish but definitely has that star quality!

#27 - Rock Star

With Thanks to:

Lorie Davison, Holliewood Studios, Christina Renee

and various internet sources

#90 - Alley

My son traveled to Europe with his university basketball team, and he took some really great photos.  The background I used here of the alley was a photo he took in Barcelona.  It was fun to use a photo that he took for my own artistic purposes and he was pleased with the outcome, too!  Thanks so much for looking!

#90 - Alley

With Thanks to:

Texture:  skeletalmess @ flickr and Shadowhouse Creations

Flowers and Dancer:  Internet

Alley Background:  Adam

#17 - Upside Down

You ever have one of those days where nothing seems to come together?  Timing is off, everything I touch seems to fall on the floor, and please don't get behind the wheel of a car.  I created this piece on that day.  Enough said.  All elements are from Finecrafted Designs and deviantscrap.com, except for the house which is from the internet.  Thanks for looking!

#17 - Upside Down

#89 - Black

I finished this piece and then didn't know what theme to use.  I finally chose "Black" purely for the color scheme.  If "Past/Future" was a category that's where it would have gone.  Thanks for looking!

#89 - Black

With Thanks to:

Texture:  Livingroomshadows, Ka2rina, Clifford Sax,

Skeletalmess, and Essence of a Dream - all at Flickr

Model:  Angelhead @ Flickr

Ouija Board:  TheArtistDarkLady @ Deviantart

Border:  TotallyWildDezinez

#22 - Mother Nature (Digital Whisper)

Well, life got in the way of art and that can be very frustrating. You know how it is when you're painting bathroom cabinets, but the real question is whether or not you should add that extra overlay to your current art work? Anyway, here is Mother Nature.  I used a lot of texturing and brushes and there are a ton of layers.  Thanks so much for looking!

#22 - Mother Nature

With Thanks to:

Model:  Dxlogic@deviantart

Many elements from:  DeviantScrap - Colorsplash;

Gypsy; Holliewood Studios; Finecrafted Designs

Texture:  Shadowhouse Creations

#76 - Passion (Digital Whisper)

Well, my creative muse took a hike for a while but hopefully it's back.  Here's my piece for the theme "Passion".  I wanted to use tango dancers but had a tough time finding the right image.  The swirly overlay from Shadowhouse Creations helped convey the feelings.

#76 - Passion

With Thanks to:

Texture and Layer Mask:  Shadowhouse Creations

Paper:  artbychrysti @ flickr

Rose:  Bisontine

Couple:  Internet

#10 - Lemon Tree (Digital Whisper)

This theme was challenging in that there was no emotional connection for me to a lemon tree.  I find that I can usually evoke a memory or get a train of thought going when designing a piece, but this topic was so completely random that I had to really get a feeling for it.  I hope you like it!

#10 - Lemon Tree

With Thanks to:

Lemon Tree & Windowsill:  Internet

Bird:  Holliewood Studios

Grass & Chair:  Lorie Davison

Background:  Joe's Sistah @ flickr

Texture:  Dog Ma @ flickr

Border:  TotallyWildDezinez

#30 - Umbrella (Digital Whisper)

Just wanted to do something fun and colorful for this theme, so why not use some Asian parasols?  There are so many beautiful designs, and it was hard deciding which ones to use.  The background is origami paper.

#30 - Umbrella

With Thanks to:

Parasols and Origami Paper:  Internet

Texture:  yuna @ flickr

Border:  TotallyWildDezinez

Geisha:  okinawa soba @ flickr

#100 - Secrets

A tricky theme.  I really wanted to use this figure somehow so I think it worked out for this theme.  Again, textures and blending, changing opacity, to give it the look I wanted.  Thanks for looking and your comments!

#100 - Secrets

With Thanks to:

Model:  BloodyMarie @ deviantart

Textures:  skeletalmess and ka2rina @ flickr

Background:  freaky665 @ deviantart

Border:  TotallyWildDezinez

#35 - Journey (Digital Whisper)

Wow ... there are so many ways to go with this theme, but I have been wanting to use the car so this is what I came up with.  Lots of layers and brushes and blending.  I think they'll have an interesting journey ...  Thanks for looking!

#35 - Journey

With Thanks to:

Car:  carbonated @ flickr

Caution sign & Globe:  Holliewood Studios

Red Border:  Tumble Fish Studios

Textures:  skeletalmess @ flickr



#97 - Wings (Digital Whisper)

I started this project wanting to use a dress form and this is what evolved.  I used my Wacom tablet to add some framing, and some brushes for textural effects.  As always, thanks for looking!

#97 - Wings

With Thanks to:

Texture:  skeletalmess @ flickr

Border:  Totallywilddezinez

Crown, Head, Fly, Floor:  Tumblefish Studios

Butterfly:  DeviantScrap (ColorSplash)

Background Pattern:  Creatwingsdesigns

Dress Form:  Internet



#86 - Mask (Digital Whisper)

I think this challenge could be taken in so many different ways.  Since I really love the Venetian Carnival masks, I wanted to go in that direction and just make the interpretation fairly simple.  Nothing too crazy on this one -- textured overlays and drop shadows. Thanks for looking:

#86 - Mask

With Thanks to:

Texture:  skeletalmess @ flickr

Music Texture:  night_fate_stock @ deviantart

Border:  struckdumb @ deviantart

Mask:  Internet