Boo's Neon Fairyland

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Here's an old piece. A photo of a cat, mixed with a drawing of a scene, then digitally altered with an effect called Glowing Edges.

Boo's Neon Fairyland BoosNeonFairyLand_zpsd1da3801

Boo's Neon Fairyland BoosNeonFairyLand_zpsd1da3801

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This one is my favorite Smile

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Thank you, LD ^^
It may be an old file, but I still enjoy seeing it. If only "Glowing Edges" would turn out cool stuff like this more often! hehe

Posts : 48 Join date : 2013-10-22 Location : Arizona

Hey Frog! This one is giving me ideas! bounce

I have never tried the Glowing Edges effect before, well, I don't think I have.
Sometimes I move so quickly through them that I forget.
But this image is so distinct. All from a simple line drawing and photo?
I'm curious...

Love your sig., by the way! I need to set one up too! Very Happy

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Well, the funny thing is... this was so long ago I've been trying to remember what the drawing was actually like. haha! I don't even know if I would have the original anymore. (digital or otherwise)

I'd have to dig around to see what I could find. But this piece has gotten so much attention, I may just see what I can find.

And thanks, jealous? It's quite a fancy sig! haha! At some point I'll put a real signature up. Just haven't had time yet. Razz

LOVE your avatar! It looks great against the gray background.

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Found it!

It turns out it was not, in fact, a drawing. It was made digitally. I had forgotten that. My bad. LOL

Here's the original!

Boo's Neon Fairyland BoosFairyLand_zps1b624193

Posts : 48 Join date : 2013-10-22 Location : Arizona

Well that's even better! I can understand this!
How cool and interesting...

More ruminating on my part!

I like it when you can take something that you've spent a bit of time on,
long or short, and with the click of a few buttons a new viewpoint comes
into focus, then off you go with a refreshed view of the world!

Thanks for finding and sharing this, Jenny!!! Love seeing the tinkerings
behind the work.

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You're welcome, Randy! Actually, thank you for mentioning it because it was fun for me to see the original again too! Not only that, but I found a few more pockets of older files it would be fun to share here at the lily pad once I get more time. So its a win/win. Smile

And you're so right about digital editing. But a drawback is getting WAY spoiled by it hehe! Wink

("What do you mean, 'there's no Undo button on a pen'?!??")

Posts : 48 Join date : 2013-10-22 Location : Arizona

You don't realize how true that statement is? --or do you...?

There are times when I'm working on a piece of artwork and
I make a stroke or add a color and instantly decide it's not
working and mentally reach for that "undo" button. Reality
steps in and the world comes to a halt, for a split second.
Then I grumble my way through fixing the problem,

Well, it's better to do (cyber or real) than not to do, as
Shakspeare put it so eloguently.

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Oh trust me I do! LOL!

I've spent the past decade (or so) learning my way around the digital tools. I've become so spoiled by it that I've gotten really rusty at what I call "real art". (Not to say that digital works aren't art, but you know what I mean lol)

Your description is perfect. That's it exactly. LOL! Many times I do ink lines in graphic pieces. When I screw up a line, there's no choice but to completely re-do the whole thing. It's scary! haha! But I'm going to try to get back to my roots and get back in practice with "real art". ^.^
(Though I do appreciate greatly what digital art has done for my creativity.)

Mr. shakespeare was right. I agree!