Like many of the others in this series, this piece was created by a single Photoshop brush stroke. The aim was to create visual appeal through harmony and balance without symmetry or (mostly) parallel lines. And, of course, bringing out the third dimension in the fan-like elements adds interest.
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Here’s an experiment with overlapping strokes. Each color is one stroke of the digital brush. The challenge was to make sure the two strokes complemented each other and didn’t create a “muddy effect” such as one might get in mixing colors too much in a painting medium.
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One of the attractions of using these brush effects is that they portray a sense of movement and, if done the right way, the movement appears to be graceful and flowing. That is my intent, at least. Perhaps another way to look at images like this is to see something like the frames of a video. Each appears and stays in view and is not succeeded by the next frame. I also like it that one can also imagine dancers and feathers in this image. Hence the title.
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This continues the digital series of abstractions, where I work to create elegant and smooth lines and shapes just using a brush in Photoshop. It is fun and you have to let things emerge and take form on their own as full control is not possible. Sometimes the one-stroke creation doesn’t work; other times it may be very engaging. I hope you like this one.
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Digital blossoms or perhaps they may remind you of irises. I honestly wasn’t sure how to name them. See the full image and then a close-up below it showing more detail.
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Something a bit new for me in terms of look at process as this is entirely digital. But I find that balance and harmony work here in much the same way as in some of my simple ink strokes pieces.
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Ink, watercolor, and water-soluble graphite on paper. Water washes and runs were used to create the overall effect.
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This is similar to the previous piece as it was created with ink, watercolor, and water-soluble graphite.
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This piece is primarily digital. The foreground in black was created, after much experimentation, using a drawing program. The background is composed of ink washes on paper, then altered digitally. The inspiration is the simple elegance of Asian calligraphy, but it is fully abstract and not calligraphy.
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Not quite like the other “topographical” but still looks a bit like a map with different colored sections and lines and “avenues” of movement. This was created with ink and ink washes on heavy stock paper that had been scored with a sharp instrument. Then, in Lightroom and Photoshop, I worked to bring out the colors and enhance the contrast. The grainy surface is the result of how the ink interacted with the paper.
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