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December, 2003
Holidays
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Topic... December Holidays
The categories for this Challenge will be as follows:
- General Greetings
- Hanukkah
- Christmas
- Kwanzaa
- New Year's from Janee's site
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| There was to be a real learning experience for me with this set of challenges...not only with the art programs! Holidays like Hanukkah and Kwanzaa were new ideas for me to explore. I did some searching and used what I learned to help in the creating of the images. I had no time left for Hanukkah or New Year's! I was also very surprised with which of my images won...the one I least expected! Clicking on the thumbnail images below will bring up the larger sized image. |
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When I began to think of a Kwanzaa design and greeting, I didn't even know anything about what I would find. The research has been delightful and I feel quite educated and happy about what I learned. First of all, Kwanzaa itself has to do with the first harvest and so is symbolized with fruit, first fruit! Usually it is placed on a straw mat. The colors for Kwanzaa, the red, green and black are important. The cup is for libation during the days of celebration. Corn is also a very important part of the celebration. Most interesting, the wordsHabari gani?, Swahili for 'what's the news?' is becoming as important a greeting as the traditional'merry Christmas or happy Hannukah! So much for the background information for my image. |
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Now the art work:
Illustrator CS. I really love the ease of using the Revolve filter to make 3 D appearing images from just a line! The cup was made in 3 parts that way with mapping to the base. I used gradients for the I made for 'Kwanza' as the background and fill for the letters. The straw mat was simply a rectangle of lines crossing whichI copied again and again to create the mat. The fruit was hand drawn with the freeform brush and treated to some touches of the gradient mesh tool. Corn, the same. Used Envelope Warp to curve the type. |
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The candle was done completely in Illustrator CS. There is a new 3D effect. I made the candlestick, candle and flame using it. The basis of the 3d is revolution: make a simple path,then 3D effects, revolution. After experimenting for a while, I found just what kind of path would create what type of object I was aiming for. You can find out more about it here 3dEffects in Illustrator. The holly was drawn with the Freehand Brush, filled then highlighted with gradient mesh. The berries were made with a circle filled, and also accented with gradient mesh. The flame was made to glow by using the Flare Tool twice, once under the flame layer and once above it. The text and side panels were added in Photoshop |
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This is a combination of Painter 8 and Photoshop CS. I painted the trees in Photoshop (used Janees's '70's trees tutorial and 'branched' out with it!)and used a Photoshop gradient as background. The girls were done in Painter 8 using the Oil Pastel for the coats with airbush for shading. The fur, the FurryBrush. The flower trim was done after I painted flowers and leaves for each coat style and then saved them as a pattern and used them as masked Pattern Pen brushes to trim the coats. The moon was a selection filled with white and then treated to some layer sytles in Phtoshop. Painter and Photoshop go so well together. Photoshop goes well with anything! Here is the url to the trees tutorial:Seventies Trees
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These are the little winners! This snow scene was done using a photo of little wool snowmen on a tobaggon which my daughter gave to me a long time ago. I love them! I took their picture, removed the background and used them in Bryce with some mountainous terrains which I brought down into hills. I then resumed working in Photoshop where I added text and shapes to which I applied Drop Shadow and Inner Glow. Don't remember the exact settings, but moved the sliders until I felt I liked the effect. I then applied a canvas texture. |
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