An easy bit of word association this time - coffee=morning, and looking at the Creative Cue forum it seems I'm not the only one, there are some interesting caffeine driven interpretations there. My Creative Commons search brought up this image, which I've cropped to 7 x 10 proportions, in case I need inspiration for the CQ Journal Quilt challenge. The design was so strong that I simply added a whirl effect using Irfanview, the free photo editing software. I can imagine using this as inspiration for some raw-edged reverse machine appliqué.
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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Creative Cue Challenge Wk 3 - Track
This week's word for the "Three Creative Studios" challenge is track. Searching for a suitable Creative Commons image was interesting - the choice was dominated by sports cars. But I liked the potential in this image - the change of scale between gear wheel and bike wheel is the kind of thing I want to develop. I don't think I'll be doing a lot with it - a bit of judicious cropping and some colour changes to highlight the main elements and I could be done.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Creative Cue Challenge Wk 2 - Heel
So it seems that last weeks word from http://threecreativestudios.com was intended to lull us into a false sense of security!
Even so, when I went to http://johnjohnston.info/flickrCC/index.php, a very simple Flickr search tool, it brought up 1,263 images. I've included a couple of early favourite images to work with but how the jelly beans came to be tagged with the word heel I don't know - but they look good!
Even so, when I went to http://johnjohnston.info/flickrCC/index.php, a very simple Flickr search tool, it brought up 1,263 images. I've included a couple of early favourite images to work with but how the jelly beans came to be tagged with the word heel I don't know - but they look good!
Monday, January 04, 2010
Creative Cue Challenge - Week 1 East
I'm not sure how long I'll manage this but over the last week several websites/blogs have offered challenges. This one suits my purpose in that it demands no absolute commitment, but the open scope will hopefully help me focus on my intent to improve my design skills.
The challenge is described thus - "Use the Creative Cue as a starting point for a sketch, art work, journal page, photograph, painting, etc. You can use any type of medium you prefer….pencil, chalk, paint, fabric, etc." more details can be seen on the Three Creative Studios blog here - http://threecreativestudios.com/blog/
As this has to be manageable I'll be using the challenge word to search for a Creative Commons licensed photo from the web, which I'll then manipulate. I do need to find myself a list of design elements to work to before I go to far! So with no more ado - this weeks word is EAST:
The original photo is Storm brewing by renrut CC by License (Rye harbour on a stormy day)
And this is my take on it:
The challenge is described thus - "Use the Creative Cue as a starting point for a sketch, art work, journal page, photograph, painting, etc. You can use any type of medium you prefer….pencil, chalk, paint, fabric, etc." more details can be seen on the Three Creative Studios blog here - http://threecreativestudios.com/blog/
As this has to be manageable I'll be using the challenge word to search for a Creative Commons licensed photo from the web, which I'll then manipulate. I do need to find myself a list of design elements to work to before I go to far! So with no more ado - this weeks word is EAST:
The original photo is Storm brewing by renrut CC by License (Rye harbour on a stormy day)
And this is my take on it:
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