Girl With Toads

 

 

 

Sub title: The difference between frogs and toads

If you want to know the difference... read here

Surely there must be a better way to find out apart from kissing them? ;-)

Dedicated to the fabulous team at Solo Exhibition for all their hard work. Check out the fabulous exhibition they've put together for me here

Credits

Model

• blind4 by rammkitty-stock

Stock

• Toad.2_Mind-Matter by Mind-Matter
• Toad 1 by Penny-Stock
• frog 2 by Tracie76Stock
• Frog Stock by Tracie76Stock
• Black House Fly Stock 1 by FantasyStock
• Dragonfly stock image 1 by zpyder
• Bulrush by Aliinaaa
• Grasses of the field by steppeland
• My-Stock - Grass by my-stock
• Stock Rained Grass 2 by zommy
• grass by dest-stock
• Dew Catcher by penceg
• Dew Catcher 2 by penceg
• Crown Stock II by EmazingMessedUpOwsum
• Key 1 by matazidah

Backgrounds and Textures

• in a corner by CKdailyplanet
• skate+land by CKdailyplanet
• Coffee Paper Texture Set by Shadowhouse
• Vintage Oil Painting Texture Set + Tutorial by Shadowhouse
• You'd Be Surprised texture by Shadowhouse

Brushes

• Lace Brush Set by CourtHouse
• Ropes -n- Chains Brushes by redheadstock
• Hair brush set by para-vine
• 17 Grunge Border Bars Brush Set by Shadowhouse

All other images/textures/stock/brushes my own.

The background is put together from my own images and textures including some images from an old pumping station.

MCN: C3REB-MDGE3-WTX3T

Arthur - Photo Collage

King Arthur sleeping under the lake.

My all time favourite legend. I've been fascinated by it since I was a kid.


Photos:

Picture of a stone head (taken at Ely Cathedral)
Picture of a lily pond in the Botanical Gardens in Zagreb - both taken by Steve and now mine for a cup of coffee. :-)

Textures:

Three of the fabulous textures by Sirius-sdz
One of the Smoke textures by MySnapz

Plants and Flowers

Here is a selection of the photos I took yesterday (after I spent ages messing around with them.

Water Lilies

I love water lilies, they are just so beautiful.






Calla Lilly


Passion Flower


Kapok Tree

Doesn't this just look like a dragon's claws growing on a tree?


Jack Fruit

And this looks just like a dragon's scales!



Reed


Bamboo


Weeds

They are so pretty even so they're just weeds. :-)

Water Lily Brooch - Present

This is yet another flower design - even more petals (not layers):

Water Lily Brooch

This is a present for my friend Liz whose birthday it is tomorrow. :-) It is here presented with my gorgeous teal silk scarf.


The picture below shows the colours better as it's the only one I managed to take without a flash. I've used teal taffeta, dark green, turquoise and fluorescent green crystal organza and blue and pale mint tulle. The centre is a teal button adorned with teeny tiny pearlescent Miyuki drop beads.

The brooch is about 9 cm (3.5") in diameter but very light and will look good worn casually or elegant.
This is the third of my designs.

Currently available:

• Poppy design
• Peony design
• Water Lily design

in a large range of colours and sizes either as hair barrettes, hair clips or brooches. Contact me for a custom design. Prices vary depending on design and size.

Oh NO!!! Dragonflies Re-Working...

There was me thinking all was well, and then I started looking through the printouts of the final images and, imagine my despair, the dragonflies had gone all wonky. They had looked okay on screen but not when they were printed out. Sniff. More work....

Spent most of the day re-working the file, especially the background, to make the picture look as good as it possibly could. Here's the final version.

Dragonflies



And here are three more images I added to the final selection:

Panier Avec L'Oiseau

Seen here before, but to save you clicking on a link and then the back button... here it is again:



Brand new and never seen before are the next two images. They were inspired by a painting by George Auriol, 1863-1938. George Auriol is the pseudonym of Jean-George Huyot. He was an Art Nouveau artist and designer, one of a group who frequented the Chat Noir or Black Cat Cafe in the Montmartre district of Paris. He came to Paris in 1883 to be a writer and some of his essays were published in Chat Noir; info from Typophile.


Candy Lily


Water Lily

It's a very different style from my normal, more detailed and complex style, however I like it and it was fun to do. The images started with some canvasses I picked up for my newly decorated living room. I decided I wanted to paint - real paint!!! - some pictures in the style of a poster by George Auriol of a bunch of daffodils. I really like the painting and the loose style it's been painted in. I also like the way he incorporates type and the little stamp into the picture. Not sure what the story behind the little stamp is, but it works. :-)

Well, the canvasses are still on the top of the shelf but I managed to draw four designs on the computer, 3 of which are finished, although, one of them I am not quite happy with YET, the other is only in a rough colour stage.

Promise, tomorrow it'll be jewellery again. I've taken pictures of the treasures I bought last weekend and also of the 4 commissions I made in the last week. BUT I am far too exhausted tonight. Too many late nights in front of the computer finalising my images when I wasn't making commissions. So watch this space. :-)