Monday, April 8, 2013

Botanical

This is for the Botanical challenge at Take a Word.
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The word botanical makes me think of those detailed drawings of leaves and plants. I was going for a somewhat whimsical look here. I wanted a leaf that still looked like a leaf, but also so you could see what I see when I look closely at a leaf--a little tree.

I picked a leaf and scanned the back of it where all the veins can be seen. Then I did magical things to it using probably five layers where I carefully separated the veins to color them brown and did some fancy footwork with noise and pixel effects to give them texture and a hint of leaves, and added a shadow to give them depth. I gave each tree a cast shadow, that was set at around 45% transparency. There are probably more than twenty layers in my working copy.

I used a photo I took this morning of a large lawn and played around with it to make it look a little more like a painting.


9 comments:

  1. What gorgeous leaves you have created! Wonderful proces. The shadows are stunning.

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  2. Wow! You have gone to so much trouble to create something very wonderful! It looks simple at first glance but I can appreciate the work that went into it. BRAVO!! XX

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  3. Love your creation Deborah, what a fantastic idea using leaves in this way and the shadows are perfect.
    Anni

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  4. This is fresh and lovely. It is so interesting to read how you went about making it with such a fine result. I like the shadows too.

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  5. Love this clever blending of the real into the surreal, Deb! Your PS skills are admirable.xx

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  6. I adore the clean lines and crisp nature of this piece Deb, its fantastic. I want to see more of your art so I have followed you.

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  7. J'aime beaucoup vos petits arbres stylisés!.
    c'est une trés jolie image !
    Amicalement Mary.kg

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