It’s almost Christmas and Jesus is the “Reason 4 the Season.”
Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born…and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace
Born to die for the sins of mankind. John 3:16 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
But sure not the traditional. Not sure if this actually qualifies for cheeky, but wanted to show some shots of my current Christmas decor in my apartment. Won’t break down to get a big tree til I move again, maybe next year. I’ve been ill most of the time since before Halloween. It’s been a rough year for all of us I think.
Purchased craft plank at Meijer.
Found 3 images that fit perfectly for a sign.
Painted the images traditional Christmas colors, glued on and varnished.
Taken years ago about mid October but it reminded me of a winters day with the cold winds whipping off Lake Superior. All the tourists gone. So Serene.
I love playing! I only wish I had more money to waste on all the creative software out there. I have not tried animation software but my Microsoft PhotoDraw has a very few animations on it at this time. Once Microsoft stopped supporting it, the 3-D no longer operates with my newer Windows.
The following are various experimental graphics and animations with PhotoDraw.
Layered storm clouds, headstones and faded flowers called “Forgotten.”One of my favorite stories from the Bible. It is quoted in a Charlie Brown’s Christmas describing the Birth of Christ. Bust of Angel surrounded by scripture with enhanced corners. Luke 2:9-11Used the same cropped flowers with softened edges on either side of another cropped lavender with bee photo over background with french text.Had a picture of the cropped moon fade and scroll right across sunset for solar eclipse.Animated “Forgotten.”
Both will pertain to the autumn and Halloween that some celebrate.
I love to decorate for fall adding a few old time Halloween touches throughout, as cheaply as possible of course. I wait to get my pieces in sales, sometimes from clearance the year before.
We will start out with emphasis on curves such as the altered glass plate from Ikea I hang in front of the lighted trellis. The roundness of pumpkins, gourds & squash prevalent this time of year and various decorative items.
Now we come to the “good stuff.” The ghoulish or macabre. Not my cup of tea but many like this stuff, especially around Halloween.
One of my sons LOVES Halloween and really goes all out each year. This is him as the crow and that is his own hair, no wig. The other videos are some of the special effects that he uses. Enjoy this very “ghoulish” display if you dare!
Enjoy my PhotoDraw animated slide show for Halloween fun!
My favorite time of the year. I once saw a tree actually appear to glow from a distance but I had a witness with me as we drove towards it he turned to me and said “did you just see what I did?”
Sort of like this:
The following are some fall colors with enhanced contrast, lighting and other effects.
Enjoy the following autumn colors. Beauty is so fleeting on earth.
Examples of some of the layered effects and collages I create with my photographs.
Layered flowers, border and text.A couple of erased lilies from other shots in varied transparencies and sizes layered.
created a black background, layered part of butterfly bush and butterfly with designer effect on wings with text.Cross layered onto a photo of a painted canvas, layered with other photos and text to reference when Jesus felt abandoned for a previous photo challenge.Altered background with various paint spatters in PhotoDraw then began layering varied flower types & size in similar colors. Depending, I will vary the borders and transparencies as well til I get the desired effect.
This one I used a couple of graphics included with PhotoDraw and added text for my quote.Cropped & erased to only show the leaves & bird on tree, positive & negative images, layered together.Just layered bits & pieces from various fall photographs, cropped, parts erased & bordered.
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