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No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.

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Image manipulation & vintage postcard

Oops! I have not blogged for such a long time! It has been a long, long hiatus. The internet as much as it is a great tool - it can also be a distraction - so I decided to take a break. I am hoping to post new work here within the next few weeks - I am frantically trying to finish some outstanding art, with the intention of moving forward with other ideas.

The first image is a quick image manipulation taken from a vintage photograph - it is really an exercise in hand colouring using photoshop. The second image is of a very simple, yet appealing vintage postcard.

Vintage Finds.....

This post is short! Just to say wishing one and all a wonderful Christmas.....

Just to say hello.....

I have not posted new work for sometime! Here are just a few things I have decided to share with you. One of my favourite unmanipuated images and a vintage photograph. I am working on a couple of new images at the moment - I promise to finish them soon....

Bunting - Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom

At the moment - I am experimenting with new types of collage, ie. square format and using photographs I have taken with my new camera which is a Nikon D80 DSLR. I have to say I am not finding it easy to use! I am sure with lots of practice I will get used to it!

New Image - First with my new camera

I have had a new Nikon D80 for a couple of weeks now - I have never used a digital slr before - I used to be strictly a medium format devotee - due to lack of processing facilities and the cost of processing I thought it time move onto an DSLR.

Here is a first photograph taken with the nikon! I have tweaked it in photoshop a little bit...

Waiting (Pink)

Just to quick post to show you my latest image - it is infact a re-working of an image I produced last year (in green) - I have been asked if I do it in pink and blue... so here is the pink version. I will also do a blue version very soon!

TTV Dog

Just a quick note to show you this cute dog! I don't know what breed he is - he has a nice face.

This is a faux (fake) ttv.

Little Doves

I have finally finished this image and not before time! I have listed it in my Etsy Shop.

I can now offer prints in sizes A3 and A2. I am also offering FREE shipping at the moment. My prints are a real bargin, I believe. The A2 prints are printed using Epson Ultrachrome Archival inks and the paper I use is the very best - Somerset Ehanced Fine Art paper at 225gsm....oops a sales pitch! Not intended!!

Memory Tree

Memory Tree
Originally uploaded by valentine's attic

I won't say too much about this, suffice to say it is a memorial tree planted in the grounds of the university I attended..... it was a 35mm format I have changed it to a square format - which I believe works better. It also has a magenta colour cast - I decided to leave it.....

More vintage photo's & postcards

Hello,

Just a quick post to share some of my latest purchases. I have lots more to share, however, I need to scan them - which takes time! I am particularly fond of the little german girl with her school satchel - I just love her clothes.

I will list some finished art work this week.

I now am the proud owner of an A2 Epson Stylus Pro 3800 printer - I can offer larger prints for sale up to size A2 - I have one listed in my Etsy shop.

I have also bought a Nikon D80 Dslr camera - I am going to have to learn how to use it - I have mainly used film, as I am a traditionalist at art - but you have to move with the times and embrace new technology!

New work - unfinished!

It has been over a month since I posted anything! At the moment I am having problems with my computer which needs upgrading (or at least the memory does) - even though I use an external hard drive to store my images - my computer still hates me using photoshop! Therefore, every time I use it my computer crashes - I definately need some new hardware.

On that note, I purchased a new printer an EPSON Stylus Pro 3800 - very expensive - when it arrived it had obviously been dropped - after waiting indoors for two whole days and another day for the collection of the damaged printer - I was not happy! I am hoping to offer large prints, as I get quite a few enquiries about larger prints - stay posted and hopefully a new printer will arrive soon.

I have put an image here which I am working on at the moment - it is probably about a quarter finished - so there is a long way to go with it, however, I thought I would post it. I have a least six unfinished images at the moment... which I need and want to finish, so fingers crossed!

Pansy

I have not listed any new work recently - my computer is having trouble coping with photoshop at the moment - even with an external harddrive it struggles! I definately need more memory. However, I digress, here is my latest offering - I have called this image "Pansy" as this was the came on the back of the original cabinet card the girl in the image was taken from.

I hope you like her. I will list her in Etsy today.

Until the next time.

Some new vintage postcards & photographs

Hello, one and all!

I have been on a mad spending spree buying up vintage photographs and postcards - I started buying about six years ago, mainly from Ebay. I stopped for a couple of years - alas, the bug seems to have caught on - everyone is buying, there are a lot more sellers and buyers now and good quality images are getting harder to source i.e. mainly because of price. Anyway, here are a couple of my latest finds.....

Dotty - a new image

Just a quick post to show you my latest creation. I thought my work was becoming very dark! So I have tried to lighten it's mood somewhat - although I must say I do work instinctively, so what happens with an image happens - if that makes sense. I have listed this for sale in my Etsy shop. I am also doing FREE postage at the moment.

New Digital Collage - Adara

It's been a long time coming! I have been going through a bit of an artistic blip, here is the first image I have completed this month. I will list it for sale in Etsy later today (Sunday). The original idea came from the vintage photograph seen here.

Retouching vintage postcards

I spent a couple of hours today retouching an old postcard bought from ebay. On first glance it didn't look to bad, however, once you scan it and blow it up in photoshop, the problems with it were apparent. It was very dirty and scratched. I am going to put this on Flickr, along with the original version.

New Vintage Postcards

Sorry I have not posted any new images - I have hit a creative blip and I cannot seem to finish my of my current images - I am not stressing over it too much and hopefully the creative juices will start to flow again!

I have been buying a lot of vintage photographs from Ebay. Here are some of my finds - I think these are great. I have started to colour one of these in on Photoshop - that is the first image - the original unmanipulated version is below it.