Today, an experiment in animation. Thinking of my mom, my other moms, and all the mothers out there who help us grow.
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Posts Tagged ‘Affinity Photo’
Thank You
Posted in Holidays, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Affinity Photo, creativity, Mother's Day, Thoughts on May 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Postcard from Spring
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Affinity Photo, Canada geese, Spring, Thoughts, yay on April 25, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Not everyone likes Canada Geese (they can be messy), but I love to hear them calling as they fly north to the river, pointing the way to spring.
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Feeling Sorta Super
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, Affinity Photo, creativity on February 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Ever wanted to make comic-style engraved images? I have, and today I got a wee bit closer to that goal.
The Chimera Chronicles
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #ChimeraChronicles, Affinity Photo, creativity, inspiration on January 15, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Apparently I am not done with the Chimera Chronicles, or whatever you want to call this animal-human hybrid portrait thing I’ve got going on.
Behold, King Cassowary!
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Captain Cat
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, #365Ways2022, #ChimeraChronicles, Affinity Photo, creativity, inspiration on January 14, 2022| Leave a Comment »
Some days you get an idea in your mind and you have to go with it or spend the rest of the day pestered by the project that was not.
Meet Captain Pepper Griff McCaticus. She lives with friends and, apparently, spent a previous life rising through the ranks. Which helps explain her current position as queen.
“You know how it is with cats: They don’t really have owners, they have staff.”
― P.C. Cast
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Queen of Meh
Posted in Writing, tagged #365Ways, Affinity Photo, creativity, habits, inspiration, learning@lunch, practice, Thoughts on October 8, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m bouncing from project to project again, doing some work work and some practice work. I’ve also started about half a dozen posts but nothing feels right, because none of them said what I was really thinking, which is that today I am the Queen of Meh.
This is not to say that things are not a-ok, I’d just prefer to be making more progress.
Mood: pretty groovy, thanks for asking.
Fine, let’s roll with it.
I did nothing amazing today but do things I did. The project I had the most fun with was practicing photo compositing. Here’s a chimera that is not very good but I like anyway: Behold, the Winged Buffabear!
daguerreotype overlay from Spoon Graphics
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I think I’ll try to follow this advice by Christine Carter, and my own, and aim low:
The 1-minute secret to forming a new habit
Here’s why we need to be willing to be bad: being good requires that our effort and our motivation be in proportion to each other. The harder something is for us to do, the more motivation we need to do that thing. And you might have noticed, but motivation isn’t something that we can always muster on command….
The goal, remember, is repetition, not high achievement. So let yourself be mediocre at whatever you’re trying to do, but be mediocre every day.
— Christine Carter
That I can do!
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Photo by Alexander Schimmeck on Unsplash
Pegasus Is My Patronus
Posted in Likes, tagged #365Ways, Affinity Photo, creativity, harry potter, patronus, things with wings, yay on September 19, 2021| Leave a Comment »
If you are familiar with Harry Potter then you know what a patronus is. (If not, check out this explainer.) I like the books and the concept, but also the imagery. So I decided to see if I could work out how to do the glowing-semi-translucent-super-cool-flying-animal effect in Affinity Photo.
I used a modified version of this Photoshop tutorial, and while the instructions don’t exactly translate to Affinity it was close enough to get me in the ballpark.
And of course now all I can see are the bits I’d like to change,* but isn’t that always the way? Next time!
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Rosie Sun on Unsplash, and Wing Angel Swan on Pixabay
* Seriously, those wings are way too small. It’s so weird that a mythical Greek creature swapped into a magical wizarding world refuses to obey the laws of physics.
Progress is Fun
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, Affinity Photo, creativity, imagination, inspiration, photo compositing, Thoughts, tutorials, whales on September 17, 2021| Leave a Comment »
I’m having fun crossing things off my list, like juicing my backyard grapes and mowing. I also spent some time with a compositing tutorial, and made this image as a reminder that the world is often deeper and more astonishing than meets the eye.
Plus, whales are cool.
She Who Seeds the Stars
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, Affinity Photo, creativity, learning, sff on August 14, 2021| Leave a Comment »
Today, more adventures with photo composites. A few simple experiments to learn where all the tools are and how to use them:
And then a more complicated example:
Younger Every Day
Posted in Other, tagged #365Ways, Affinity Photo, creativity, family, photos on August 11, 2021| Leave a Comment »
My ancestors continue to get younger, it seems. My mother found a portrait of herself as a baby and sent it my way. I like both general and family history, plus I was happy to have another chance to practice my photo restoration skills:
J.R. Johnson 
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