Scripture Art and Various Creative Conceptions Born of Love
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It's truly amazing artwork. So colorful! Forgive my asking as I am a complete dufus when it comes to all things art.
Do you create all this manually, or do you have help with the use of digital programs?
Again, forgive me for my ignorance. I guess a better way to put it is, how do you do all this amazing stuff?
Do you create all this manually, or do you have help with the use of digital programs?
Again, forgive me for my ignorance. I guess a better way to put it is, how do you do all this amazing stuff?
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Oh, hello, and thank you! 
My designs are digital collages, created using individual elements made available on the web for personal use as long as there is no commercial gain, which suits me just fine Over time, I have collected thousands of such elements as angels, butterflies, flowers, backgrounds, frames, special effects etc, and starting with a blank slate, I begin by adding a frame and backgrounds (more often than not these days, I create my own frame), then the elements surrounding the verse, such as flowers mostly, and special effects like stars and things to add gradients of variant complementary colors to the background, and also butterflies (a fave LOL) and birds, dragonflies, and the like. I make many adjustments to each element as I add it, including sizing, crop, color, hue, opacity, tilt, transform, and other layer effects (especially on the text to make it stand out from he background) etc to make each individual element look its best in the overall panel design. Even choosing the font can be a persnickety business LOL. Earlier this year I began constructing my own figures out of multiple pieces, and that is often the most labor intensive part of any panel, since I often try many different things, such as faces, eyes, mouths, dress/robe, wings, halo effects, etc. while the figure under construction before I am happy with it That sometimes means I spend a fair amount of time trying to make something work that I eventually scrap because it simply doesn't
My designs are digital collages, created using individual elements made available on the web for personal use as long as there is no commercial gain, which suits me just fine Over time, I have collected thousands of such elements as angels, butterflies, flowers, backgrounds, frames, special effects etc, and starting with a blank slate, I begin by adding a frame and backgrounds (more often than not these days, I create my own frame), then the elements surrounding the verse, such as flowers mostly, and special effects like stars and things to add gradients of variant complementary colors to the background, and also butterflies (a fave LOL) and birds, dragonflies, and the like. I make many adjustments to each element as I add it, including sizing, crop, color, hue, opacity, tilt, transform, and other layer effects (especially on the text to make it stand out from he background) etc to make each individual element look its best in the overall panel design. Even choosing the font can be a persnickety business LOL. Earlier this year I began constructing my own figures out of multiple pieces, and that is often the most labor intensive part of any panel, since I often try many different things, such as faces, eyes, mouths, dress/robe, wings, halo effects, etc. while the figure under construction before I am happy with it That sometimes means I spend a fair amount of time trying to make something work that I eventually scrap because it simply doesn't 
April 18, 2020; I designed this Exodus 35:35 panel for @ArtsieSteph
Then I made alterations to it for @TabinRivCA
They do look slightly different from when I first posted them
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April 18, 2020; I designed this Exodus 35:35 panel for @ArtsieSteph
Then I made alterations to it for @TabinRivCA
They do look slightly different from when I first posted them
When I read the text (Issaiah 54:17), a suit of armor, and a sword or bible come to mind.
P.S: No flaming horses though. These would be my style.
