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“Frozen Valley” – A Guide to Landscape Manips
Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | Filed under Articles, Lessons, Misc | 1 Comment
My most recent photomanip Frozen Valley was created using a few simple steps, that are described in this post. Please note: This is not a step-by-step guide meant to be followed to the letter just so you can create your own “Frozen Valley” (I wouldn’t be happy to see copies popping up all over the net to be honest) – it is instead meant to help you find your way in the fascinating world of photomanips, so you can start creating your own images according to your own visions.
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Watermarks & Art Theft
Sunday, January 4th, 2009 | Filed under Articles, Lessons | 5 Comments
This post deals with watermarking your work to be displayed on the Internet. It shows you how to create a watermark brush that you can use as a signature watermark each time you want to post one of your images.
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Manip Critiques: BloodyMoonLady’s “Star Fox”
Monday, November 3rd, 2008 | Filed under Articles, Lessons | 4 Comments
Here’s the second installment in the Manip Critiques series. I hope this one will be just as well-received as the last. Please note that all suggestions in this article are based on the assumption that Adobe Photoshop is used.
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Manip Critique: arrsistable’s “The Earth Goddess”
Monday, October 20th, 2008 | Filed under Articles, Lessons | 6 Comments
In my recent journal on deviantart, I asked fellow manippers if they wanted one image of their critiqued extensively on my blog, so that not only they could get some insight, but other readers might learn a bit, too — the response was overwhelming and so this will be the first critique in a whole series.
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Originality in Art
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008 | Filed under Articles | 10 Comments
Sometimes I just feel I have to let out a loud cry of “Not another one of those!” even though it’s ultimately no use. But today, it is just too tempting a topic to ignore and I’m in the mood to write down some thoughts on the subject.
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Copyright & Stock Images
Saturday, September 20th, 2008 | Filed under Articles, Resources | 3 Comments
When you create a photomanip, you naturally need photos to start out with. Ideally, you take those pictures yourself with your digital camera or use scans of “analog” pictures or whatever else you can get your hands on that will fit on your scanner. But there will always be instances, when you can’t get what you need yourself, be it because you don’t have a camera handy and can’t scan the object you need either (it’s just tough getting that castle to fit on the scanner) or maybe the object you need just isn’t available (you need a castle but there just is none for miles). This is where copyright laws come into play.
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Of Tools and Art Forms
Thursday, September 18th, 2008 | Filed under Articles | 5 Comments
The term “photomanipulation” often has a negative ring to it, as people connect it with deception. People like to think that photographs are snapshots of reality and even to this day photographs and videos are sometimes treated as the ultimate proof that something did in fact happen.
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