WET #14: Lady of the House" in blue February 20, 1999 This is the Lady of the House. I originally meant to make a pencil sketched effect for this image, but after I finished I was trying to tone the "grayscale" grays a little toward the cooler blue tones. While I was playing with the color, I ended up with this Dresden blue, which I liked so much I made it my "main" image instead of the original gray. This was created in PaintShopPro5 using various sharpening effects, gaussian blur, reducing to gray scale, tracing contour, and colorizing. I used the point-to-point tool for selecting various bits and pieces, and lots and lots of layering, blending, and merging! Please click on the thumbnail to see the full-sized image. (It looks much better!). WET #14: "Lady of the House" original version February 20, 1999 This is my original "pencil sketch" version of "The Lady of the House." Click on the thumbnail version here to see the full sized image. WET #14: "Medieval Grid" February 21, 1999 This grid is based on the manipulation of a selection of the stonework above the door in Wet 14. I combined several copies of the selection and mirrored, flipped, and rotated the image at various stages. I then selected the dark "openings" in the grid (with irregular borders) and deleted the dark color. I then created jewel gradients and filled across the rows in random order. After filling all the openings, I used the rectangle selection tool to select the color blocks vertically (including bits of dark color that hadn't been changed in the first set of selections). I then used the motion blur tool to blend color horizontally on each vertical row before I went on to select the next vertical row. I finished with some layering and blending to achieve the muted effect of the finished image. Please click on the thumbnail to see the full effect of the colors. WET #14: "Alabaster Castle" February 21, 1999 For this image, I focused on color and blending. I worked with layers and selections, as well as filling with custom gradients at low levels of opacity. I was trying to achieve the pastel tones I've seen in alabaster eggs. I wanted to create a fairyland effect rather than a forboding one. I think that watching Tinkerbell soar around the Disneyland castle on tv every week in the fifties probably affected my vision! :) Please click on the thumbnail to see the full version...the colors are much more subtle on the larger version. The colors I used to create my gradient came from a version of the filled area of the grid design used as the basis for the Medieval Grid. This specific version ended up looking like a beautiful woven color gamp on black."Woven Grid" This is the original image JoFlo submitted for us to work on this week. It is a joy to work with, full of textures and shapes enough to keep anyone happy! Click on the thumbnail image to see the full version. You can express your opinions by e-mail below. I'll be glad to hear from you. :) These images were created using Paint Shop Pro 5, especially for the WET #14 project. They are my original creations based on an original image obtained on-line courtesy of JoFlo through comp.graphics.apps.paint-shop-pro. Thank you! 5acreschool@usa.net All original graphics on this site Copyright 1999-2001 by Diane at Five Acre Graphics Site created 3/28/99 Page last modified 7/29/01 This page hosted by GeoCities