Succulent

Gallery: Photo ArtPosted January 10, 2012384 views10 comments

This is a succulent that lives on my windowsill, with Topaz Simplify Painting Colorful as a basis and with Poster Edges applied, plus Levels and Curves and all that in CS5.

I'm especially interested in what you think of the lower left corner, because without being at the very bottom of the succulent you can't really get a good base for a foundation for the composition, and this was the best I could come up with otherwise.

Comments and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Comments

10 comments

Comment posted by Lorna Taylor on January 10, 2012 at 5:40 PM

How cool is this, beautifully processed Barbara a great abstract !

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Comment posted by Marc Ward on January 10, 2012 at 6:38 PM

Barbara,

Great colors and flow. I could see this printed up on a giant canvas in the hotel lobby of a posh Caribbean resort. I understand your concerns about the LLC, but that may have a grounding effect. If you were to lose that, the motion to the right might be a bit too strong and cause the eye to wander off the image. I see the LLC as an anchor, not a compositional flaw. Great Image!

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Comment posted by scott lanz on January 10, 2012 at 8:47 PM

Very cool, Barbara. I like it.

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Comment posted by Carol Nichols on January 11, 2012 at 5:52 PM

Barbara, this is beautiful. The colors are just gorgeous. I think you did a great job of finding a base in the LLC. I can imagine that wasn't easy.

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Comment posted by David W. Kelly on January 11, 2012 at 11:41 PM

Well done Barbara.

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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on January 12, 2012 at 5:23 PM

This is great and the lower left corner is perfect. It provides a starting point for all of the flowing curves. The different colors and textures work well to keep my eyes moving.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on January 12, 2012 at 9:09 PM

Barbara, love the colors and composition. It's very fun to use the selections from Topaz Labs and this one really works. Great job.

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Comment posted by denise ippolito on January 14, 2012 at 8:14 AM

Barbara, Very colorful and interesting.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on January 14, 2012 at 3:31 PM

Absolutely fantastic! Fun, cheerful, colorful and just plain delightful! The processing is stunning as is the comp. Masterfully done, Barbara. Congrats on a fine artistic creation!

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Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on January 14, 2012 at 3:36 PM

What vibrant colors, lines and textures. Playful and imaginative. Great work!

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