I subscribe to a newsletter called Photojojo. It sends ideas of projects you can do with your digital camera. On a recent post it suggested to go to the site for the film Coraline. I don't know much about the film, but it is stop-motion animated like the film The Nightmare before Christmas. The story is about a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life and Coraline must count on her resourcefulness and bravery to get back home. To adapt a photo, here is The Other Mother's Workshop if you want to add buttons. I even buttoned my mouth in this one. I've seen some people use these portraits on their facebook photos!
Showing posts with label Digital Art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Digital Art. Show all posts
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Button up - Digital Fun
I subscribe to a newsletter called Photojojo. It sends ideas of projects you can do with your digital camera. On a recent post it suggested to go to the site for the film Coraline. I don't know much about the film, but it is stop-motion animated like the film The Nightmare before Christmas. The story is about a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers an alternate version of her life and Coraline must count on her resourcefulness and bravery to get back home. To adapt a photo, here is The Other Mother's Workshop if you want to add buttons. I even buttoned my mouth in this one. I've seen some people use these portraits on their facebook photos!
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Grandview Wordle Fun
I've become addicted to Wordle, an on line program that rearranges text, URLs, poems, whatever you want to give it.
Here are some I made for Grandview Covenant Church, the church I grew up in and still hold a membership with.
You don't have a lot of control over it, so it is very random, but oh so fun. You can change colors and fonts and randomly rearrange. Give it a try by clicking on the link above.
Here are some I made for Grandview Covenant Church, the church I grew up in and still hold a membership with.
You don't have a lot of control over it, so it is very random, but oh so fun. You can change colors and fonts and randomly rearrange. Give it a try by clicking on the link above.
Monday, January 12, 2009
New Banner Title
As you may have noticed, I made a new title banner for my blog. Identifying the scenes/photos from left to right: Dad on his pony Jack, Ljung church in Sweden where many of my ancestors attended church, Mom in a rocker around the time of her adoption, the clock face is from my wall clock, the Johnson kids in their hooded sweatshirts on the farm, the Johnson family home in rural Larchwood, IA, on top is the Swanson ancestral home - Fallhemmet in Ljung Östergötland, Sweden, and some hollyhocks I watercolored on the right edge. The background is a painting of Yosemite National Park I painted as a gift for my brother Steve. I used Photoshop Elements to combine the shots. My students will be doing a project similar to this so I always need practice. I even made one today as a surprise, for my friend Carol. Her Blog is titled Choose Joy. We graduated from High School together and are both currently art teachers.
We were dismissed from school at 11 a.m. this morning due to snow and blizzard warnings, the wind is to come up tonight so who knows what the morning will bring. We've already lost 3 days due to weather, soon we'll be going into June!
We were dismissed from school at 11 a.m. this morning due to snow and blizzard warnings, the wind is to come up tonight so who knows what the morning will bring. We've already lost 3 days due to weather, soon we'll be going into June!
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