"Acoustic Magazine No.11 Parody" Corel - Plus

Acoustic Magazine No.11 Parody

A short post for today. Here is a Digital Collage Parody of Acoustic Magazine No.11. I did most of the digital cut and pasting in Corel PhotoPaint with an assist from Corel PSP Pro X3 for some alterations to the beginning background.

"1,000th POST Enter the CONTEST" "Acoustic Magazine No.10 Parody" - Corel - Plus

1,000th Post - Enter the CONTEST

My Blog gatzkART! hit the 1,000th Post mark TODAY! I am offering a CD of some of my music to the winner OF THE FOLLOWING CONTEST:

NINE songs - EIGHT hand picked by the winner and one BONUS song on a CD with a jewel case, Artwork and notes, signed by me.

Here is how it will work:

1) Visit the blog from Anywhere, Twitter, email notifications, Search, including my Google+ Post marked 1,000th post.

2) Comment on the BLOG, NOTE: the comments need to be on the BLOG!

3) Leave name and/or email address (so I can contact you personally.)

4) These go into the hat,

5) I'll have my wife pull a name/email address. We email the WINNER! So we need your email address or some way to contact you!

6) The winner gets to select which songs they want (up to a limit of 8 with a bonus song added by me.)

7) I get their mailing address and they tell me which 8 songs they have chosen.

8) I make the CD, with a jewel case and Artwork and notes.

9) I pay for shipping (USA only, sorry.) And send to the WINNER!

10) It will take time to make the CD and the Artwork and notes so patience will be needed but this becomes a priority when the winner is chosen.

I have over 35 songs to select from on Acoustic Guitar Community which link is BELOW.

All names and email addresses will NOT be added to a mailing list or followed on Google+ (unless you want me to follow you.) Your Privacy is very important to me. I will have to approve each blog comment so no spammers will get through so your post will not
show up until I approve it.

HERE IS THE LINK TO THE CHOICE OF SONGS:

http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.com/profile/KirkMathewGatzka





THIS IS A LIMITED TIME OFFER. CONTEST WILL BE CLOSED IN 2 WEEKS FROM MY POST TO THE BLOG AND GOOGLE+, TWITTER.

LISTEN, CHOSE, YOU MAY HAVE WON! THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THIS CONTEST AND MY BLOG AND MUSIC!

"Acoustic Magazine No.9 Parody" Plus a Contest Idea - Corel - Plus

Acoustic Magazine No.9 Parody

"Acoustic Magazine No.9 Parody," is today's post. I started with a Mayang's Texture that I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and rotated to a portrait display. I saved that and opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted a watercolor.

Saving that I opened from Picasa 3.9 with Corel PhotoPaint. Then I scanned in some images from old guitar magazines for the Fake Cover. I used our Canon MP495 to scan then I copied and pasted, erasing what I did not want and placed them. After that I added the text for the cover.
 
998th Post to gatzkART! Maybe I should have a contest for the 1,000th Post! I could offer a MP3 CD of a few of my songs from the Acoustic Guitar Community to the Winner.

Comment on the blog, name goes in the hat, pull a name, they get to select which songs they want (up to a limit of 8 with maybe a bonus song.) I get their address and make the CD on my PC with a jewel case and notes. I pay for shipping (USA only, sorry.)

I have over 35 songs to select from on Acoustic Guitar Community which link is on the right hand side of the blog.

What do you think? Let me know! It would be fun to offer a CD of my music to a contest winner at the 1,000th Post for gatzkART!

"Acoustic Magazine No. 8" Parody - Corel - Plus

Acoustic Magazine No.8 Parody

Let's face it! Some of us aren't as young as we used to be and are afflicted with aches and pains. But we still yearn to make music! And a little pain won't stop us! Here is a Parody of Acoustic Magazine No. 8.

It's about just that, growing old gracefully, rocking our hearts out. Even with painful aches we play on.

I began this fake cover with a contorted guitar player on one knee from an old magazine. I added the woman's face and the crossed eyes separately. I scanned the pieces in and placed them with the black border offset. I used my Canon MP495 unit to scan with.

I used the font Bleeding Cowboys for the magazine title and Arial Black for the rest of the blurbs. Its all tongue in cheek and for fun. I am not attempting to make fun of ailments many have. Just poking fun at old aged musicians with painful ways to go.

I did use Corel PhotoPaint for the bulk of the art and design. I did jump into Corel PSP Pro X3 for some fixing of the first scanned image, eliminating Noise and adding some texture to the piece.

996th Post to gatzkART! Only a few more to go to reach 1,000 posts. We have beat the 83,000 Pageviews Milestone! I thank everyone who is a regular reader and viewer of my digital visual art. Also many thanks to the curious who visit and browse this Blog!