"I Choose You!" Corel PhotoPaint - Mayang's Textures

I Choose You!

A simple Digital Collage for today's image. I selected a bright texture from my Mayang's Textures folder and added a piece of clip art from Free Vintage Digital Stamps. I opened Corel PhotoPaint and loaded the clip art and texture as two layers. A man with intense eyes is pointing at the viewer. I thought of the phrase "Few are Chosen." and added the thought: "I Choose You!" Then for some humor I added the "Why?" and "I Dunno!"

I used Filter Forge's Frames and selected a film frame. Then I used the Tone Curve to add depth to the image. The Font I used is called Bauhaus 93, one of my favorites. I added a paint splatter to add to the grunge effect.

I finished by saving the large file and resampling in PhotoPaint for display, adding my signature as usual.

Listening --- Various Songs --- Piano Music

"She is Only a Child" Grunge Bauhaus Art Deco - CorelDRAW - PhotoPaint

Grunge Bauhaus Art Deco

With text from Fillerati and Art Deco Designs by Edouard Benedictus, also a Bau Haus font, I created today's image. I scanned in the Art Deco designs into Corel PhotoPaint and copied them to CorelDRAW where I added the text. After that I grouped all vector and bitmapped pieces and copied to the clipboard.

In PhotoPaint I Tune Blurred the scans and added depth with the Tone Curve. Using Filter Forge's Photo Effects I added a touch of Grunge and Vibrance. Thus I created a cross version of Art Deco Grunge. I used the text phrase "She is Only a Child!" for the title placing it at the bottom of the image in all lower case. The other phrasing from "Alice in Wonderland," I used force full justification on the paragraph.

I created the zigzag pieces on the right hand side in CorelDRAW with the pen tool. I saved the large file first. Then I resampled for display online and added my signature.

Listening --- Jefferson Airplane --- Somebody to Love

Art Deco with Bauhaus 93 Typography - CorelDRAW - PhotoPaint

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I received in my inbox today some Dover Publications Samples. Among them were these great Art Deco designs. I opened my Dover sampler folder after saving them and selected four designs. I opened PhotoPaint and from Picasa 3 I copied and pasted them. From PhotoPaint I adjusted the individual pieces and then opened CorelDRAW.

I placed each image in the new graphic document. I then selected the typeface Bauhaus 93 for my typography. I merely spelled out Art Deco and selected bright colors for the letters. I outlined each with a complimentary color to make them stand out a bit more.

I selected the rectangle tool and placed one behind all the Art Deco pieces and Bauhaus 93 text. I added the phrase "typography Bauhaus 93," in a small size to name the typeface used.

I selected all the pieces and grouped them together and copied to the clipboard. Back in PhotoPaint I opened with File> New from Clipboard>. This gave me a 6" x 9" 300dpi graphic of the grouped pieces. I added my signature, saved the large file as a jpg, then resampled to display here.

Listening --- Jethro Tull --- Part of the Machine