"Digital Collage of Images Created with PicsArt App" Picasa

Collage of Images

While ill I created some images on my Tablet using the PicsArt App. I enjoyed using this App so much I got the Windows 10 version installed now along with AutoDesk's Sketchbook on my computer.

I did quite a bit of layering and using of PicsArt filters to create each image you see in the collage. I used polygon tools, mask layers, some clipart, some hand painting as well. Each piece will stand on its own, but I wanted to show the versatility of PicsArt.

I like the selection of tool for each thing you may want to do. I can "Enhance," a photograph, with a simple click, alter the strength of the changes with embedded tools. I can adjust Curves for RGB or the differing colors Red, Green, Blue individually.

I add layers directly and quickly by adding a photograph, with the selection of different properties, and adjust the opacity, too. Free clipart comes with the App as well as some great Fonts.

And the App will let you buy more Fonts and Collections for only about $00.99 each. I have not purchased any additional ones myself, and I am still finding many ways of creating great images without adding any yet.

PicsArt also has many #freetoedit photographs to offer to the user. I used some of them and some from Pixabay, and Unsplash. It also has multiple FX, Artistic, and other Filters to apply to your works.

I created the Digital Collage with Picasa 3+, which is no longer being supported, but still the current version works fine. After creating the Collage I saved it and opened it with Corel PhotoPaint. There I resampled from 120dpi to a 72dpi image, 1220 X 763. I saved it as an Optimized JPG 75 compression and 25 smoothing. I saved the display image with a new name.

As you share your works with the PicsArt Community, you can set it up to share with your other Social Media, too. I share with my Facebook timeline each time I post a new image to the Community. You can select how and where to share.

One other thing to mention is PicsArt App allows you to create Gif Animations of your creations in a step by step manner. Gif Animations are not accepted everywhere but are great fun to create.

"Arches and Shadows" PicsArt App

Continuing to work with the PicsArt App on my tablet. I used a Pastel filter first, then I added a Gouache filter, lightening the fade.

Got my Stylus in hand, choosing colors and adjusting the opacity, size, of the Brush. I painted on the image. I applied enhanced color according to my mood.

I tried to make sure that I painted lightly.  I'm sure that as I gain experience with this approach to digital painting I will improve. There are many different types of brushes to choose from but two of them are my favorites right now.

I have found that PicsArt has many #freetoedit, photographs of many different kinds.

I chose the Arches for the shadows and great perspective.

"Acoustic Guitar Player" PicsArt App

More painting on my tablet. I used the PicsArt App. I applied some Curves and a HDR filter. Then I hand selected colors to paint with the stylus on the image.

I applied an Artistic filter like a Lomo effect. The surrounding area was darkened a bit.

I did not resize the image of the Acoustic guitar player so it may be larger on the blog than what I can see on this tablet.

Still learning how to use the Blogger App, along with the images I create with the PicsArt App. So blame it on the learning curve and my inexperienced ways.

Away from my own guitars and missing practice. I have found that I enjoy learning the song "The End of the Line," by the Traveling Wilbery's. Also a good Tom Petty song "Learning to Fly". I recently got a Martin DRS1 6 string that I really like. A great addition to my Seagull S12 Cedar 12-String Guitar.

I have been working on a new chord progression as well. Missing my guitars while away. I use the program Verse Perfect for writing lyrics on my PC. I recommend that program to help rhyme lyrics.

"Abandoned House" PicsArt App

Another piece of digital art done with the PicsArt App on my tablet. I used a Sketch filter then selected painting.  I used a painterly brush, adjusting the opacity.

I chose the colors carefully and painted by hand, with a Stylus. Using the tools I resized the image. I applied enhanced color saturation as well. Saved the file for posting. 

As I am using the PicsArt App I am learning a lot of fun in image creation. 

Abandoned House

"Windswept Woman and Blue" PicsArt App

I have been using free to edit pictures from PicsArt App, on my tablet. I layered the Woman using a Sketch filter set to Multiply over an enhanced Blue photo of a set of what appears to be shutters.

I'm continuing to work with my tablet for experimental art. I am using a Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4 tablet. I have a stylus for sketching, but did not use it for this post.

I have Autodesk Sketchbook, and PicsArt App. Also a interesting app called Motion Portrait for animating faces.

I am not sure about sizing the images on the Tablet yet. If you want to coach me let me know what I can do.

I will be receiving the Martin DRS1 for a gift. I have it now and I have found jam tracks on YouTube by QuistJam. Practicing scales by ear as I jam with it. I am using the Line 6 PodXT Live and my PC set up to do so. Enjoying the new guitar and the jams. Now I need a new guitar amp! It is always something.

"Old Man Reading" PicsArt App

Working with the Tablet Galaxy Tab S 8.4, I used the Artistic Sketches tool. This gave me the opportunity to paint on the Old Man Reading.

I selected the option to draw with a brush and I adjusted the opacity. I chose the colors carefully and I left the background sketch like to focus on the Old Man.

This will probably be a large piece on the blog. I have not been able to figure out how to make it smaller.

Using the Blogger app for Android devices. A few tricks to get down yet.

Old Man Reading

"Where We Live" PicsArt App Collage

I am not sleepy, yet. So playing with the new Tablet and the PicsÀrt App, I have created a collage.
It's probably too large for the blog. I'm still trying out the different Apps.

These photos are of our own yard, and  part of the neighbors yard,  too.

I altered the curves for some depth of the colors. I did not do much more.

"Vintage Prom Queen Beauty" Paint.net - Corel

Vintage Prom Queen Beauty
(Click for Larger Image
with more Details)

I opened another MorgueFile portrait of a Young Beauty, in Paint.net. I applied the Artistic Oil Paint tool, High on Color and Coarse Brushes. I then took a scanned in photo of a number of young ladies in a Vintage setting, that I had scanned in the other day. I opened that in Paint.net, and selected all and copied it to the clipboard.

I went back to the oil painted Young Beauty and placed the scan as a layer. I adjusted the layer to fit and applied a property for transparency. I then applied the Artistic Ink Pen to the merged layers. I kept the color high and the ink setting low. I saved this large file with a new name.

I opened that file in Corel PSP Pro X3 and added a black border, with my signature as a layer with transparency. I added Image Information and merged all layers. Saving that iteration I opened in Corel PhotoPaint to resample and save compressed by 75 and smoothed by 33, with a width of 1220.

I imagine this Young Beauty daydreaming about her relative in the Vintage Photograph, and her own future. Perhaps a Prom Queen in the making.

"Five More Images Near Clare Michigan" Corel

The Trail to the House

Stump With Mushrooms and Ferns

Swamp Woods II

Swan Planter Empty

Windmill Tower II

Programs used:

• Corel PSP Pro X3, Filter Forge Freepack Frames, "The Trail to the House"
• Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4, Corel PSP Pro X3, Filter Forge Freepack Frames, "Stump With Mushrooms and Ferns"
• Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4, Corel PSP Pro X3, "Swamp Woods II"
• Corel PhotoPaint, Corel PSP Pro X3, "Swan Planter Empty"
• Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4, Corel PSP Pro X3, "Windmill Tower II"

I used various steps for each of the above images from near Clare, Michigan. I did them a while ago, so I don't remember everything I did on each. So I have listed the programs I remember using. I most cases I do remember adjusting the Saturation Vibrancy on them to varying degrees.

I am Listening to "Paul Platt" on SoundCloud as I write this blog post. +Paul Platt great sounds for the background while posting. Thanks, Paul!

"Triple Play, Images From Near Clare, Michigan" Corel

Creek Woods Digital Watercolor

Grunge Old Pallet

Small Windmill

Programs used:

• Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4, Corel PSP Pro X3 on "Creek Woods."
• Corel PhotoPaint, Corel PSP Pro X3, Filter Forge Freepack Frames on "Grunge Old Pallet"
• Corel PhotoPaint, Corel PSP Pro X3, Filter Forge Freepack Frames on "Small Windmill"

I used various tools like Local Equalization and Tone Curve in PhotoPaint, Frames from Filter Forge, And added signature in PSP Pro X3. I took the original photographs with my Canon Rebel XTi, near Clare, Michigan. 

My August 2014 Project was a success and I am hoping to post more often to gatzkART!. Look forward to other postings this month. I still have photographs from the Clare, Michigan area, and a lot of Dover Publication sample Clip Art for Digital Collages. 

"Old Times Two" Corel - Filter Forge

Old Times Two

As I had mentioned in my previous post I had found these "Old Times," photographs in my files. I expected to do at least two of these for "gatzkART!". These contain visages of my wife's family and friends.

Here is the second as promised. I opened with Corel PhotoPaint two photographs. I cropped the larger one and then copied and pasted the second (Mother with baby.) I erased around the Mother with baby to add only them to the Tug of War photograph. I merged them and used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Colors to create the blue image. I had adjusted the Tone Curve a bit as the Mother with baby stand out starkly against the larger photograph, with little success in matching them.

I really love these older photographs that I scanned in. They are Circa 1950's I believe. They have a certain character to them that makes them stand out. My simple approach to using the separate photographs to "build" an image in blue is not new, but a timeless one.

Please click on the image for the larger view, thank you.

"Old Times One" Corel - Picasa

Old Times One

I found some older Photograph scans I had saved to my external HDD of some of my wife's family. I cropped the beginning photograph in Corel PhotoPaint and saved the file.  I opened a secondary photograph of her father in the navy. I added it in Corel PhotoPaint by pasting and erasing around him. I saved that iteration.

I opened the crop in Picasa 3.9 and applied a Blue Tint to it. I also used the Lomograph effect to give it a slight vignetting. I saved that file and posted it here for your enjoyment. I have a few more of these that I now need to search for and create a background of her father with a placement of her mother to it.

I want to create "Old Times Two," using the same steps applied here. I love the look and fashion of these times, probably in the late 1940's early 1950's. So I will plan on doing so for the future.

I also inverted my signature and copyright and added that to the image. It is the original size pixels wise, click on the image for the larger view. Thank you.

"Brandon Gardens Winter Land 3 and 4" Canon - Corel

Brandon Gardens Winter Land 3

Brandon Gardens Winter Land 4

Prior to the Sun coming out for a few minutes I took a few more photographs around our home. Brandon Gardens Winter Land 3 and 4 are the resulting images.

I used our Canon Rebel XTi DSLR for getting these shots. I uploaded to the computer and opened with Corel PSP Pro X3. There I applied the Smart Photo Fix tool, increasing the brightness, sharpening, and shadows a bit.

A simple post for today, as I am fairly busy with other pursuits. Thank you for looking!

"Brandon Gardens Winter Land 1 and 2" Canon - Corel

Brandon Gardens Winter Land 1

Brandon Gardens Winter Land 2

Like most of us who love to photograph, I could not resist a few Winter Land photographs of our neighborhood Brandon Gardens. The Sun was out and lower in the sky between 9 and 10 o'clock today. I shot these with my Canon Rebel XTi DSLR.

I loaded them onto the computer and opened up these two in Corel PSP Pro X3. To enhance the blue colored shadows I used the Saturation Vibrancy tool. I added a text copyright on the photographs. And with Image Information I added Title, Copyright, Tools used, as well.

I added a twenty-five pixel black border to both to help them show clearly in the post. Click on each image for the larger view.

It was bitter cold out as we ran some errands today. But so beautiful with the sun shining on the trees and bushes a true Crystal Winter Land.

I had some bad news the other day. I cleaned my Wacom Tablet and Pen with soap and water, and it hasn't worked right until today. My guess is the water had to dry completely prior to it's working correctly again. So, be forewarned if you have a Wacom Tablet and Pen, Wash with very little soap and water or it may refuse to work for days!