"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!

"Grunge Guitars Blue Green" Corel - Plus

Grunge Guitars

"Grunge Guitars Blue Green" is a composite of two images. One is a textural green image. The other is a portrait of a 6-String and a 12-String guitar, a photograph I took with my Canon Rebel XTi.

I opened each in Corel PSP Pro X3 and resized to fit. On the guitars I used the Chalk tool for the line art. And I used the Smart Photo Fix on the texture for depth.

I copied the guitars to the clipboard and pasted as a layer onto the texture. I used Difference property on the Guitar layer. I merged both layers to one. I then applied Filter Forge's Photo Effects Grunge to that. I then used the Saturation Vibrancy to put some punch into the colors.

997th Post to gatzkART! The 1,000th Post soon as time allows in a busy week!

"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!

"Singer Songwriter Eardly Jordaan" Corel - Plus

Singer Songwriter Eardly Jordaan

I attended a Hangout on Google+, since our power is now back on. "In The Spotlight" was Eardly Jordaan from the duo Band MINDS. They are a multicultural band from South Africa and South America that have joined forces for some very creative music.

I did a screen capture and opened with Corel PhotoPaint where I cropped the image and saved the iteration. From Picasa 3.9 I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3.

There I applied the Digital Camera Noise Removal and the Smart Photo Fix first. I resized to a display size in PSP Pro X3 as well. Saving this iteration I reopened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted a Detailed Watercolor of the image.

I used the soft cloner brush to add back in some details and saved this file. I reopened from Picasa with PSP Pro X3 and added the Polaroid frame and black border. Which is part of my workflow for these Hangout portraits now.

995th Post to gatzkART! Blog, only a short way to our goal of 1,000 Posts! We are also close to 83,000 Pageviews Milestone, will your view put us over that figure?
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"New Guitar Player Chording D" Corel - Plus

New Guitar Player Chording D

No Power at home at a wifi hotspot for a bit. Short post for today! I opened the Guitar Player Chording D in Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and repainted as a Classic Oil Painting. I used the standard settings and did not change anything or clone with any brushes. Added the signature in Corel PhotoPaint. 

994th Post for gatzkART! When the power comes back on I will be posting again from home.

Thanks for your visits while I've been without power!