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Watercolor Online

Watercolor Online

Contents [ hide ] 1 Watercolor Online 1.1 Watercolor Online 1.2 Honey Bee on a Bottlebrush Watercolor Online Watercolor Online – is this possible? I loved doing watercolors in the good old days before the PC entered my life, and I still admire artists who really know how to create this form of spontaneously controlled Artwork where everything needs... »

Malachite Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird The Malachite Sunbird – or so-called Green Sugarbird – is endemic to the Cape Peninsula, right at the tip of Africa. It depends on the many nectar-producing plant species and the insects attracted to them on which they feed  – especially the sugarbush Protea, the Pincushion Protea Leucospermum and Pagodas Mimetes, as well... »

Malachite Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird

Malachite Sunbird Malachite Sunbirds (Nectarinia famosa, 1766, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa ) are beautiful little emerald jewels on flurry wings. Attracted by the rich colourful proteas and many other flowering species in my garden, I have a couple of them breeding and it’s not rare they even come into my Studio… the event... »

Wegowell Publishing

Wegowell Publishing

Contents [ hide ] 1 Wegowell Publishing 1.1 Wegowell Publishing 1.2 Wegowell Publishing Logo 1.3 Transparent Fonts Wegowell Publishing Wegowell Publishing was lost and no longer seen… but it will hopefully be completely regained as Neil Dimanond sings… in other words: it was rediscovered, totally cleaned out, upgraded to 2.8.4 on Semiomantics and brought onto a new path to... »

Transparent Fonts

Transparent Fonts

Transparent Fonts My Transparent Fonts are well on their way up on Google Top 10 – thanks to the Semiomantics XO Script performance! Transparent Fonts Transparent Fonts integrated in an African Seascape I created from scratch. In this variation I researched Transparencies in different ways – water, water ways, distant horizons… brief:  space and time. And the experiments with... »

Transparent Fonts

Transparent Fonts

Transparent Fonts Transparent Fonts are easily achieved by creating a stroke around the font itself  (Edit > Stroke) and then varying the opacity of the typography layer itself by playing with the percentages – just as I showed in my previous post. Transparency follows Imagination All layer-based graphic programs – like Photoshop – allow us endless possiblities... »

Transparent Fonts

Transparent Fonts

Transparent Fonts Following my experiments with transparent backgrounds, I continued to research more lightness by playing with Transparent Fonts. Transparent Fonts In this example I created Transparent Fonts for my Header Graphic. I was interested to see how the transparency of the font would impact on the Grunge Font I am using here… and whether this would add... »

Circle Experiments 1

Circle Experiments 1

Circle Experiments 1 Experimenting with Circles – just circles as a basic geometric form repeating itself ad infinitum all through the Universe fascinates me – and anything related to this. I even included aspects of it in my award-winning movie screenplay “Die Emscher Schlange” back in the early nineties when still living in Europe. Computer Art But... »

Grunge Design

Grunge Design

Grunge Design Grunge Design is the current trend. . . a sort of liberating and highly creative  “do as you like” style we studied and integrated in the seventies in Paris, France… especially under the influence of the extraordinary Spanish artist Antoni Tàpies. More on him further down… Grunge Design Designing in the traditional way is one... »

The Colour Yellow

The Colour Yellow

The Colour Yellow Although I love the simplicity and elegance of black and white – and Black & White Photography in particular – Colour is the most important element in any form of Art, Graphic Design or Web Graphics and Digital Images. What is fascinating and important to know when it comes to assigned Artwork is... »

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