MEL's Got An Idea!

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Thursday, October 30, 2008

HALLOWEEN

HALLOWEEN! This image a combination of my original photograph of a ramshackle Victorian mansion and some Photoshop work to make the picture even more spooky.

Labels: Gothic, Halloween, holidays, horror, MEL, MEL's EYE VIEW STUDIOS, MEL810, original, photograph, Photoshop, spooky

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

MEL's EYE VIEW STUDIO LOGO

I decided I need a name and logo for my work . I AM MEL'S EYE VIEW STUDIO. I got the idea for the name when I was on an outing in the country and saw a road called "Hawk's Roost View Road". I am very far-sighted and had, in my youth, raptor-like vision. So I combined a digital picture of my own eyes to make a logo for "MEL'S EYE VIEW."

Labels: 'from-scratch', art, country, gratitude, greetings, image, imagination, logo, MEL, MEL's EYE VIEW STUDIOS, MEL810, Photoshop, visual puns, wish

Saturday, January 19, 2008

A Snowscape

Another 'from scratch' Photoshop image.

Labels: 'from-scratch', beauty, create, foliage, image, imagination, landscape painting, MEL, MEL810, original, Photoshop, snow, snowscape, trees

Two Lightning Scenes

Here are two more 'from scratch' Photoshop scenes.

Labels: 'from-scratch', landscape painting, lightning, nature, night sky, nightscape, Photoshop, sky, skyscapes

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Christmas Window

I wish this was the scene I would see looking from my window on Christmas morning! I am snow deprived!
(This original image was done by me 'from scratch' using only Adobe PhotoshopCS3 & certain 3rd party filters & brushes. No photos were used as reference or manipulated to make this image.)

Labels: 'from-scratch', Christmas, Christmas tree, holidays, landscape painting, original, ornaments, Photoshop, presents, snowscape, trees, window

Thursday, November 22, 2007

Happy Thanksgiving

Here's my 2007 greeting. It features a digital photo montage of my beautiful, sweet kitty, Lily and of the woods on the wonderful Rails-to-Trails trail in Palmyra, VA, just above the Rivanna River. The verse on the montage is by Mary Maude Daniels and was found on Beliefnet's Prayer of the Day.

Labels: 2007, autumn, cat, fall, gratitude, kitty, Lily, Palmyra VA, Photoshop, Rivanna River, Thanksgiving, Tiger Woods, trail

Friday, November 16, 2007

Old Stone Bridge

Another original Photoshopped image.

Labels: 'from-scratch', beauty, bridge, creek, landscape painting, nature, Photoshop, riverscape, stream, trees

Garden Scenes

Some more projects coming only from my imagination and Adobe Photoshop and various filters and brushes.

Labels: 'from-scratch', beauty, flowers, foliage, gardens, landscape painting, nature, Photoshop, plants

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Two more landscapes

Two more of my from-scratch Photoshopped landscapes.

Labels: 'from-scratch', landscape painting, Photoshop, sky, sunsets, trees

Thursday, October 04, 2007

Western mountains

This image comes entirely from my imagination and Adobe Photoshop. I used no reference pictures nor did I manipulate any photos.

Labels: 'from-scratch', imagination, landscape painting, mountainscape, Photoshop

Monday, October 01, 2007

Arizona landscape

Another from-scratch Photoshop landscape influenced by the incredible photography over at Arizona Highways.

Labels: 'from-scratch', Arizona, desertscape, landscape painting, Photoshop

Sunday, September 30, 2007

An imaginary Arizona landscape

I got the idea for this from-scratch Photoshopped image from the gorgeous photos I found on the wonderful Arizona Highways magazine site.
This image is not a manipulated photograph only my vision of a photograph.

Labels: 'from-scratch', Arizona, desertscape, landscape painting, Photoshop