MEL's Got An Idea!

Friday, July 03, 2009

HAPPY 4th of JULY !!!

Labels: "4th of July", "Independence Day", fireworks, holidays

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

Thursday, July 03, 2008

Happy 4th of July

Have a wonderful 4th of July!
This image is my original digital photo of a garage off Pouncey Tract Road in Short Pump, Henrico, Co., Virginia. The flag was painted onto the garage by the owner of that garage.
I enhanced and framed my photo in Photoshop.
To me, this image is very American and is a good image for a 4th of July greetinga!

Labels: 4th of July, America, Americans, flag, greetings, holidays, Independence Day, Virginia

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

Another mountain view

Another "From Scratch" Photoshop image

Labels: 'from-scratch', foliage, image, imagination, lakes, lakescape, landscape painting, m, MEL, MEL810, mountainscape, original, riverscape, sunset, sunsets, waterscape

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, December 20, 2007

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE!

Labels: card, Christ, Christmas, greetings, holidays, Jesus, Merry Christmas, St.Luke, winter

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

Pimp My Desktop Challenge

Okay, Here's my desktop screenshot!

Labels: challenge, desktop, screenshot

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

Lonely Tree

Another from-scratch Photoshopped image.

Labels: 'from-scratch', landscape painting, nightscape, Photoshop, trees

Fantasy Landscape

This fantasy landscape was done from scratch in Photoshop CS3.

Labels: 'from-scratch', fantasy, landscape painting, Photoshop

Sunday, September 16, 2007

Fantasy Golf Course

Tiger Woods' tour wins inspired me to do a 'from-scratch' Photoshop image of a golf course!

Labels: 'from-scratch', golf, golf course, golfscape, landscape painting, Photoshop, Tiger Woods

Sunday, September 09, 2007

Several nightscapes

These nightscapes were done 'from-scratch' in Photoshop CS3.

Labels: 'from-scratch', landscape painting, moonscape, night sky, nightscape, Photoshop

Thursday, July 26, 2007

It was a dark and stormy night!

Another PS creation.

Labels: Gothic, landscape painting, lightning, night sky, nightscape, Photoshop, rainscape, rainy night, stormscape, stormy night

Monday, July 09, 2007

Asian Landscape

I love and am somewhat influenced by Asian landscape artists. Here's my original, from-scratch Photoshopped Asian landscape painting.

Labels: Asian art, landscape painting, MEL, Photoshop

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Mountain Scape in Frame

This mountainscape was created entirely from my imagination and Adobe Photoshop.

Labels: create, mountainscape, Photoshop

Sunday, June 10, 2007

CAN U GAS?

Just like you & me, Verizon Guy ain't made of money & good old VG thinks ga$ price$ are too damn high!

Labels: Can You Hear Me Now, Gas Prices, Satire, Verizon Guy

Saturday, May 05, 2007

Cinco de Mayo!

Happy Cinco de Mayo (Fifth of May to Anglos.) !
No offense to those Latinos celebrating the actual holiday, but here is my visual 'punny' tribute to the Americanized pronunciation or "Sink-o-de-Mayo" .

Labels: Cinco de Mayo, holidays, May, mayonnaise, sinks, visual puns

Sunday, April 15, 2007

NAPP

I'm a NAPP member.
Last Wednesday I attended an awesome all-day Photoshop seminar delivered by PSer extraordinaire Dave Cross. The seminar was part of NAPP's Power Tour.
Visit NAPP for great professional PS resources.

Labels: NAPP, Photoshop

Monday, October 30, 2006

Room with a view

This picture was drawn & painted 'from scratch' using Photoshop & various plug-ins.