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I’ve been so fed up with web design these last few days that I finally took time away from work and wound down with some Photoshop. I started and completed A Gentleman’s Regret this evening within a couple of hours. This one is definitely gonna get printed. I like it’s dark, moody style and plan to do more in this style very soon .

“A gentleman alone with his regrets”

Here’s the framed version too! I’ll be selling my prints after Christmas on Etsy. Very excited!

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Here’s another photomanipulation I did recently.  I’m not too keen on this one, only because it’s a little too angelic and ‘pretty’ for my taste but when I start an image I often have no idea where it’s going to go and I guess this one strayed off my usual path.  I’ve called it the lonely time-keeper and maybe the idea is that she is an angel charged with keeping watch over time. And the minutes tick by slowly.

For those of you are aren’t sure what photomanipultion is, let me explain quickly.  You take some photographs and edit them (cutting parts out, changing colours, adjusting shapes)  until they create a completly new image.  It’s now considered an art form in its own right, as to do it well you need to have the same understanding of light and form, perspective and composition as any artist has.

Working on this image for instance, I created some textures for the background, edited the girl (see original photo below), by changing her skin tone and texture, altering the shape of her face and her lips particularly to make her look more angelic. I painted her hair and added in stock photos of her wings, along with the balloons, birds and the watch.  I also added some lace textures for her dress straps.

Here’s the original photo I worked with to create the image.

The image took about 6 hours to complete (with breaks for munch and so on).

When doing photomanipulation, all of the elements need to blend seamlessly for the image to work.  You need to pay special attention to adjusting the colours so that each element works in the image. Hope you like.

The Lonley Timekeeper : Copyright Tracey Meagher 2011

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How did the rabbit get into the bottle? With the help of Photoshop of course. This is another piece I did a few months back, during my ‘take time out to get arty’ phase. Obviously this girl is a little demented and doesn’t really deserve to have a pet rabbit. Let’s pretend the rabbit gets out in the end, or maybe it’s an illusion and he’s not really in there at all! I like how odd things are in this image. It took me a couple of days to complete, only becauseI was really stuck when I tried to think what I could put in that bottle.

I gave this girl a sort of fun and crazy hair style. I think it lightens the mood of the image a lot. I really have no idea what the story behind this image is but it’s interesting to look at and I really enjoyed working on it.

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