The gemstone series is ai generated images made from photographs of sculptures, paintings, and drawings.
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Tiny dragon photo shoot
Sticky beaches, tar seeping photos
Little shiny black lumps gather along tide lines in sand, glittering softly in the sun. I live in an area where crude oil naturally bubbles up from the earth. The black gold finance made this area known for its beautiful coastal collage campuses and parks. Santa Barbara is also the birth place of Earth Day-…
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Watching the breakdown, outdoor studio pics
Photos from the creative junkyard. I’m clearing the clutter of outdoor casualties. They remind me of the fragility of life and impermanence of material things. The little metal girl with a bird on her foot is doing nicely but the outdoor solar flower lights are truly depressing at this point.
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The Ghost Vine Travels Fast
I streamed this drawing on Twitch. It started with a contrasting black and white dot background. Then vine in the center grew and bloomed two ghosts from PacMan. After drawing, I did some googling. The yellow ghost is Clyde and normally he is off doing his own thing. He is typically portrayed as the least…
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Write A Haiku about the Dahlia Painting Giveaway
Today, dahlia flowers symbolize beauty, commitment, and kindness. They’re also tied to steadfastness, due to their ability to bloom after many other flowers have died. – Bouqs Blog Enter for a chance to win the painting of a summer dahlia flower. The competition above asks for a haiku, and the winner will be selected at random.…
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New Year, New Mermaid
Happy New Year! Are you planning any exciting creative projects for 2022?! If you are looking for inspiration, check out the bead ornament giveaway in this post. This year I got inspired to spend my free time sculpting a mermaid top to pair with my tail card holder display. The photos in this post are…
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Outdoor /Indoor studio photos – 2021 iteration
When the weather gets warm and the daylight lasts longer, it’s the right time to start working outdoors. This space gets morning sun so my favorite hours to work here are 9 to 1 pm. The bike trailer is a tiny tarot studio. Next month the collective readings will be recorded from the beach. It’s…
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Glass eye photos – wow 😳
Sometimes there are happy accidents and this glass eye photography is one of those times! In arranging the set, and display, a second level of illusion was captured. It’s subtle that the landscape photo orientation looks like the edge of a face, a somewhat skeleton or skull like anatomical portrait. I love it! The photos…
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Making eyes 👀
New work in progress photos. I’m inspired by a friends recent art and the history of eye jewelry. This post has a couple photos of my work in progress, a tutorial video, and a link to learn more about the lovers eye jewelry pendants. My exploration includes the lovers eye, dragon eye, and evil eye…
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