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King of the Hill

iDigDan — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:08:53 +0000

This week’s photoshop tutorial comes to you from here, The idea behind the tutorial is great, but my attention span lost focus as always and I ended up faking my way through the rest, ignoring the directions and everything like that to do what ever gave me a result I was happy with, well here it is… Also, make sure to check out iRelle for her take on the same tutorial!

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P.s Im going to try and blog more

iRelle in the P@int?

iDigDan — Wed, 26 May 2010 15:39:26 +0000

So its been a while since I’ve done any photoshop sketches.
After seeing some of iRelle’s recent ones on her facebook profile
I was inspired by her style, and unfortunatly I can not duplicate it!
You should defenatly check out her work! its 100x better than mine.
This picture was drawn from a photo when iRelle, iKoz and I went to Greens Beach
back in summer…

yes it is now freakin cold. Grr

Photoshop Sketching

iDigDan — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 13:37:01 +0000

So, I’ll try any type of art once… hell I went to Live Drawing in college (nekkid people) and I like trying new things, and I’m in no way an expert in any forms of them. But I’ve definitely found one thing that I am not good at. After seeing some pictures that Anna Relle did using here Wacom Tablet, sketching images. I thought I would try it myself with the typical, anything you can do I can do better frame of mind… well that didn’t work out. Below is my result… but to see some actual good work. Check out iRelle.ii-Blog.com

Church Challenge

iDigDan — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:43:39 +0000

So Anna decided to throw down a Photoshop challenge, usually I’m the one setting the challenges so it was a bit weird to be on the receiving end of a challenge. Even though it wasn’t a competition I still decided to give it ago. When I saw the stock image that she had chosen for the Photoshop challenge I had no idea what I was going to do with the image, but then something hit me, I’m not sure how happy I am with this piece. Its the first real work I’ve done in photoshop for ages.

The simple rule was that the image could be manipulated in anyway you see fit, but at least 1 element of the image must be recognisable / remain and now that I think about it I could have done something completely different! Like just keep the door or something randomly.. but oh well I’m done now! You should join in as well! Check out iRelle for the Info!

Happy Birthday iRelle

iDigDan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:00:38 +0000

Have a Happy Birthday,

Best Wishes from iDigDan

iDigDan Showcase

iRelle — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 01:59:58 +0000

Dan just told me that his brain is fried from exhaustion (or words to that effect), and I wanted to make up for the half-assed effort I made yesterday – I was too tired that night! But Dan wrote such a terrific guest blog for me, that I feel the need to make a bit more of an effort. (Also, I’m nowhere near as wiped out as I have been this last week! )

As repayment, then, today I’d like to showcase on his own blog two of my very favouritist photos by iDigDan! (and it’s a hard choice to make, believe me! Odd that some of my faves have myself in them… I’m not *that* photogenic! =P) To employ one of his favourite sayings, you can check them out after the jump. (>.o)

I love the contrasts in this photo… the silhouette of myself, the sunlight on the smoothness of the rocks, the trees, the dark horizon on the edge of the shadow. It just works so well, especially in the letterbox crop.

And this one I adore for the texture and the colours… the picture is so much better than the real thing! And this photo outstripped all my own of the same shot by a country mile!

Click the images to go to the respective flickr pages and find better quality versions.

Blog Swap!

iRelle — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:04:16 +0000

Today is the 29^th Day of the challenge that Dan proposed at the end of last month… and to commemorate our success so far, we’re swapping blogs for the day. My name is Anna, and I’ll be your host for this evening. (or whenever you’re reading this. Incidentally, my blog is over at iRelle, if you want to read Dan’s version of events)

This blog is usually a lot more technical than mine (at least, it feels that way to me), but following that extremely nerdy (not-that-there’s-anything-wrong-with-that!) post about StarGate Universe, I feel a little de-geeking won’t hurt anyone.

The last couple of nights I’ve been at uni after five p.m., and the atmosphere out here becomes so much more of a community after sundown – everyone becomes a little more open, a bit more friendly – but not so much that they feel compelled to talk to you about their fluffy pets or their Grandma’s false teeth or anything. Maybe a little of the campus accommodation air seeps out into the highways and byways of the uni. It’s a bit like the approaching darkness puts a ceiling on the area and calls it a home. You don’t know anyone, but you don’t need to. The dusk is full of easy silences and aloneness – but not loneliness.

The uni overlooks the (Tamar) river, and this week it’s been flowing high (lots of rain ). The new-found view – after they chopped all the trees between the uni and the highway down – has been particularly appealing. It pops into view after the particularly vicious mid-80’s architectural assault that is the cafeteria and education block, and the river flowing by comes across as soothing rather than otherwise – although it’s by no means one of the wonders of the world. It’s Tasmania and it’s winter, so the sun is setting at around five, and it sinks down behind the river and stretches the reflections across the ripples. Combined with a pink sky, a gentle breeze and a few early stars, it really is tranquil and relaxing.

Maybe I’m harping on the restfulness a bit much… but I have two assignments due before the end of next week, and so much work to do! I’m not feeling very relaxed at all. Last night I didn’t get home until half past nine from a study group – after leaving the house at eight in the morning! My days are filling up with a level of stress that I haven’t really experienced before – I’ll hold onto the peaceful uni-induced evenings as long as possible!

This was a pleasant interlude, but back to the study! Dan will be back with more conventional content tomorrow!

P.S Sorry it’s late, its Dan’s fault, he didnt get home till 1AM to post it.

Flickr Blog

iDigDan — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 07:09:46 +0000

It’s time for another photoblog! and today the Flickr user in question is Formha this user has a lot of great photographs, and their style changes quite a bit, There are some really great photo’s in their Photostream, but I feel you have to search for them through a lot of rather average images. My favorite set of hers is the Backlight set rather than some of the ones with people in them. After the jump you will see some of my favorites!

P.S The next blog you see here will be written by Guest Blogger iRelle, and you can catch me on her blog! http://irelle.ii-blog.com! See you there!

Flickr Pimpr

iDigDan — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 13:32:18 +0000

So I haven’t done a Flickr Pimpr Blog this week and decided Friday was just as good as any day to pimp out a photographer. But this week I’m going to hit closer to home with my Pimpr and Show you some of iRelle’s Latest work! Some of her recent photographs have been awesome, but that’s not to say her other work isn’t any good. She has a lot of good pictures and only posts the ones she really likes after the jump you will find some of my favourites!