Solitaire Miles

My next artist that I found is Solitaire Miles.

"This is a combination of Photomanipulation and Digital painting done in Photoshop with a Wacom Graphic Tablet.I was watching some children play outside the other day and they were just leaping and jumping all around for the joy of just freeing their bodies and moving. I can remember when I was 4 or 5 and I would just sprint down the block or do jumping jacks for no other reason except that I was filled with energy and felt happy to just be alive. I don't jump so often now, but this is a good reminder to never forget to just jump a little bit now and then, no matter how old you are "

I find that such a simple event (the seeing the children) drew out such a beautiful illustration. Most of her work is much the same (the ones that are digital at least). I found that she did it with a wacom amazing, but at the same time, it makes sense. It's got a painting type of a feeling. The piece that caught my eye was actually the flowers and the little girls hair. At first I thought the girl was masked into the image. Now I'm not exactly sure. Maybe a filter has been put onto the girl to blend her in more? Either way, I love this piece. Thumbs up for Solitaire Miles!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cunisdiabolis/712143626/

Gale Franey

So, I found really hard to find an artist of photoshop. At least one with a portfolio available to search threw easily. It's taken me about an hour just to find random images. I googled "Photoshop artist(s), best photoshop, professional photoshop art, photoshop designers" etc. It was rather frustrating. For my first artist, it's going to be someone random. Ironically, I found them threw Flickr.





Gale Franey's work is amazing.
I find her work to be just amazing. Like, wow. I read threw her description, and was floored.

"This may be my most intricate digital art piece yet. I spent days working on it, in total about 100 hours. The horse is made from so many pieces of various horses, at least 8 horses, none of which were this color. The color is made completely in Photoshop. The tail alone is made with about 7 different pieces. You will recognize my daughter as the 'model'. Her dress is made from scratch, a figment of Photoshop's imagination."

I love the complexity of this image, and how it looks mysterious. The fact that it's a lot of compositing (i think?) and holds a realiztic feel bloggles me. This piece caught my eye because of I had a hard time telling at first that it was indeed a photoshoped image at first glance. The glow i saw on the second glance gave it away. Over all, I'm impressed. I have been inspired to become a perfectionist when it comes to attempting something of this magnitude.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/galefraney/210224927/