My Favorite Action - As of Today...

So I decided I wanted to share my favorite action these days. It's by Night-Fate on DeviantART. Some great actions there and so many to download and try for free, but this if my favorite for now b/c of the way the blues look (and the colors are all bright) . . . Anyway. Just try it! :) 

Actionset 59 (Action #3 is the one)

Sample image is of beautiful Autumn Kahler and was taken by Gary Palmer, Captured Images, Inc. 

Gordon McBryde

Please click the title above to visit one of the most creative photographers I have ever found. He just finished this new website and I'm so impressed by the photos, the simple layout is great for showcasing his incredible work. 

Gordon's DeviantART Site

The Website

More Exploding Colors

If you've been following the trend of my inspiration these days you'll remember that I was easily caught by the awesomeness of this style as inspired by wirestyle on DeviantART . So I have been reading some tutorials and trying a few new things. It still isn't to the level I want to be, but it's better than some of my recent attempts, so I decided to share it. :)

Here are before and after shots for you. If you have questions about what I did differently from my other tries you've seen just write me a comment or send me a message.

Some Fun and Useful Stuff

Ok, so I was looking around for some inspiration and help because I just HATE doing the same thing over and over and over and over and over and, well, you get the idea. So I came across an author with a lot of great help... Click the title of this post to go to a great article on Design tips and scroll to the bottom for the previous 4 tips.

Through this reading I found this website, which has all sorts of color themes for designs, so I suggest taking a look for your viewing pleasure. :)

Enjoy!

My Newest Illustrative Challenge

I don't usually like to post twice in one day because it seems to sort of "knock" the other post down a bunch. But I wanted to share my newest challenge. I like to challenge myself. 

I have a habit of not finishing what I start and this sometime takes the form of the less obvious "I like to shortcut when I could do much better" problem. Which sort of happened with this one. I had grand hopes for it and could have done MUCH better getting this to really work right and be really in your face amazing. But instead I had work to do and the time it would have taken would have sucked away from time I needed to do my other things. So until I can sit down and work on this technique for a more significant amount of time, here is my latest attempt. :)

PS - I know the drop shadows on the splashes make them look flat, but I didn't have the time to work them up right. I'm sure I could have done more with the background and some more media, like vectors and swirls, but ... ok. I'm just going to shut up and post it :) lol