Christmas Holly

[Rohape]

It's been a long time since I've posted in this section.
I don't know if this is actually holly, but it looks festive.
Have fun with it and Happy Hollydays!

Here is the link for the gallery where you can right-click save a larger size and view my edit in larger size.
Gallery links for larger images

I made an action for my technique if anyone wants to try out the action let me know and I can host it for download or something.
I'm still trying to figure out why we can't just post [img] links instead of posting super low-res images.

[aartist]

Thanks for the fun!

[MiningArt]

Added a few elements for holiday flair.

[lkroll]

Why not another bauble. Merry Christmas.

[marggg]

holly ball?

[marggg]

holly salad, anyone?

(if this appears twice, sorry. I thought I already posted it earlier but I don't see it, so maybe I fumbled it the first time.)


Lyle, I like your ornament a lot more than mine!

[FranS]

Looks like some holiday fun. Nice paintings and baubles. Lyle, you continue to amaze, and Marggg, I've never seen an ornament like yours. I'm assuming you used an action of some sort but I've never seen it. And your salad....LOL

Fran

[aartist]

Fran, lovely rendering.
Nature knows opposites attract with those reds and greens.

[marggg]

Fran, yours is beautiful, like a real watercolor painting.

I made the "ball" (actually its a bell) with a photo of silver bell. I overlaid the holly and experimented with so many filters and blending modes I'm honestly not sure what I used in the end. And I made the dumb mistake of not taking snapshot before I flattened the layers. I was aiming for a painted ceramic look but couldn't achieve that, so I went this direction instead.

[MiningArt]

Shelly decks out for the holidays.

Nice baubles all around

[FranS]

Margg, why didn't I ever think of using a silver bell? Great idea and you did a nice job blending them together. John, nice way to use Shelly.

Fran

[lkroll]

Thanks Fran; like your watercolor too. Looks like you pimped up Shelly John. lol

[0lBaldy]

A Bauble/ornament from me also!

[marggg]

John, that's a shell of a bauble!
OlBaldy, how did you make it?
What fun!

[Veralisa]

Rohape, I enjoyed looking through your portfolio.
All of the sparkles and berries put one in a holiday mood...OlBaldy, great shape...looks like a variation on an amazing circle? John, your design just becomes a fractal, no? It's super.
Fran, Hallmark ready...very pleasing technique.
Marggg...your salad looks tasty. How do holly leaves taste, anyway? Creative.
Lyle...the fun never stops! You R an inspiration
aartist...love the texture, can "feel" the shine just by looking.

Now I can't wait to try one myself.

[0lBaldy]

Originally Posted by marggg

OlBaldy, how did you make it?
What fun!

started with a highly doctored and saturated anisotropic version of the original

On a separate copy of this background I created a square selection
For the globe I used the free plug-in download from Flaming Pear (scroll down to the free plug-in... it contains a lot of filters)
used a filter from Flaming Pear called square to circle
used another filter from the same group called Sphere Warp B
used another filter from the same group called Sphere Warp A
Lastly used another filter from the same group called Ornament

This provided a longish globe looking thingy which I copied and put above a new white layer then masked around the outside leaving the globe... added a hanger top

deselected everything except the globe layer and the hanger top layer... merged all to a new layer (making the globe with hanger top available on a transparent layer)

moved the globe onto the original highly doctored and saturated anisotropic version of the original

rotated everything 90 Degrees into portrait position, adjusted positioning

cropped and posted

In other words everything except the hanger top was made from the highly doctored and saturated anisotropic version of the original (which is behind the ornament)

[Veralisa]

As I worked on this image it just began to look like plain old wrapping paper...and that's exactly what I did with it.

Wanting to make it look more festive I tried several tutorials about playing with light & florescent effects. Some were easy enough but just too hard for me tonight. I REALLY do not handle the pen tool well, so, perhaps that's a good resolution for the new year. So, instead, just hung a bunch of ribbons.

[MiningArt]

Love the package and decorations Veronica, nice.

[Rohape]

Wow, some great work, very inventive.
marggg - salad. HAHA, that's awesome.
I'm glad everyone had some fun and hope you all enjoy your holidays!

[lkroll]

Love the gift box Veronica.

[aartist]

Great idea Veronica, and executed well.
A real holiday joy to look at.

[0lBaldy]

Veronica, If I had a Graphic division in my company I would try and recruit you... excellent concept and execution.. Good Job!!

[lynn55]

Hi everybody, I hope you have great time in Christmas party.

Have a wonderful holidays!

Thank you