July SONG Title Challenge (2024)

[Cassel]

Once a week, there is a radio show that has been on for many years. It is called Vinyl Tap. It is 2 hours of songs that are picked around a particular theme. Sometimes, it has to do with a word, sometimes, a topic, sometimes it is another particularity (like "unlikely duets").

With the fall months coming, use a title or lyrics of a song that has a SUN or SUNSHINE in the title. Examples of songs include "Here Comes the Sun" by The Beatles and "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina and the Waves.

Are you up to the challenge?

[Corrie Kinkel]

I have a nice photo of a sunset over a lake and found a song that goes with it with the word Sun in the title and the lyrics. We had another rainy Sunday, so no problem to spend some time at the pc. Because I wanted to concentrate on the sunset in the photo I used a rectangular mask (by Jessica Dunn). I used 3 different papers with blendmodes until I got something that I liked and that somewhat matched the colors in my photo. I used a journalcard but changed the top deco and in honor of todays masterclass made a rope frame. The drawing of the boat comes from Jessica Dunn as well. Fonts are Alustia for the title and Bremlin for the text of the lyrics.

[Ann Seeber]

The title font is Bauhaus, the art is all from a search by Google Images for the title "I Can See Clearly Now" by Johnny Nash - 1972. The sheet music was treated to the cass-curved image script. This song has a calypso feel to the back beat that has always made me smile. 

[Anja Pelzer]

I found this song from Jonny Cash - you are my Sunshine

I created the background in Bing with the prompt from the song, it comes out great,

lyrics found in internet, fonts are Hellena Script and Handwriting

[Michele]

  On 7/9/2024 at 12:54 AM, Anja Pelzer said:

I found this song from Jonny Cash - you are my Sunshine

I created the background in Bing with the prompt from the song, it comes out great,

lyrics found in internet, fonts are Hellena Script and Handwriting

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Love this! I sang this song to my daughter and granddaughter when they were babies. ❤️🎵❤️

[Bonnie Borntrager]

Soak up the sun   By Sheryl Crow

[Julie Magerka]

  On 7/7/2024 at 10:26 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

I have a nice photo of a sunset over a lake and found a song that goes with it with the word Sun in the title and the lyrics. We had another rainy Sunday, so no problem to spend some time at the pc. Because I wanted to concentrate on the sunset in the photo I used a rectangular mask (by Jessica Dunn). I used 3 different papers with blendmodes until I got something that I liked and that somewhat matched the colors in my photo. I used a journalcard but changed the top deco and in honor of todays masterclass made a rope frame. The drawing of the boat comes from Jessica Dunn as well. Fonts are Alustia for the title and Bremlin for the text of the lyrics.

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Great background paper blending! Works perfectly with your image.

[Julie Magerka]

I really enjoy these song challenges. So many to choose from that inspire different ideas for the layout. Then I don't have to worry about a shortage of my own pix.

The pic of Bob Marley is from online, maybe Pixabay. I made the reggae colours with a small canvas with three colours, blurred the results, and and then masked it for a messy background splash. Then added text on a torn piece of paper. Film mask from Katie Pertiet. Font at bottom is 1942 Report. Some background elements thrown in too.

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 7/9/2024 at 12:54 AM, Anja Pelzer said:

I found this song from Jonny Cash - you are my Sunshine

I created the background in Bing with the prompt from the song, it comes out great,

lyrics found in internet, fonts are Hellena Script and Handwriting

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Very nice background! Did you use Copilot in Bing? You must have given a very good prompt to get this result. I'll think I have to give it a try......

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 7/9/2024 at 4:37 PM, Julie Magerka said:

I really enjoy these song challenges. So many to choose from that inspire different ideas for the layout. Then I don't have to worry about a shortage of my own pix.

The pic of Bob Marley is from online, maybe Pixabay. I made the reggae colours with a small canvas with three colours, blurred the results, and and then masked it for a messy background splash. Then added text on a torn piece of paper. Film mask from Katie Pertiet. Font at bottom is 1942 Report. Some background elements thrown in too.

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Julie very nice and as always it is in your style!

[Ann Seeber]

  On 7/9/2024 at 6:48 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

Very nice background! Did you use Copilot in Bing? You must have given a very good prompt to get this result. I'll think I have to give it a try......

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I agree that background is awesome!

[Anja Pelzer]

  On 7/9/2024 at 6:48 PM, Corrie Kinkel said:

Very nice background! Did you use Copilot in Bing? You must have given a very good prompt to get this result. I'll think I have to give it a try......

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yes I did, here is the prompt - - You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away neo-impressionism expressionist style oil painting, smooth post-impressionist impasto acrylic painting, thick layers of colourful textured paint --   there are 4 pictures , this is one of them.

[Ann Seeber]

  On 7/9/2024 at 8:21 PM, Anja Pelzer said:

yes I did, here is the prompt - - You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away neo-impressionism expressionist style oil painting, smooth post-impressionist impasto acrylic painting, thick layers of colourful textured paint --   there are 4 pictures , this is one of them.

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Anja, I tried it using your prompt and chose this one -- weee! This is fun!

[Anja Pelzer]

wow it is so funny to play around with other words, things and elements, try illusion in stone , or wire art, 

 

[Anja Pelzer]

try this one - Optic Illusione in stone, Pietra Dura Technique,You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away neo-impressionism expressionist style oil painting, smooth post-impressionist impasto acrylic painted stones, thick layers of colourful textured stones and rocks- 

 

 

[Susan Ewart]

  On 7/9/2024 at 11:12 PM, Anja Pelzer said:

try this one - Optic Illusione in stone, Pietra Dura Technique,You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away neo-impressionism expressionist style oil painting, smooth post-impressionist impasto acrylic painted stones, thick layers of colourful textured stones and rocks- 

 

 

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Wow, this is great.  What is Copilot?  I know what Bing is.  How do you get to it.

[Susan Ewart]

Song Challenge July 2024

Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden.

Fonts are arial(s).  I used a texture(woven basket) on the desaturated green photo mat and around the whole layout (with an inner bevel).  A gradient on the background and then sunburst effect (whew, that was a hard one to figure out) which added a brighter "sun spot" and some rays a bokeh or two, and also desaturated.  The rays might not show up in the small image.  I'll post on FB later.  This is not a great shot.  It was not long after we moved here and it was downpouring with rain and sunny at the same time.  It's always bizarre to see that.  That is my neighbours house, I was shooting out a window.  

Oh, and I wanted all the shadows to mimic the gradient sun and the sun in the photo, that was a real headscratcher for me. So please let me know where I might've gone wrong with the shadows on the frames, text etc.  

Edited July 10, 2024 by Susan Ewart

[Michele]

This took me hours to do (with lots of breaks and blank stares). I tried a bunch of things including masks, but I just didn't have it in me. Being sick has given me brain fog in addition to exhaustion, and the oppressive heat isn't helping. The little girl and the sunflower are from CF. The fonts are akaDylan Plain and Alegreya SC Black. 

It's weird how the orange rectangles look uneven when sized down to 600.

Neil Diamond wrote the song, Sunflower. Glen Campbell released it in 1977, but Neil didn't release it until 2018. 

 

Edited July 10, 2024 by Michele

[Mary Solaas]

@Anja Pelzer Wow! I played around with that Bing Copilot. I started with your take and ended up with just typing boy and girl walking in a meadow beside a bubbling stream with mountains in he distance.

[Mary Solaas]

This is the one from Anja's description (You are my sunshine)

[Ann Seeber]

  On 7/10/2024 at 12:54 AM, Susan Ewart said:

Wow, this is great.  What is Copilot?  I know what Bing is.  How do you get to it.

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Here you go Microsoft Copilot in Bing

[Ann Seeber]

I tried out Copilot/Dal-E for my song: "I can see clearly now..." by Johnny Nash. I did one in the manner of Van Gogh and another in Impasto style. This is lots of fun but be careful of eyeballs and text. They can get weird! 

 

[Susan Ewart]

  On 7/10/2024 at 9:01 AM, Ann Seeber said:

Here you go Microsoft Copilot in Bing

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Thanks Ann.  I dont have an MS account yet, deciding if I really need another account to deal with...until I get Win 11 that is, then hubby or I will have to get one.

[Rene Marker]

  On 7/10/2024 at 12:45 PM, Susan Ewart said:

Thanks Ann.  I dont have an MS account yet, deciding if I really need another account to deal with...until I get Win 11 that is, then hubby or I will have to get one.

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I couldn't sign onto my Win 10 computer unless I had a Microsoft account.

[Corrie Kinkel]

  On 7/9/2024 at 8:21 PM, Anja Pelzer said:

yes I did, here is the prompt - - You are my sunshine, my only sunshine You make me happy when skies are gray You'll never know dear, how much I love you Please don't take my sunshine away neo-impressionism expressionist style oil painting, smooth post-impressionist impasto acrylic painting, thick layers of colourful textured paint --   there are 4 pictures , this is one of them.

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Impressive!