Mary Solaas Posted November 11 Posted November 11 (edited) Speaking of AI, I created this one in 2023 Ultimate with Vision FX from that same Caboose Lake picture as before, only this time I asked for children playing in the meadow and as a watercolor. Edited November 11 by Mary Solaas 5
Susan Ewart Posted November 11 Posted November 11 (edited) Now that the Calendar WS is over I'll post here I'm starting with the last layout which is actually the first layout of the Calendar. I ended up going quite dark, not like I had started out doing. Kept black for the text/mask and numbers (except the weekends and stat holidays for my province). The font is Daisy and Violette from CF. All the backgrounds are from gradients I have in PSP. Often they are altered (pulled, twisted, stretched, squished, angled, blurred and even stomped on - okay, maybe not stomped on, but if I could have, I would have), blended and I even tried using some masks on them. Oh, and they have a PSP texture added. Edited November 11 by Susan Ewart 1 5
Susan Ewart Posted November 11 Posted November 11 February You might see alot of Magenta (pink) since a lot of the flowers were that color and it seemed to look best that way (to me). 5
Susan Ewart Posted November 11 Posted November 11 April See how dark I went, I think there is even a darker one coming. I don't think this would print well, it would get darker and I wouldn't like that. 5
Julie Magerka Posted November 11 Posted November 11 3 minutes ago, Susan Ewart said: Now that the Calendar WS is over I'll post here I'm starting with the last layout which is actually the first layout of the Calendar. I ended up going quite dark, not like I had started out doing. Kept black for the text/mask and numbers (except the weekends and stat holidays for my province). The font is Daisy and Violette from CF. All the backgrounds are from gradients I have in PSP. Often they are altered (pulled, twisted, stretched, squished, angled, blurred and even stomped on - okay, maybe not stomped on, but if I could have, I would have), blended and I even tried using some masks on them. Oh, and they have a PSP texture added. The dark really adds to the impact of the overall layout! I love it. 3
Susan Ewart Posted November 11 Posted November 11 (edited) May hahahah, the dark days of May...said no one EVER! Oh, and making it a jpg doesn't help, they aren't as dark in pspimage format (or tif) Edited November 11 by Susan Ewart 2 3
Mary Solaas Posted November 11 Posted November 11 Playing with Vision FX again. Started with the picture of the Smokey Mountains and asked for a gold dragon and castles in the hills. 4 1
Donna Sillia Posted November 11 Posted November 11 3 hours ago, Susan Ewart said: WOW! Donna! This is breathtaking. to get the opacity, did you lower the opacity of the layers before merging (visible). Super super work! Thank you, Susan I made all the squares separately as vectors so that I could lower the transparency on the outer square, then converted to raster. The I added a layer for the brush under the rectangle and merged. I used raster to mask script to make the finished mask. My AI patterns had to be converted to brush before they would work. I haven't tried any preset shapes yet. 4
Corrie Kinkel Posted November 11 Posted November 11 5 hours ago, Donna Sillia said: I've been working on the type of mask that was in the 2025 Calendar Workshop. I created the square first, then added the brushes, merged visible and finally, converted to mask using the raster to mask script. I saved the square because I don't know if I can remember how I did it the first time. I have created some brushes using a few AI patterns that I made. Donna very creative and I like it very much! 2 1
Corrie Kinkel Posted November 11 Posted November 11 5 hours ago, Susan Ewart said: June One for the light lovers! Susan that is an impressive calendar and I agree with you that the colors of the flowers more or less dictate the background colors. It was the same with my mushrooms. All the quotes are a nice touch and I thought of doing that too but decided against it because I have my calendars in 3 languages and that was a bit too much work and searching to get that done. 4
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 2 hours ago, Corrie Kinkel said: Susan that is an impressive calendar and I agree with you that the colors of the flowers more or less dictate the background colors. It was the same with my mushrooms. All the quotes are a nice touch and I thought of doing that too but decided against it because I have my calendars in 3 languages and that was a bit too much work and searching to get that done. I can't imagine making calendars in 3 languages, it's hard enough to do one language. Thank you for your kind words. I kept to using gradients and that was a challenge, but you learn how to manipulate them to try and make something different for each month. The texture made it look better too. 4
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 August This one I used gradients and blend modes and also a mask that I used various brushes to alter the mask. disclosure: I really didnt know what I was doing, but went with it anyway. It really doesnt fit the theme of the rest as it's quite grungy, but I kept it anyway. 5
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 September This is a gradient, can you believe it? It actually looks like a light shining down on a wall. I did use a blend mode of various versions of this gradient, which I'm sure I had to stretch and pull and contort in some way. 3 3
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 October I posted this one before, the only change was the color of the weekend days 6
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 November I think this is the darkest one and will look really dark as a jpg. 6
Susan Ewart Posted November 12 Posted November 12 December At least I got green in the right month. And the word "gift" in the quote. All done. Love this workshop and trying something different each year. thank you Carole. 8
Bonnie Ballentine Posted November 12 Posted November 12 (edited) Background paper by Jessica Dunn, Into the Woods, Grey Wood Paper, 142072. Paw prints by Janet Kemp, 98588, small doodle shape mask template 038. Everything else is mine, except the poem. Edited November 12 by Bonnie Ballentine 8
Bonnie Ballentine Posted November 12 Posted November 12 Template 258 by Lady 22. Photos taken in August, Sandbridge, VA. 2 4
Ann Seeber Posted November 12 Posted November 12 (edited) 8 hours ago, Susan Ewart said: September This is a gradient, can you believe it? It actually looks like a light shining down on a wall. I did use a blend mode of various versions of this gradient, which I'm sure I had to stretch and pull and contort in some way. Wow, beautiful! Gee, I didn't know we were allowed to have the light source on the top right... 😉❤️ Edited November 12 by Ann Seeber 1 3
Sue Thomas Posted November 12 Posted November 12 9 hours ago, Susan Ewart said: December At least I got green in the right month. And the word "gift" in the quote. All done. Love this workshop and trying something different each year. thank you Carole. The simplicity of your calendar is undoubtedly ineffable. The vibrancy of the flowers captivates the viewers eye. Which in my view how it should be. May I make an observation? Check the quote. I believe the line 'are one it', should read 'are one of '. 3
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