Recent Developments in my Art

Well, it's been a month since I updated this blog. What have I been up to lately?
This past month I've been getting into my art work even more. These past few months I've really gained a reawakening of my creative pursuits after just very sporadically over the last few years.


It's been fun working on stock images. Learning how to do it all, perfecting my images to be good enough.
I have been learning Adobe Photoshop Elements 8. Working with it exclusively for the past month or so. I really like the variety of things it can do. And since I am working on images one at a time right now, I find it sufficient for now. When the come out with the new Adobe Photoshop I may upgrade then.
Some of the things I like about Photoshop Elements 8 are the high quality file saves in 12 bit. The large variety of ways there are to edit images. The before and after previews. And more.
I have also been perfecting my main Zazzle site and one Zazzle site I am doing of a friends photographs mostly taken in Hawaii.
He sent some images of Hanauma Bay in Oahu Hawaii recently that I posted to the MerryGazelle site.
I added a lot of color saturation to the photos so it is a bolder print on tshirts and other items. I like it. Makes it a bit different and painting like with strong rich colors.

Ordered a few items from my Zazzle sites for a friend and a couple of family members besides myself.

Bought Adobe Photoshop Elements 8

Yesterday I bought a copy of Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for around $100. at the local Office Depot. I thought I would try it out and get used to Photoshop before possibly buying the more professional version of Adobe Photoshop CS5 that is supposed to come out in April of 2010 or so. I finally got it installed last night and played around with a few illustrations. I liked how it seemed to work better than the older program I have. There is a definite learning curve switching from Corel Paint Shop Pro X. Tonight I will learn with the tutorials to start learning all the wonderful editing features available. In this new version they even have a face recognition feature that is pretty cool. They have a lot more than that I will learn about over the next few months. Along with Photoshop Elements 8 I also picked up the book Adobe Photoshop Elements 8 for Dummies. Just started reading it last night a little bit.