March Arts Marathon 2023 Day Thirty

An Odd and Whimsical Creature

Today I’ll tell you a little about my process –

I saw a burnt out old tractor in a neighbor’s farm field. It intrigued me so I took a few photos of it.

Here’s the one I liked best.

When I looked at it again the tractor had morphed into a sort of fantastical sea creature something between a lobster and a crab.

Photo with background removed.

I transferred the photo minus the background to a new Pages document where I could use my trusty Apple Pencil to draw on it.

And added a little crab from a Google image to my Pages document.

Look at that cute face. The crab doesn’t look little here but wait, you’ll see.

I then used an old photo I had of the seashore to make the background of the picture.

I arranged the images in the Pages document so that some were in the foreground, some mid ground and some in the background.

After a little more detail work with my Apple Pencil I took a screenshot of the Pages document and went to work on it in Photoshop Express, editing it for colors and mood and a frame of sorts.

I saved that photo to my Photos app on my iPad and imported it to my WordPress post here.

And VOILÀ!

She doesn’t know quite what to make of this creature…and neither do I!
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8 thoughts on “March Arts Marathon 2023 Day Thirty

  1. Bobby's avatar Bobby says:

    Love it. So much fun to see your mind and I at work. Hope you can exhibit them. Shall we try Brooklyn Botanic Gardens?

  2. maddywinfield's avatar maddywinfield says:

    What a great journey. Wonderful control of these media miracles. The characters are funny puppets, playing with the real/make-believe/artistry . Pack rat voila.

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