Artsy Alley


I thought I continue and show you another photo that I transformed with effects until I liked the outcome. As said in the previous post, I haven’t had much time recently, which means some of my work was saved in my “to be uploaded” folder. I don’t like to have stuff in the queue, I am more of a “Do it now, not tomorrow” guy but sometimes you need to set priorities. But now there is a little more time and I upload some of the stuff to my blog. In the past, I have shot an interesting photo of … Continue reading Artsy Alley

Thuringia in Painted Look


A month ago or so, when I have experimented with painted looks and artsy effects, I also grabbed one of my older Thuringia photos. To be more exact, I took the one from this post. Then I also tried out all kinds of effects in Photoshop until I thought it was somehow interesting. I saved the file but didn’t find the time to upload it to my blog. So, let’s do it now… Continue reading Thuringia in Painted Look

Simplified Car


Some of you already know, I fell in love with the concept of downgrading or reducing color palettes or alternatively but similar, making use of cutout filters. Both methods basically give you the same result. You can make images look like they were digitally painted. Often it reminds me of older computer games from times where developers and artists had to use fewer colors, either due to code or technical restrictions (C64, Amiga, early PCs, and so on). So, here I am, I still love it. Maybe because I grew up with the stuff and color reduced pictures make me … Continue reading Simplified Car