Art of Magic

This one has more to do with luck than skill. Today's Gratitude Item: A free haircut. I've been getting my hair cut at the same place for a while and…

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Fortunate Reversal

The title refers to the act of reversing the gradient in this image and getting a pleasing result. Today's Gratitude Item: That starting next month all of the libraries around…

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Falling Star

This one is based on the same parameters as "Graceful Words". Its more "alive" and appealing than the preceding work. Today's Gratitude Item: Having Dean's Assembly first thing this morning.…

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Graceful Words

I was going for something a bit more dark / depressing for a project that I'm working on. As is all too often the case, the ability to recycle "rejects"…

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Arch Net

On reflection, this one worked our really well :) Today's Gratitude Item: That our dance performance this evening went very well. Everyone who was meant to turn up did and…

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Rock My World

Happily the curve of the fractal fit the curve of the rocking horse perfectly. Its good when that happens. Today's Gratitude Item: Replacement files. I'm currently working through An InDesign…

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Blue Soft

This one was manually tiled in PSP. A little bit of playing with the transparency settings, judicious use of the "drop shadow" effect and voila :) Is it just me…

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Trying Success

If you do not try, you will never succeed. Trying means risking failure - never trying assures it. Today's Gratitude Item: That it finally stopped raining (at least for a…

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Shining Obligations

For something so simple, this one took a long time to create. Lets just say that using Illustrator to create the wallpaper did not work - which in retrospect is…

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Greedy Greg

The bird in this image is a takahe. To be specific, its based on a photo of "Greg", the too-tame takahe which frequents the visitor center at Tiritiri Matangi. Lets…

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