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| A digital hybrid scrapbook page... |
Hello there
Hope you've had a good week. As promised, this week's offering is *completely* different to last, (though huge thanks to all the lovely people who bought something-it meansthe world).
This week though, I wanted to share something I've been doing just for fun, i.e. digital and hybrid scrapbooking.
I've been experimenting with it for a while, and wanted to share this one. 'Cos I don't know about you, but the weather here is currently dark, gloomy, wet, cold, and distinctly uninviting.
So, it felt like the perfect time to remember a lovely summer birthday trip from earlier in the year, to the totally-gorgeous-but-really-unsung Capel Manor Gardens. I actually took about 120 photos on the day. But even a digital A4 page has limited space. So these serve to remind me, that yes it really was that warm, bright and stunning...And yes, there really was cuteness and whimsy round every corner too...(Have you ever seen a cuter, (or more ancient) little cat door?)
But what *is* digital hybrid scrapbooking?
"Hang on a minute, though," you might be thinking. "Back up a bit, please. What the heck *is* digital hybrid scrapbooking anyway?"
Great question. I'm fairly new to this, so may need to revise this description in the future. But my current understanding is that:
♥ Traditional scrapbooking is 100% physical and 3-D, with no computer involvement (unless you scan or photo the finished piece to show to others).
♥ Digital scrapbooking uses items that are 100% digital/created digitally. So...
♥ That means that digital hybrid scrapbooking is any process that combines these two methods.
I put today's offering into the last category, because of the way in which it was created (of which more below).
How I created this page
1. I started off with a painted abstract background in digital acrylics, like this (painted in Krita).
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| Small abstract summer background example |
2. I lightened the original background with digital paint in Krita (in which I worked for the rest of the digital parts of the process). Onto that, I placed smaller versions of the two digital photos, and also added shadows and framing digitally.
3. Here's the hybrid bit. The rose drawing (scanned in and uploaded below too) was done 100% physically. I wanted to experiment and see whether or not it's really true that you can use eye-shadow, set with hairspray, an alternative, cheaper, vegan and obviously one hopes, skin-friendly, alternative to pastels.
The good news is, you can-if you use the right paper. In this case, the first paper to hand (a receipt printed on thermal paper) turned out to be a surprisingly good surface.
The good news is, you can-if you use the right paper. In this case, the first paper to hand (a receipt printed on thermal paper) turned out to be a surprisingly good surface.
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| Soft pink roses on...the back of a receipt! |
(This whole section betrays that I have eyeshadow, hairspray *and* a hair dryer...but only ever use any of them for art. :-). But that's another story).
Then it was time for...
4. Adding in the handwriting. Yes, I did it digitally, but still, yes, it needs work. (If you've been here a while, you'll know I still struggle the most with hand-lettering.
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5. The finishing digital pink splatters, to unify everything.
If there are any take-aways from this...
If there are any take-aways from this (and there don't have to be):
♥ Any stage of this could have been done either physically, or digitally, depending on your preference,
♥ Krita is *spectacular* for digital art or hybrid journaling or scrapbooking, and
♥ It was massive fun, so I'm going to keep on experimenting like this.
Finally...
That's quite enough for this week. thanks so much for being here (and for reading down this far).
Have a great week, and there'll be...
More soon.
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