PhotoManipulators newsletter October/November 2010

We have some amazing artists in the PhotoManipulators group at RedBubble, and I'm so proud to be able to host the group.
I've just published the latest newsletter, this time I was running a little late, time got away from me, so I made it an October/November combo.
It's full of all the news and goings on from the past 6 weeks so be sure to drop by and take a look.

You can read it here.

Learning to Fly

Do you ever have the urge to jump from a cliff? Not in one of those tragic bad ways…. I’m talking about that feeling of wanting to free yourself, break the chains of whatever binds you…... just to let yourself go…...

Thanks to Kelly Clarkson & her song “Breakaway” for planting this persistent image in my head…...

Grew up in a small town
And when the rain would fall down
I’d just stare out my window
Dreaming of what could be
And if I’d end up happy
I would pray

Trying hard to reach out
But when I tried to speak out
Felt like no one could hear me
Wanted to belong here
But something felt so wrong here
So I prayed I could break away

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly
I’ll do what it takes til’ I touch the sky
And I’ll make a wish
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway
Out of the darkness and into the sun
But I won’t forget all the ones that I love
I’ll take a risk
Take a chance
Make a change
And breakaway

Wanna feel the warm breeze
Sleep under a palm tree
Feel the rush of the ocean
Get on board a fast train
Travel on a jet plane, far away
And breakaway

Buildings with a hundred floors
Swinging around revolving doors
Maybe I don’t know where they’ll take me but
Gotta keep moving on, moving on
Fly away, breakaway…..

1. model stock : Faestock
2. rock stock : night-fate-stock
3. metal scratches textures x 2 : cgtextures
4. other stock my own

The Submariner

When my Husband saw this RAW image of Jack he thought he looked like “a disgruntled Russian sailor”.
That afternoon I met a charming elderly gentleman with a heavy Eastern European accent & a disarming smile.
Two Russian references in one day? OK! I got the hint!!

Meet The Submariner.

This one is best viewed large at RedBubble.

Textures from CGTextures.

1. Featured – The Grunge Art Gallery January 2009
2. Featured – Australian Portraits February 2009
3. Featured – Images & Ideas March 2009
4. Top Ten finish – Staged.. Set-up Challenge – April 2009
5. Top Ten Finish – Head-On Faces challenge – July 2009
6. Featured – Layered with Texture – March 2010
7. Top Ten Finish – Layer it With a Child – March 2010