cubie craft

This was a funny assignment

Portrait--Self

Portrait--Someone I Know

This is my daughter Athena when she was a toddler. I always liked the way this picture turned out, because it's so simple, and it really shows her personality.

Portrait-- Someone I Know

This is my daughter Sundara one summer on the Smith River. There was a very tall, slim waterfall just across the river from here. We climbed to the top, there were little pools all the way done the fall where hundreds of tiny little frogs lived. Sundara loved the frogs because they were so little and cute.

Portrait Stranger---Very Strange

I guess he feels the same way about the kitchen as I do... I actually took this of a friend a long time ago, but I don't have a stranger portrait yet so this one is standing in. I did get a picture of the guy who snuck up behind me in the alley, but it didn't turn out that great. As soon as I find a way to ask a stranger if I can take their picture, without feeling like a wierdo, I will put it in this ones place.

week 8...The Alley

Took this picture in what I think is Ashland's only alley. I've never seen anyone in here before, but while I was taking the picture, I got a creepy feeling that there was someone watching me. Then a man said, "I'm coming up behind you." When I left I looked back and there was another man stumbling in from the far end, with a walking cane and pipe. He took a few puffs on his pipe and hobbled out again. I never realized what a popular destination this was.

Camel in Dubia...week 8

This photo was taken by a friend in Dubia. I love how the sun is nestled on the camels back. I love this picture, the shapes and colors. It looks hot and dusty, but it almost gives the feel of water too. I think its the shape and the color of the sky, makes it feel cool and smooth, I almost want to drink this picture.

Flat scratch-Elephant boy brings flowers over the moon

This assignment was soooooo frustrating. But I finally managed to get something out. This is my first with the painting program. I just had to not try any special tricks.I have strange luck with electronics. They like acting up with me.

Night...week 7

Got this one off the internet, taken by Joshua Farnsworth. I like the way this picture makes me feel, like the air is cold and somewhat damp, like there is something unexplainable about to happen. You can tell by the face in the clouds hiding behind the tree.

pink and green...week 7

I posted this photo and then, it was just really bothering me. So Im experimenting with contrast and hue, trying to find something that works. Still in the adjustment phase. Cant quite get it to do what I want it to.

Truck Riders...week 6

I got this off the internet from someone named eesti. I like this photo because it contrasts so much with life in the U.S. It seems like we have regulations on everything here. Things are so regulated and beauracratic to the point of lunacy. It is easy to look at a picture like this and think something about safety. But here in the U.S. we have tried to make ourselves safe through systems of regulation. It seems all the beauracracy has not so much made us safe, as paralized. I like the feeling of freedom in this photo.

Autumn Kitty...week 6

My cat loves looking out this window, we get all kinds of visitors back there, deer, skunk, racoon. She really likes to eat. I think it helps her be the neighborhood bully. Gives her a lot of wieght to throw around

Dubia Dome...week 5

This is a photo taken by a friend while in Dubia setting up a dome. He said one of the things that struck him most about being there was the huge gap between the rich and the poor. Some of the wealthiest people in the world live there, but the poverty is so extreme. Most of the construction is done by refugees from Afghanistan, and refugees work for basically nothing, it's their only choice for survival.

Moon Flower...week 5

Moon Flowers are like morning Glories only bigger, and they only bloom at night.

Alphabet soup

Still life pomegranate...week 4

I don't really know what to say about this picture. I gues I was just into the combination of the colors and shapes.

The Circle Game...week 4

This is one of my favorite photos I uploaded it from a greeting card. My friend thought the photo looked staged, but it is actually a game played by Pygmy children. They sit in a circle and take turns naming circular objects until they can't think of one, and then they are out. They last person to stay in is the winner. I love everything about this photo, the colors, the shape, the textures.

Little Rainforest...week 3

This is a very old photo of my brother looking at a " Rain Forest" that our sister made after she heard about the destruction of the rain forests in South America. I chose this picture to go with the Stonehenge,because in a way it reminds me of a little megalith.

stonehenge sunrise...week 3

Ive always been fascinated with Stonehenge. got this one online from someone who made sure to post it small enough that it couldn't be stolen. I think this picture works because it captures the magic of Stonehenge.I think its the way it is lit up from behind, like its glowing. I also like the combination of colors.

movie poster

This really isn't what I was going for. But photoshop got a little too complicated for me, and this is what I ended up with. Better luck next time maybe.I had problems with the text especially.I was bummed because I really wanted this to work out. But I'm going to come back to it when I have a better relationship with photoshop.

Collage - Bird and eye

This is an image from a dream I had. I tried to paint it a couple of times, but it was much easier to do with the collage. Not really sure what to say about it. I enjoyed doing it. Photoshop is great for working with the surreal images of dreams.

Big Z

This seemed like an impossible assignment.I gave up so many time in complete frustration. This isn't really what I was going for and It doesn't quite work, but this is what I ended up with. It is a bunch of Zzzzz, but turned into an x. I should say, in my defense, that these are my first attempts with photo shop. I am pretty much a computer neanderthal.This one is getting deleted as soon as my grade is in.

Strange rock...week 2

Came across this formation in the desert. It contrasted so abruptly with the flat, grey dustiness around it. We climbed all through it. It was like something from another planet.

Light Echo...week 2

For reasons unknown this star suddenly expanded- becoming the brightest light in the Milkeyway, then it just as mysteriously faded. This photo was taken from the Hubble Telescope.The effect is called a Light Echo because light from the star is seen bouncing off preexisting space dust.This light echo is six light years in diameter. I love pictures of deep space. This one reminds me of an angelic space dragon.

Recycled glass bottles...week1

I got this one from the internet. I thought this picture was beautiful, the smooth glass with the sharp building in the background.

Looking out my window...week 1

I liked the way the light looked through the different colored glass.