Photoshopping

I got Adobe creative suite and I like it for the most part. It is hard to switch programs. Illustrator is pretty easy to pick up because it's similar to Inkscape. Photoshop is not easy for me, and designing products on it is not as intuitive as I hoped it would be. But I like the program and the editing features. They are a lot more sophisticated than the free programs I've been using as far as being able to select parts of images and move them around, which will help with some of the art I have planned.

 I also have a new computer to handle the increasing amount of graphics and it has been a lot of work figuring out how to get everything set up. The worst thing is going through my old computer and trying to decide what to do with all the image files. I had that computer for nine years!

The card below was the last thing I made and put in my store. I started writing this blog entry a few days ago and I stopped. I have a tendency to be too intense and burn out. So I took one full day off and played video games with some really nice people and I think that was good for me.

You're Awesome! Thank you so much star Card
by MelskyArt

Plain and simple

I've been experimenting with more unusual wedding invitations. But today I decided to make something a little different - a very simple wedding invitation. It has a light gray background and white lace.

I designed the lace myself.

Plain simple traditional lace gray wedding invitation
by MelskyArt

Sky Fish Heart

Sky Fish Heart, originally uploaded by Melsky.

This is a new painting, another one in the Sky Fish series. All of the other Sky Fish have sold so far. It's kind of like the Pieces symbol too, so I'm hoping someone might buy it for that.

Pieces Sky Fish Heart painting on Etsy

I just finished a mirror that matches this and I will put it up tomorrow because I'm too tired to scan it right now.

I have a few more things I've put up lately that I haven't blogged. Oh dear, I am being lazy on my blogging!

This is one of them, a collaged card with Frida Kahlo and a deer.

This is a magnet called CALL ME




















Recently I had thought about going back to selling on Ebay. Well, I just read that Ebay lowered their listing fees and now gallery is free. Great! So am I going to sell on Ebay now? No, because they raised their final value fees (that's what they call their commission off the final price) and you can no longer leave negative feedback for buyers, and paypal won't release your money until you get positive feedback! So, no way. My big fear is that ebay will buy etsy. Shudder!

Last week I took a lot of photos of downtown Syracuse and now I'm thinking about painting something based on them. I'm excited about the new project and I hope it will spur me into getting some offline exposure.

Earnest Cat

Grey Cat, originally uploaded by Melsky.

Doesn't this cat look earnest? Like he wants to go home with you maybe.

This is a painting I did very quickly and it's already been sent off to someone! But you can buy prints and greeting cards of it in my store: Melsky Art on Zazzle. This is a new store I just opened. They sell greeting cards, prints, magnets, t-shirts and mugs. I ordered mugs and cards the other day and I'm really looking forward to seeing them.

I'm working on Christmas Cards right now, ones that I made and am sending.

Chili Lights Margarita Holiday Card

Chili Lights Margarita, originally uploaded by Melsky.

This is another one of my entries in that contest.

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