"Pi Day" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Geometry" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Geometry".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Grunge Collage" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art theme was "Grunge".

I created this using GIMP 2.10.38

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Steampunk Dreams" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.28.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Cherub Shoe" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses  challenge theme was "Boots/Shoes."

I made two similar pieces, but I'm only posting one of them.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Shoe Organ" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses  challenge theme was "Boots/Shoes."

I made two similar pieces, but I'm only posting one of them.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.24.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Sun Earth Moon Positions (not to scale or orbital plane)" - Postcard

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I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

This is not an art piece, but a diagram. I made this for an offline discussion.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Astronomy Astrolabe" - Postcard

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Happy Pi Day everyone! I took some poetic license with this, because it is more of an astronomy theme than a math theme, but everyone knows you can't have a circle without pi ( π ), so...

This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge theme was "only things using the first letter of your name => Anne => A".

astronomy - "the study of objects and matter outside the earth's atmosphere and of their physical and chemical properties" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

astrolabe - "a compact instrument used to observe and calculate the position of celestial bodies before the invention of the sextant" (Merriam-Webster Dictionary)

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Five Eyes" - Postcard

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This week's Thursday Art Date With Rain challenge was "Mysterious and Dark."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Man Sitting On Car" - Postcard

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This week's Try It On Tuesday challenge was "It's a man's world."

I created this using GIMP 2.10.10.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Math Shapes" - Postcard

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This week's Moo Mania challenge was "Squares."

I started with some big squares. Then I added the math graph background, and removed all but one square. Then I added other shapes, including smaller squares. I've been suffering from artist's block lately, so this just wasn't working for me. I tried adding some flourishes and diamonds. But in the end, I think it's just a hodgepodge.

I created this using GIMP 2.10.8.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Art Book Numbers" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Numbers."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.22.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Einstein" - Postcard

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This week's Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Einstein."

I created this using GIMP 2.8.20.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Featured in the weekly sampler.

"Abstract Art" - Postcard

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This week's Three Muses challenge was "Abstract Art."

I used geometric shapes to make my piece.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

"Architecture" - Postcard

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This is my second entry for this week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge "Architecture." (My first entry can be seen here.)

I started with a soft mottled marble background that I made. Then I stamped several architecture related images. Lastly, I added the woman, who is from the same image as the first woman that I used.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

This piece is also my entry for the following:

Tuesday's Treasures 

"Architecture" - Postcard

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This week’s Sunday Postcard Art challenge was "Architecture."

I started with a soft mottled marble background that I made. Then I stamped several architecture related images. Lastly, I added the woman, who I modified to make her fully clothed.

I created this using GIMP 2.8.16.

The vintage images are from an Internet search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

Super Pi Day (3.1415) - Week 11 - The Book of Days

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The week11 theme for my Book of Days was Super Pi Day, which is a name I came up with in 2009. This year, on March 14, it will be 3/14/15 => 3.1415 => Pi. Back then, I thought 2015 sounded so far away in time. Yet here we are, with less than two weeks to go until the date.

The images are from a DuckDuckGo search. (See the side of my blog for links.)

The master index for all of my entries is here.

"Steampunk" - ATC

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This week’s Think Monday – Think ATC challenge was “Steampunk.”

I know what Steampunk is, and I started out trying to make one, but in the end, I failed.

All of the digital stamps are from Clipart ETC.

The fonts are graf and Kokila.

"Super Pi Day" - Tag

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This week’s Tag Tuesday challenge number 12 was “More Than A Tag.” I made a fold over tag. My theme is what my friends and I have dubbed “Super Pi Day” which will be March 14, 2015 (3/14/15). For more information on annual Pi Day events, see Pi Day » The official web site for Pi Day, March 14th.

I used my Siren Lunar ATC for the outside of the tag, with the original intent of cutting it along her leg and the moon to make a flap opening that overlapped the inner full flap showing her. But after I glued it and was done, it was a little bulky, so I decided to leave it alone, and treat the process as a learning experience that needs improvement. Also, the writing inside looked fine on the computer, but dark when I printed it out. I tried it with gold instead, but it was still dark, so I went with the original black. (The camera ran out of power on the third picture, so that’s why it looks red at the bottom.)

Notes to myself: Creation process:

Step 1) I used a 3 panel wide ATC template, since the Siren was ATC size. I made one for the outside and one for the inside of the tag. I exported the end results as TIF files. I created a new file that was the same width as the panel, but one inch taller in height, to leave room for the tag fastening point. I copied the two TIF files into that. Then I made the oval tag fastening point, filled it with the background, and added stars. I exported the inside and outside tag images as TIF files.

Step 2) I glued (glue stick) the outside tag to thin recycled cardboard and cut it out. (The cardboard might not have been thin enough.) I cut out then glued the inside tag on the other side, being careful to line up the tag fastening point first. (The end result has gaps where the cardboard is visible. This process needs refinement.)

Step 3) I couldn’t “score” it to make the bend points because that would’ve cut the paper. (I don’t have the tools to do that anyway.) I improvised and used a stack of stuff with a VCR tape on top, for the hard edge to fold the ATC over. For the solid line edge of the outside tag, it was easy to judge where to fold over. But for the other side, I used an existing printed out ATC as my guide, to fold over the other side. (Note: after folding over the first side, it was a little difficult to get the tag flat enough to fold over the second side.) I put a pile of books on it, to flatten it. (The crease lines inside were a little bulky for both folds, even after flattening it.)