The pleasure of creation is infinite and Wings over the World was immensely enjoyable to do.
Using Photoshop, I began with a coastal scene from Unsplash.com, a good site for free images.
I overlaid this with another Unsplash photograph by Oliver Berghold of seagulls, which I set to the ‘Hard Light’ blend mode.
I followed with a texture from 2 Lil’ Owls in ‘Multiply’ mode at 82%.
The next stage was selecting only the seagulls from that photograph and making these into a separate layer to go over the texture. This I put in ‘Multiply’ mode at 61%.
The final touch was a Kim Klassen texture in ‘Colour Burn’ mode.
The resulting image is below. I’m rather fond of it. I hope you are too.
Available at the following galleries:
Redbubble
Crated
Zazzle US
Zazzle UK
Fine Art America
Fine Art England
Take care and keep laughing!
First Night Design 
The picture is as green as my envy. You have a fine talent Sarah. What programme do you use that gives all these modes and options? I use something called Print Artist Platinum( plated I think) which has nothing like this.Mind you, if it did I still lack the talent to visualise an end product.
xxx Huge Hugs xxx
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I must add that in – I use Photoshop. As for your talent, you won’t know what you’re capable of until you try! Photoshop is expensive but I think there’s a limited version you can get. And there are various free apps that can do similar but I can’t think of their names at the moment. Huge Huglets. xx
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P.S. And thank you so much for the lovely compliment!
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I can see why you are pleased…quite beautiful!
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Ah, bless you.
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Gorgeous. I have Photoshop but I think it’s a bit beyond me. No, I agree with David, it’s talent, Sarah.
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You’re a sweetie – thank you, Olga.
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Wow you are really good with photoshop – this is an awesome piece.
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I use Photoshop etc because of my disabilities. If I could still hold and manage a brush, I would be so I’m very envious of you, Mary. I’m so glad you like this – thank you.
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Well Sarah to me it’s incredible the work you do with images – the end result are stunning pieces. Thank you for your lovely comment.
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By whichever medium, Sarah, your vision and interpretations manifest, invariably, as wonderful.
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You’re so good for me, Juli, and I bless you for it. Thank you.
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This is wonderful and I can see that you are really up and running again….Bravo:)x
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Major thanks, O great hummingbird artist!
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Very lovely artwork Sarah! You are a master at layering and photo enhancement. Thank you for sharing the Unsplash sight. I found so many awesome photos that are inspiring to me.
For those that can’t afford Photoshop, you might look into downloading Gimp. You can download it freely at gimp.org. There might be a learning curve, but there are loads of tutorials that can help you learn the basics at least.
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Thanks, Itaya. Gimp. That’s the one I was trying to think of! I could never get to grips with it.
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Reblogged this on Itaya's Designs and commented:
Sarah Vernon at First Night Design is one of my favorite artists. In this post, she shares her technique for achieving the lovely layered effect she gets for her artwork.
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Looks like a painting on canvas. So creative of you
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Thank you, Mallee. That’s often what I try to achieve so it’s very pleasing to hear you say this.
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