Post by kitbop on Jan 12, 2022 22:54:21 GMT
Welcome peas, to the weekly spotlight on a Pea project!
The intent is to highlight all the talent and variety of styles and projects on the board, recognize a deserving pea, and inspire our own creativity with challenges based on the project.
I really hope Peas will SHARE their creations with us - I will head to the Flickr gallery every week to choose a project, but will also keep my eye on the boards if Peas share their projects in other ways. I'd like to stay "recent" in these projects, but make no guarantees that I won't dive deeper into our past.
Please help me: if a Pea project catches YOUR eye and you think it deserves recognition, PM me and point me towards it!
This week came to my attention thanks to kmage , who pointed me towards a thread on PhotOREaliSTic PaPErs! Does that put a chill down your spine? Shivers perhaps? Mine too!
But in this thread, myboysnme came to the rescue, sharing a MULTITUDE of her own beautiful layouts with photorealistic paper backgrounds. Please check out the thread, 2peasrefugees.boards.net/thread/127064/photorealistic-papers, because today I am choosing only ONE of the layouts to share and there is a lot of inspiration besides this! It was really hard to choose one...
surfs up by kirstendrew, on Flickr
I took so many lessons away from her layouts (not all these lessons appear on my choice of example! You'll just have to peek into the thread!)
- use uniform thick matting to provide cohesiveness, but separation from a busy background. It's restful for the eye, but also pops the elements
- use photo blocks or stacks to add weight to your photos and lead the eye to them, away from the background
- use half pages of papers to add design interest, and restful "lines" within the paper - use either 2 different pps, or cut 1 into 2 pieces and use both
- use big and bold titles, or matte your titles, to make them pop away from the background
- and specifically in this layout, I love the diagonal irregular piece of photorealistic paper abutting kraft, as if the water is coming into the beach
See what you can challenge yourself to create this week using this layout as inspiration.
My challenges to myself and you are:
1. use a PHOTOREALISTIC paper, or design elements/ephemera
2. Use a thick matte on your photos or photo block
3. Use a big and bold title, or a matted title
4. Create a photo block of at least 3 photos
5. Use a half-piece of busy patterned paper in your background.
*if you are on the challenge teams, completing any TWO of those challenges will fulfil this week's POTW challenge for 10 points!
The intent is to highlight all the talent and variety of styles and projects on the board, recognize a deserving pea, and inspire our own creativity with challenges based on the project.
I really hope Peas will SHARE their creations with us - I will head to the Flickr gallery every week to choose a project, but will also keep my eye on the boards if Peas share their projects in other ways. I'd like to stay "recent" in these projects, but make no guarantees that I won't dive deeper into our past.
Please help me: if a Pea project catches YOUR eye and you think it deserves recognition, PM me and point me towards it!
This week came to my attention thanks to kmage , who pointed me towards a thread on PhotOREaliSTic PaPErs! Does that put a chill down your spine? Shivers perhaps? Mine too!
But in this thread, myboysnme came to the rescue, sharing a MULTITUDE of her own beautiful layouts with photorealistic paper backgrounds. Please check out the thread, 2peasrefugees.boards.net/thread/127064/photorealistic-papers, because today I am choosing only ONE of the layouts to share and there is a lot of inspiration besides this! It was really hard to choose one...
surfs up by kirstendrew, on FlickrI took so many lessons away from her layouts (not all these lessons appear on my choice of example! You'll just have to peek into the thread!)
- use uniform thick matting to provide cohesiveness, but separation from a busy background. It's restful for the eye, but also pops the elements
- use photo blocks or stacks to add weight to your photos and lead the eye to them, away from the background
- use half pages of papers to add design interest, and restful "lines" within the paper - use either 2 different pps, or cut 1 into 2 pieces and use both
- use big and bold titles, or matte your titles, to make them pop away from the background
- and specifically in this layout, I love the diagonal irregular piece of photorealistic paper abutting kraft, as if the water is coming into the beach
See what you can challenge yourself to create this week using this layout as inspiration.
My challenges to myself and you are:
1. use a PHOTOREALISTIC paper, or design elements/ephemera
2. Use a thick matte on your photos or photo block
3. Use a big and bold title, or a matted title
4. Create a photo block of at least 3 photos
5. Use a half-piece of busy patterned paper in your background.
*if you are on the challenge teams, completing any TWO of those challenges will fulfil this week's POTW challenge for 10 points!
