Creating Digital Art

Another fun part of my digital imaging class was creating digital art.  I learned how to take my photos, such as this:

And by intensifying the shadows and playing with colors, I turn it into art like this:

I think its kind of Andy Warholish. 

Another project was inspired by poetry.  Reading a piece written by James Montgomery reminded me of this photo I had taken while trying my hand at micro photography: 

I love the dew on this thorn!

And with the magic of Photoshop I was able to combined the image and words to create this:

But I think my favorite project was my tribute to Edgar Degas:

Degas is probably best known for his depictions of ballet dancers. In this piece I combined an image Degas's The Little Dancer, three of his paintings of dancers and one of his seascapes. I really love the end result.

I learned so much in my digital imaging class.  And although I have decided against getting a degree in graphic design, I am looking forward to continuing to learn more about Adobe software and seeing where that knowledge can take me creatively.