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very cool :)

Thank you :)

These are really lovely, especially the last one. But really, all of them.

Thank you muchly!

Damn, you've got a good sense of digital collage! I'm a little envious of your skill!

These look good!

Share a little bit of the process with me, please?

Golly, thank you!

Hm. As for the process.. I use Photoshop to make these. I almost always start with a stock image of a blank notebook page. From there, I usually base the whole entry around a song lyric, or a song, or an entire album. I let whatever music I'm listening to influence what I make. I just try to visually interpret how the music makes me feel, or visually put together the weird thoughts that are constantly twirling 'round in my mind.

As for the little Photoshop techniques that I seem to use quite often: brushes, fonts, textures, stock photos! I often use torn paper brushes and scotch tape brushes to make the images look like paper & look handmade. I gather stock photos all the time from lots of various sources. If there's something specific that I'm looking for that I want to put in my journal, I usually just use google images to find something that suits what I have in mind.

I mostly try to use fonts that look like handwriting, punch labels, typewriter, or ink stamps. Pretty much every font I use, I've gotten from http://www.dafont.com .. I often use photos that I find in this community http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent

& honestly, to me, my journals aren't really about the skill or techniques I use. The main purpose is that I'm just trying my best to convey, visually, the thoughts and feelings inside of me.

I'm not sure if any of that information helped, but if you have any specific questions about anything, feel free to ask!

i don't even know how you did that, but it's beautiful!

Thank you! & I used Photoshop :)

Thanks! & yes! That is definitely one of my favourites also!

love the kitty going to the moon :) great job

hehe thanks :)

:D

Thanks!

Yeah, how exactly do you do that!? I must know, I'd love to make collages that way!

Someone else asked me about my process of making these. If you don't mind, I'm just gonna copy & paste what I said to them. Because I said quite a bit! hehe

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Hm. As for the process.. I use Photoshop to make these. I almost always start with a stock image of a blank notebook page. From there, I usually base the whole entry around a song lyric, or a song, or an entire album. I let whatever music I'm listening to influence what I make. I just try to visually interpret how the music makes me feel, or visually put together the weird thoughts that are constantly twirling 'round in my mind.

As for the little Photoshop techniques that I seem to use quite often: brushes, fonts, textures, stock photos! I often use torn paper brushes and scotch tape brushes to make the images look like paper & look handmade. I gather stock photos all the time from lots of various sources. If there's something specific that I'm looking for that I want to put in my journal, I usually just use google images to find something that suits what I have in mind.

I mostly try to use fonts that look like handwriting, punch labels, typewriter, or ink stamps. Pretty much every font I use, I've gotten from http://www.dafont.com .. I often use photos that I find in this community http://community.livejournal.com/foto_decadent

& honestly, to me, my journals aren't really about the skill or techniques I use. The main purpose is that I'm just trying my best to convey, visually, the thoughts and feelings inside of me.

I'm not sure if any of that information helped, but if you have any specific questions about anything, feel free to ask!

Thanks! No that's great. I'm hoping to be getting photoshop soon, so hopefully I can experiment and have something remotely similar as a result.

I love all of them, but I especially love the last one.