Parée Erica

Alice's Room

2012-01-28T22:55:00.000-08:00

This is a recent edit for my Alice in Wonderland Set

The Ravens Chest

2011-12-29T01:51:00.000-08:00

This is an image created from a tutorial from Its An Addiction

The group & tutorial can be found here

The tutorial is time consuming, but I enjoyed the challenge

Lilies

2011-10-30T23:09:00.000-07:00

My next door neighbour gave me some lovely flowers from his garden, so I couldn't pass up the opportunity to take some photos.

This image is for the Explore Worthy - Playing With Textures #24 Challenge

Texture used is my own & also one from Shadowhouse Creations

Magic Island Ride

2011-10-15T03:13:00.000-07:00

This is an edit I did today for the Make It Interesting Challenge Group

Doorway to Alice's Wonderland

2011-09-13T01:19:00.000-07:00

This image is another addition to my Alice in Wonderland Series

The series can be found here

2011-07-31T23:24:00.000-07:00

This was my first book cover.

There is a chance that the book could be made into a movie.
If anyone is interested in getting involved, please visit here.

Faeries Playground IV

2011-07-09T20:02:00.001-07:00

This is an edit I did today for our Textures Only group competition.

Actions

2011-06-25T21:50:00.000-07:00

I created some actions today.

ORIGINAL IMAGE

Action 1

Action 2

The actions are available for download here. If you use them, I would appreciate a link & also some feedback. I hope you find them useful.

Hysteria Grunge Texture

2011-05-21T02:47:00.001-07:00

I haven't had much time for editing lately, so I thought I would post a texture

If you use in your works, please be sure to show me what you do with it. Have fun!

2011-04-29T21:41:00.001-07:00

I had to choose a starter image for our Make It Interesting group comp today, so I found this one & the idea came to me when I saw another of the starter images for another challenge in the group.
It was lots of fun to put together

2011-04-26T00:04:00.000-07:00

This is my grandson Josh. I found the tutorial quite a few weeks ago & took some photos of him & then waited until I had time to try out the tutorial. It was quite time consuming, but he loved the results.

Anyone interested in doing the tut can find it here. I have posted this image of my grandson if you would like to use. I would love to see what you do, if you give it a try.

2011-04-15T21:50:00.000-07:00

This is an edit I did today for GhostWorks Comp here with my favourite theme featuring one of my Egyptian ornaments.

Using Shadowhouse Creations wonderful FrankinParch texture, it was perfect for my image.

2011-04-08T03:16:00.000-07:00

This is an image I did today for "dA Stock Users Gallery comp" here

Watching Over Me

2011-03-25T23:55:00.000-07:00

This is an entry for the DA Stock Users Gallery challenge

Dance of the Mushroom Faery

2011-03-04T00:10:00.001-08:00

This is an edit I have done this afternoon

2011-01-25T18:08:00.000-08:00

I created some textures today, I have created any in a while & really enjoyed it. Here is one of my faves from today.

If you would like to use any of my textures for your artworks, please visit my set here

I would love to see what you do with them. Please add your artworks to my Flickr group here

Roses

2011-01-18T02:43:00.000-08:00

I received a lovely surprise today, a friend called in to work with a belated birthday gift, these are the most gorgeous roses so I couldn't resist taking lots of photos & playing with textures

2010-12-26T22:03:00.000-08:00

One of my more recent edits.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Xmas & all the best for the New Year

2010-11-13T01:26:00.001-08:00

This is a tutorial edit I did today. The tutorial said it would take 5 to 6 hours to complete. I spent about 1 hr 45 mins on this. I think about 4 hours is the longest I have ever spent on an edit.

300 Explored Images

2010-10-10T00:06:00.000-07:00

Oct 9th marked my 300th image to make Explore.

The whole explore thing baffles me. Image #299 (in the list of links under my image) was the first photoshop contest I ever entered online. I didn't even have Photoshop when I did it & the edit is dreadful...lol. I don't know how that one ever made it there. But at least I can say I have improved since then. :)

2010-09-16T03:08:00.000-07:00

This is a recent edit for The StockYard group.

The beautiful model is courtesy of Marcus Ranum. His stock images are amazing.

2010-08-14T00:40:00.001-07:00

This is one of our cats - Chooki (Her Mum's name is Pooki, Her Dad's name is Cheeta.....so we combined the two & came up with her name)

I used a cross processing effect. I love the colourings.

Summer Faery

2010-08-14T00:33:00.001-07:00

This edit is for Explore Worthy's first challenge here

2010-07-24T02:55:00.000-07:00

This is an edit I did this afternoon following a tutorial in my group Its An Addiction. Lots of fun.

2010-07-03T02:28:00.001-07:00

This is an edit I did this evening for "Angie's Animal World - Challenge #4"

2010-06-19T05:29:00.001-07:00

I've been published!

This is my first book cover

On March 5th, 2010 a lovely lady by the name of Shawna Stewart contacted me on Flickr via Flickr mail. Shawna had seen my work on Flickr & asked if I would be interested in having one of my images as the cover for her book. I responded & this is the final outcome. My original image was way too small for print resolution, so I re-designed the image especially for Shawna.

The book is a Fantasy, Horror, Thriller, Love story.

The book can be purchased here for anyone who is interested.

Thank you to these wonderful people for sharing their work via creative commons to make this image possible
Eric Allix Rogers
Joes Sistah
Haags Uitburo
Marcus Ranum

2010-05-26T02:32:00.000-07:00

This is my first CS5 (extended) edit. I haven't had much time to play lately, but can't wait to play some more & hopefully discover some new features.

2010-05-08T18:42:00.000-07:00

Here's a recent edit I did for Make It Interesting group.

2010-04-25T22:56:00.000-07:00

One of my contacts requested some textures similar to one I had done.

These are the results. Something a little different

~ My Handmade texture available for use in your artworks with creative commons license ~

~ Do not distribute as they are in ANY WAY ~

~ Please credit me if used with a link back to this texture or my photostream ~

~ I would love to see what you have done, if you would like to put a small size sample in my comments at my Flickr page - or leave a link in the comments section here. Thanks & have fun ~

2010-04-21T00:53:00.000-07:00

I came across a Russian web site distributing my textures & images without my permission.
The Russian site had appeared to have removed my content, but there were still some of my textures there today
allday.ru/index.php?newsid=285295

There were also many of Flickr artists copyright works on there as well.

***Please ensure you have good internet security before going to the site****

Sounds of Silence

2010-04-11T23:27:00.000-07:00

This is a recent edit for Make It Interesting Challenge group. Members are given a source image to create an image with. For the image below, the bench was the given source image. I have used the beautiful model Faestock in my edit.

Serenity

2010-04-11T23:23:00.000-07:00

This is a recent edit for the Digital Challenge group. Two winners are named & get to post a source image each, members are then asked to create an image using both source images. A great fun friendly group.

2010-04-03T04:53:00.000-07:00

Wishing everyone a safe & Happy Easter :)

This is an edit I did of my cat Pooki, for a fun tutorial in Its An Addiction group here. I have learnt so much from doing online tutorials.

2010-03-28T04:36:00.000-07:00

I am a huge Johnny Depp & Tim Burton fan, so couldn't wait for the release of Alice in Wonderland.

I did this edit of one of my Flickr friends today......I hope he is still talking to me after what I have done to him! :)

Some of my favourite textures....

2010-03-21T04:17:00.000-07:00

These are some of my favourite textures.

You can find them in my texture set here

This one was a total fluke, a more natural texture of mine.....a snapshot while I was going through the drive through car wash. I have been back many times since this one & haven't been able to get anything like this again. This is straight out of my camera.

This one is a texture I have created, using many layers including some paper textures

This one is a more natural texture as well, some rust taken on an old fort at Shepherds Hill Fort, Newcastle (NSW, Australia)& a few colour & curve adjustments

I love the colour turquoise & all shades...aqua, jade. This one is created from a base paper texture. I had just watched Pirates of the Caribbean - At World's End, hence the name. I often get names for my textures from movies.

2010-03-14T22:22:00.000-07:00

This is an edit I did for our Textures Only Competition ~ Week #85.

I have had a Medusa edit in my head for a while, I spent about 2 hours one day searching through creative commons images of snakes to find ones that I thought would fit into the edit.
When I saw the source image of the lady for our comp this week, I thought it would be a good image to try my ideas on. It turned out differently than I imagined, but often the finished result of an image is much different than your initial vision.

2010-03-10T01:55:00.000-08:00

My texture made Front Page Explore today.

I am totally baffled as to how Explore works. I hadn't had a single image in Explore for over a month until recently. I don't know how my texture would make it instead of one of my Photoshop works.....so I will keep wondering. :)

2010-03-09T06:24:00.000-08:00

This is one of the images from my Alice In Wonderland set. I went to see the movie with my Grandson yesterday. I have been eagerly awaiting it's release for what seems like forever.
I must admit I had very, very high expectations & not sure if it quite lived up to what I had imagined......but still, in saying that I loved it & would see it again in a heartbeat.

2010-03-06T04:08:00.000-08:00

This is an edit I did today for Weekly Photoshop Competition. A wonderful group & one of the first I joined when I started on Flickr. The group is a great friendly group & have always given me friendly feedback & support from day one. The group run weekly challenges, members are given a source image & asked to edit it.

2010-02-28T23:05:00.000-08:00

This is a recent edit for Down Under Challenge group.

It's a great friendly group where members are asked to edit a source image. If you aren't a member, drop on it, it's lots of fun.

2010-02-26T05:59:00.000-08:00

This is one of my recent edits for "Make It Interesting" Challenge Group.

We run 4 challenges continuously, the challenges last for 9 days, then vote for 3 days.
Our members are given a source image & asked to manipulate it.

I have used my favourite model from Marcus Ranum's amazing stock collection.

2010-02-23T20:29:00.000-08:00

S2 Wraps edits are very addictive.

If you would like to try this style, please visit our group here. There is a tutorial on the group page.

These are some of my S2 edits.

2010-02-23T05:10:00.000-08:00

This is an edit I did today for Textures Only Competition #82

The competition thread can be found here

We run weekly competitions. Group members are given a source image & must use one or more textures from the group in their edit.

Drop on over & show us your work.

2010-02-22T05:35:00.000-08:00

I am eagerly awaiting the release of the movie Alice In Wonderland directed by Tim Burton & starring my favourite actor Johnny Depp.

I have an Alice in Wonderland set, these are some of the images from my set & I can't wait to see the movie for some inspiration.

2010-02-22T05:20:00.001-08:00

I love to create textures, I have just reached texture #1,000 in my texture set.

These are some samples of my textures. They are all available for download with creative commons By Attribution license.

2010-02-21T21:51:00.000-08:00

Welcome to my Blog.
I am a self-taught Photoshop addict, I have been using CS3 Extended for just over 2 years now.
These are some of my favourite edits on my Flickr photostream.