Botanical Silhouettes

When I worked full time as a designer I found myself spending most of my time on the computer. At the end of the day or on the weekend, my creative juices were tapped and I rarely had much motivation to create things for myself. Now I'm pushing myself to put hand to paper again and create and experiment, explore and discover. It's been a nice change of pace but I miss the quick key commands and I want to keep up my proficiency with my software.

Today I played with one of my watercolour backgrounds and created more silhouettes in the same style as my first. Here is a collection of botanical imagery, Fronds, Phlox and Purple Coneflower.

 

 

 
It's been nice using Photoshop again for more than just image adjustment. I also have some plans for a sketch to be developed further in Illustrator. The perfect way to merge the hand made with my software is a zine. Something I'll think about but not rush until the right story and imagery come together.

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