Artful Creations, Day 8: Blue-Gold Fractal

I did not have a chance to do much on the creative side today, so I thought I would share a fractal I made awhile back but never posted.

Artful Creations, Day 7: Spring-like Spirals

Somehow, even though the day was quite challenging and nothing seemed to go right (thank you, Monday), I managed to start 2 new fractal images. I'm in love with the top fractal, and not quite feeling the second one. But, these are just works in progress, so we'll see where they go from here.

Artful Creations, Day 6: New Mandala

For Day 6 of my adventure into creating something new every day, here is a brand new mandala. I love the colors and the energy of it, especially the purple radiating spokes.

Artful Creations, Day 5: Colored Pencil Mandala

I'm enjoying sharing my daily creations. I only hope you are enjoying it as much as I am!

I pulled the source image for this mandala from my abandoned fractal folder. I loved the colors and textures, but the overall fractal image was less than stellar. So I used it to make this mandala that I think looks a bit like it was created with colored pencils. What do you think?

Artful Creations, Day 4: Free Desktop Picture

I've intended to make desktop pictures for quite some time, but just never got around to it. So, with the thought that there is no time like the present, I whipped out one of my forgotten fractal files that I wrote about yesterday. After making some alterations, rendering it, and then adjusting the color, etc. in Photoshop, here it is!

If you choose to download this image, it is for your personal desktop only. It may not be copied, sold, distributed, or used in derivative works, collage pieces, on your web site, or in any other way than as a desktop picture.

Get it here: Colorful Spiral Desktop Picture. Simply right click on the photo to download the image.

Artful Creations, Day 3: Forgotten Files

In an effort to jump-start my creativity and maybe find some long-forgotten treasures, I've been digging through my abandoned fractal files. These are fractal images that I started but then couldn't get a feel for where they were going, so they got put away to never see the light of day. Or so I thought!

About a week or so ago, I began a desperately-needed spring inventory and cleaning of sorts. I'll be the first to admit that I am so bad when it comes to organizing the files on my computer. I have file folders named "To File" and they are sitting in folders named the exact same thing -- it's crazy! But, there they were, my old, forgotten fractal images sitting there on my drive, abandoned.

So, as I dig them out, spruce them up, and render them to disk, I'll post a few here and there to share with you along the way. The one that sprung up this morning makes me smile, and hopefully you too! Thanks for taking a look.

P.S. In case you're wondering, Artful Creations is a little group I've joined to encourage each other to create something every day. Check out the other lovely ladies in the group and their creations by clicking on the links below.

As Seen on Etsy...

I had the lovely luck of being featured in this Etsy treasury today. It's so pretty, I immediately fell in love with it. So, I thought I would share! It was created by Alma Körtge of Energy Gemstones on Etsy. The mandala shown is my latest mandala, Snow Spiral Mandala. Prints are available here.