<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617</id><updated>2011-07-07T21:59:04.610-07:00</updated><category term='Medieval Love'/><category term='ocean'/><category term='halloween'/><category term='summer'/><category term='gaia contest'/><category term='water'/><category term='haunted image'/><category term='peonies'/><category term='prints'/><category term='purchase'/><category term='deviantart'/><category term='in progress'/><category term='romantic'/><category term='animate'/><category term='fall'/><category term='splash'/><category term='Mannequin'/><title type='text'>Digital Creations</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>11</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-3258317672243852709</id><published>2009-09-14T11:05:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-09-14T11:13:45.397-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='splash'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ocean'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='summer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='water'/><title type='text'>Emergence</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/caillean09/emergencelarge.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 480px;" src="http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y77/caillean09/emergencelarge.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;Emergence&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Drawn in Photoshop&lt;br /&gt;1000px &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;x&lt;/span&gt; 1200px&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;This drawing was inspired by an awakening. In that moment, this image came into my head. The thought was as clear as day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-3258317672243852709?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/3258317672243852709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=3258317672243852709' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/3258317672243852709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/3258317672243852709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2009/09/emergence.html' title='Emergence'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-4862067177430889311</id><published>2009-07-31T18:08:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T13:45:20.793-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Dreaming Big</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SnOVypsb1jI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/xMCuOb5vjX8/s1600-h/Dreaming-Bigimage.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 291px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SnOVypsb1jI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/xMCuOb5vjX8/s400/Dreaming-Bigimage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364796278546617906" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I submitted this T-shirt design to Threadless, and if you're on the site, I'd love your vote!  I've been working on it for a while, and I decided it's time to see how it does in the running.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.threadless.com/submission/224320/Dreaming_Big?streetteam=caillean09" title="Dreaming Big - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.threadless.com/subbanner/224320/banner1.png" alt="Dreaming Big - Threadless, Best T-shirts Ever" border="0" height="119" width="220" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-4862067177430889311?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/4862067177430889311/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=4862067177430889311' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/4862067177430889311'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/4862067177430889311'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2009/07/dreaming-big.html' title='Dreaming Big'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SnOVypsb1jI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/xMCuOb5vjX8/s72-c/Dreaming-Bigimage.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-1915593907257777830</id><published>2009-06-12T12:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-12T12:26:23.309-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Enchanted Forest Background</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SjKrh4_M3OI/AAAAAAAAAS8/DGja5eNADcg/s1600-h/onehornbgforart.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SjKrh4_M3OI/AAAAAAAAAS8/DGja5eNADcg/s400/onehornbgforart.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346524306363702498" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Enchanted Forest Background&lt;br /&gt;Corel Painter&lt;br /&gt;1600px X 1200px       &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;            Enchanted landscape background image I drew for a friend's webcomic/illustrated life of unicorns: &lt;a href="http://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://onehorn.blogspot.com/"&gt;Unicorns by Samuel Tilley&lt;/a&gt;  Check it out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-1915593907257777830?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/1915593907257777830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=1915593907257777830' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/1915593907257777830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/1915593907257777830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2009/06/enchanted-forest-background.html' title='Enchanted Forest Background'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SjKrh4_M3OI/AAAAAAAAAS8/DGja5eNADcg/s72-c/onehornbgforart.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-4533224206450627879</id><published>2009-06-08T19:40:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-08T19:53:21.655-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='deviantart'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mannequin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='prints'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medieval Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='purchase'/><title type='text'>Prints for Sale!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Good news!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mannequin and Medieval Love prints are now available on Deviant Art!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://caillean09.deviantart.com/art/Medieval-Love-96220847"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/Si3NH2cXnII/AAAAAAAAASM/NTS8ipxw9zk/s200/mideivalvefinishedforweb.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345153867515927682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;        &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://caillean09.deviantart.com/art/Mannequin-123842092"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 144px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/Si3NbSIKSGI/AAAAAAAAASU/biRtCNFn4_4/s200/mannequins.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5345154201364875362" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Click on the image to go to its Deviantart page.  There you can purchase prints by clicking "buy this print."  There's both photo prints and art prints available. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-4533224206450627879?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/4533224206450627879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=4533224206450627879' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/4533224206450627879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/4533224206450627879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2009/06/prints-for-sale.html' title='Prints for Sale!'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/Si3NH2cXnII/AAAAAAAAASM/NTS8ipxw9zk/s72-c/mideivalvefinishedforweb.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-8124044313823394896</id><published>2008-10-19T17:44:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-19T18:00:05.201-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='halloween'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animate'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='haunted image'/><title type='text'>Haunted Image</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SPvU73wgnuI/AAAAAAAAAN4/JHrtS1tZucI/s1600-h/Haunted+image+A.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SPvU73wgnuI/AAAAAAAAAN4/JHrtS1tZucI/s400/Haunted+image+A.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259031114929970914" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SPvVAmQ0uyI/AAAAAAAAAOA/CeKqazqSYjo/s1600-h/Haunted+image+B.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SPvVAmQ0uyI/AAAAAAAAAOA/CeKqazqSYjo/s400/Haunted+image+B.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259031196133014306" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Happy Halloween!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started this last year, but it took me a while to get it where I wanted it.  I've learned a lot about digital art since starting it.  Together, the two images create a sequence, and I've put it as my desktop, set to alternate between the two every 5 minutes.  I like this sense of animation in my work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-8124044313823394896?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/8124044313823394896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=8124044313823394896' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/8124044313823394896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/8124044313823394896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/10/haunted-image.html' title='Haunted Image'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SPvU73wgnuI/AAAAAAAAAN4/JHrtS1tZucI/s72-c/Haunted+image+A.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-570647114651268157</id><published>2008-08-27T13:03:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-27T13:44:17.065-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='romantic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gaia contest'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Medieval Love'/><title type='text'>Medieval Love - Finished!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SLW8XBlMSsI/AAAAAAAAANw/Mraossvvp8A/s1600-h/mideivalvefinishedforweb.gif"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SLW8XBlMSsI/AAAAAAAAANw/Mraossvvp8A/s400/mideivalvefinishedforweb.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239300845262883522" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Medieval Love&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;2400px X 3225px&lt;br /&gt;300 dpi&lt;br /&gt;Corel Painter Real Bristle Brushes and Cover pencils&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yay, it's finished!  So if you go down a few posts, you'll see the unfinished version from about a week ago.  I felt like it needed a lot of changes, and to help it along, I started using references for the heads and hands.  I completely re-did the background (an endeavor that I wouldn't normally take on, but in this case, it made it look so much better!) and that actually was pretty fun.  I should do more romantic landscapes.  All in all, I'm pretty happy about how this turned out.  It actually looks a lot like what I was mentally picturing.  And that's a plus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, I love feedback, so if you have any comments or suggestions, feel free to let me know.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-570647114651268157?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/570647114651268157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=570647114651268157' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/570647114651268157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/570647114651268157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/08/midieval-love-finished.html' title='Medieval Love - Finished!'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SLW8XBlMSsI/AAAAAAAAANw/Mraossvvp8A/s72-c/mideivalvefinishedforweb.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-7216755241844020291</id><published>2008-08-04T00:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-08-04T00:32:26.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Pirates!-In Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJawdYJEDvI/AAAAAAAAALw/bFiYGO3QtaI/s1600-h/ARRHHa.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJawdYJEDvI/AAAAAAAAALw/bFiYGO3QtaI/s320/ARRHHa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5230562035980570354" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Pirates! - In Progress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started this one two years ago, and little by little I've been adding characters.  I know the faces look kinda creepy floating around, but it'll get better.  I just added the character's body on the left, and I hope to do more soon.  Enjoy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-7216755241844020291?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/7216755241844020291/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=7216755241844020291' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/7216755241844020291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/7216755241844020291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/08/pirates-in-progress.html' title='Pirates!-In Progress'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJawdYJEDvI/AAAAAAAAALw/bFiYGO3QtaI/s72-c/ARRHHa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-8536993411222510456</id><published>2008-07-30T11:18:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-30T23:33:17.852-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mannequin'/><title type='text'>Mannequin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJFcohaOOqI/AAAAAAAAALM/9KxZeRXipKA/s1600-h/mannequina"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJFcohaOOqI/AAAAAAAAALM/9KxZeRXipKA/s400/mannequina" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5229062493586733730" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Mannequin&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;1075px x 775px&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Corel Painter RealBristle Brushes&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Okay, wow.  I'm gonna be the first to say I don't know where this came from.  One minute I was working on "Medieval Love" and the next I created this still life.  This took about 4 hours total--a record time for me.  I chose the title mannequin because it's figurative without having the figure involved.  The copper rose and the mask are both echoes of living things.  Like a mannequin, they are reference for something more, but in this painting, they take on their own meaning as something entirely different.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-8536993411222510456?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/8536993411222510456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=8536993411222510456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/8536993411222510456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/8536993411222510456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/07/mannequin.html' title='Mannequin'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp3.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJFcohaOOqI/AAAAAAAAALM/9KxZeRXipKA/s72-c/mannequina' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-7004193676829810313</id><published>2008-07-29T23:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T23:16:51.089-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='in progress'/><title type='text'>Medieval Love- In Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJAGdav5Y1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/2KSSNXG0rMA/s1600-h/medieval+love"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJAGdav5Y1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/2KSSNXG0rMA/s400/medieval+love" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228686269843333970" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;In Progress&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So I decided to enter one of those Gaia contests, and I'm going for "Most Passionate."  So far, I've figured out the anatomical structure of the figures, laid out the back ground, and put some color on, but I still need to edit the color and add more detail...the part I find most tedious.  I like creating something fast and passionately, so when it comes to perfecting, I struggle sometimes.  I feel like there's some technique I'm missing, some magical touch that will create clarity in the image.  But for now, I'm just gonna do it the way I know how-detail by detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-7004193676829810313?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/7004193676829810313/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=7004193676829810313' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/7004193676829810313'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/7004193676829810313'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/07/medieval-love-in-progress.html' title='Medieval Love- In Progress'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp0.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SJAGdav5Y1I/AAAAAAAAAKk/2KSSNXG0rMA/s72-c/medieval+love' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-3403132286140284053</id><published>2008-07-26T14:54:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-26T15:48:40.146-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='peonies'/><title type='text'>Peonies</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SIupk8BJh5I/AAAAAAAAAKE/f8RackOukl4/s1600-h/peoniesforweb"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SIupk8BJh5I/AAAAAAAAAKE/f8RackOukl4/s400/peoniesforweb" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227458244544923538" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Peonies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;These peonies were calling to me the moment their fragrance reached me.  So in the tradition of the Dutch masters, I decided to paint them.  I had so much fun with each blossom, and then the leaves shot up onto the canvas before I knew it.  I'm thinking about making prints of this one, so let me know if you're interested!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-3403132286140284053?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/3403132286140284053/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=3403132286140284053' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/3403132286140284053'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/3403132286140284053'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/07/tree-branches.html' title='Peonies'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SIupk8BJh5I/AAAAAAAAAKE/f8RackOukl4/s72-c/peoniesforweb' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3280721843760486617.post-4300959372051018122</id><published>2008-07-23T14:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-07-23T14:10:58.382-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Art Nouveau</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SIedvvo6alI/AAAAAAAAAJM/k2izDQ2iS7Q/s1600-h/avi+nouveau+style.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SIedvvo6alI/AAAAAAAAAJM/k2izDQ2iS7Q/s400/avi+nouveau+style.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226319336154229330" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Art Nouveau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;I decided to create an art nouveau style image because it's one of my favorite genres in art.  So fluid yet controlled, and so natural.  Hope you like it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3280721843760486617-4300959372051018122?l=colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/feeds/4300959372051018122/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3280721843760486617&amp;postID=4300959372051018122' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/4300959372051018122'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3280721843760486617/posts/default/4300959372051018122'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://colleensdigitalart.blogspot.com/2008/07/art-nouveau.html' title='Art Nouveau'/><author><name>Colleen Blackard</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10641399052336779086</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__8xWw2BzGio/S_whxn98SUI/AAAAAAAAAgA/Hvb6XyY6ais/S220/bw.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://bp1.blogger.com/__8xWw2BzGio/SIedvvo6alI/AAAAAAAAAJM/k2izDQ2iS7Q/s72-c/avi+nouveau+style.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
