Picture This Poem Challenge

[minsue]

ArcSoft's PhotoStudio (2000v) is probably the best software I've used for lettering on illustrated poems. A lot of hard drives came pre-loaded with it few years ago so you may find free shareware of out there.

Mine came with ArcSoft's PhotoImpression 4. Definitely the most user friendly photo software I've tried. I downloaded a trial of version 5 (or whatever is their newest of that program), but it was nowhere near as good. Figures.

 

[FantasiaRealms]

Great illustrated! The poem and the art fit nicely together.

...Thanks! 'Twas alot of fun, and glad you liked.

~Fantasia

 

[Angeline]

Hey, Ange. Is that the site you once sent me to? If it is could you give me the site once more please - I lost it and it's great.

right here

 

[flyguy69]

That's not what you told me it was plastered with..................







.................never mind.

I put my fingertips on Ouija Girl's av and it keeps coming up with....

.................never mind.

 

[Guest]

Photosensitive

I love the color in this one.

Even though I can't see the color, I know it's red.

 

[FantasiaRealms]

Even though I can't see the color, I know it's red.

Yep...it sure is...A vibrant shade of red, too. Fantastic job, Neonurotic The choice of font and placing of the words give it a forward motion, causing the whole image to appear deeper. I liked this alot~claps~

~Fantasia

 

[Angeline]

Even though I can't see the color, I know it's red.

Yes it's a vibrant red indeed--and the poem is wonderful. Is that the Arc Soft program? I'm going to load that disc now!

 

[Guest]

right here

Thank you muchly. You have a PM.

 

[Guest]

Yes it's a vibrant red indeed--and the poem is wonderful. Is that the Arc Soft program? I'm going to load that disc now!

Thanks to both you and Fantasia.

Yes, that one was done in ArcSoft PhotoStudio 4.1. I enlarged the photo up to 2000 pixels in width and used 100 - 85 pt font then shrunk it down in both pixels and jpg file size. I have to work with larger prints in my 3D art programs so I can edit with detail and so this illustrated poetry technique is similar in concept.

 

[Angeline]

Thanks to both you and Fantasia.

Yes, that one was done in ArcSoft PhotoStudio 4.1. I enlarged the photo up to 2000 pixels in width and used 100 - 85 pt font then shrunk it down in both pixels and jpg file size. I have to work with larger prints in my 3D art programs so I can edit with detail and so this illustrated poetry technique is similar in concept.

Ok, next brain picking question.

You always use the most wonderful fonts. Do you have any favorites? I experiment with a few dozen of them and I know sites where I can find good ones, but I have a hard time figuring out which ones that look good when I download them will look equally good when I stick them on a photo.

Any advice, professor?

 

[Liar]

This turned out better than I thought it would.

 

[Angeline]

This turned out better than I thought it would.

wowza!

that is all.

 

[BooMerengue]

This turned out better than I thought it would.

Thats very simply beautiful, Liar!

 

[FantasiaRealms]

Liar~applauds~ This is so good! The manipulation of the font's letters in the smokey mid-center section...And the writing within the piece...Just a wonderful work of art created!

~Fantasia

 

[flyguy69]

This turned out better than I thought it would.

Now that is poetry!

 

[Guest]

Ange - see, that's what I was going for.


Lovely, Liar.

 

[Rybka]

one for rybka.

You really ARE a horrid, horrid person aren't you!! - Almost as sick as that anthropologist poet!

Excuse me! I'm going to go puke up some fish guts!!!

 

[Guest]

Ok, next brain picking question.

You always use the most wonderful fonts. Do you have any favorites? I experiment with a few dozen of them and I know sites where I can find good ones, but I have a hard time figuring out which ones that look good when I download them will look equally good when I stick them on a photo.

Any advice, professor?

Hmm any font works well. The trick is the color of the font and the use of shadow on the lettering. I do like fonts, Enviro, Pristina, Matisse, VinderHand—they all add certain moods to the text, I think.

 

[Angeline]

You really ARE a horrid, horrid person aren't you!! - Almost as sick as that anthropologist poet!

Excuse me! I'm going to go puke up some fish guts!!!

I knew you'd like it.

 

[Angeline]

Ange - see, that's what I was going for.


Lovely, Liar.

Weren't we all, my friend.

 

[Liar]

Thanks y'all.

Do you know if I can submit that, or if I'm breaking some Lit rule by using someone else's artwork, although it's public domain? I think it said somewhere that it had to be your pics.

 

[Angeline]

Thanks y'all.

Do you know if I can submit that, or if I'm breaking some Lit rule by using someone else's artwork, although it's public domain? I think it said somewhere that it had to be your pics.

Hiya L. You can submit it--it has no usuage restrictions as far as copyright--the photograoher has released the photo to be used on websites, modified, whatever, I'll get you the link if you want--just let me know.

 

[Guest]

I'm with Rybka on this one.

Bad taste.

 

[Guest]

Bad taste.

Hey, I like that, Tess. Very nice work and great funky text effect too!

 

[Guest]

Thanks, neo. Another one - not so much a poem as a memory.