Ever since I began using digital grounds for my inkjet prints, I’ve also began taking an interest in digital art. It’s taken more than a little re-education to understand fully how Photoshop can be used to create interesting art because the most I ever used Photoshop for was to tweak my photos, but it’s really turned out to be quite an interesting process. I plan to incorporate my digital art designs into some of my textile art pieces.
This is one of my first digital art designs; a photo of some magnolias blended on a gradiant background and overstamped with some handwriting.
And this is the same design printed onto fabric using digital grounds. The size is approx 9″ x 12″ and you can notice that the print is almost an exact color reproduction of the original and it has excellent clarity in the details. Next print though I think I’ll try another coat of digital grounds which will hopefully enhance the color even further.
I used the print for the latest in my “Art Bag Series”. I think I’ve done enough of these bags to qualify it as an ongoing “series”, but I really like the design and it’s a perfect shape and form to showcase these digital art designs so I think I’ll be doing a few more of these before I’m done with the series. The surface of the bag is sealed so it can be used functionally as well as decoratively and I really like the soft colors and the design. Can’t wait to do the next one!
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