Paul J Zeinert Photography | Ohio Photographer

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Playing and learning can be fun

During 2020, I have been spending time learning and playing with a lot of the adobe products. I am not an artist who can make pictures on paper, but I can make it with Adobe's help. That being Photoshop, Lightroom, Dimension, Illustrator, and so on. I enjoy the classes that are out there, and play and learning are what it is all about.

Mad Dragon

Take this dragon. It started by finding something in Adobe Dimension. I found a plain dragon. Next was to make the dragon a little more real. With the help of Photoshop (a lot of help), I found a texture that I like to make the skin. (Concrete sidewalk) The eye I found by using a picture of a buffalo eye and put this in. Next was to set up the scene. Yep another image to blend and make the scene. Next was the fire, and you got if I created the fire; after all, dragons breath fire. Last was to make the lighting of the scene, the fire more believable. With coloring and lighting things and darkening things.

I am sure there are still things that I could do, but you know, I am happy with my imagination and computer art. After all, this is what is in my head. 2 years ago, I never thought I would learn the Adobe Programs (still learning), but if you take one day at a time, you will soon learn. At my age, I love to learn and keep my mind stimulated with something I really enjoy.