Digital Expressions: Creating Digital Art with Adobe Photoshop Elements

by Susan Tuttle

Express yourself on a digital canvas

Imagine flying through an inky night sky tethered to a red, heart-shaped balloon. Now imagine expressing that dream artistically. With Digital Expressions you can take ordinary photos and, with the help of Adobe Photoshop Elements, voice your flights of fancy.

Digital Expressions guides you through 25 digital art projects created with Adobe Photoshop Elements. With this easy-to-follow guide, you'll get inspired to tackle all kinds of digital mixed-media techniques using stock photography, custom brushes, textured backgrounds and your own digital photos.

Use your digital palette

· Manipulate single images by adding texture layers, color fills and text

· Re-create the look of traditional art like drawings and abstract paintings

· Build collages using transparent layers and photo filters

· Blend seamless montages with various effects

· Incorporate your own traditional art into digital works

Mixed-media artists, art journalers and scrapbookers alike can turn the ordinary into extraordinary! Express yourself in digital form as you learn to master creative digital art techniques.

**Bonus CD includes assorted brushes, photos and textures you can use to create on your own digital canvas.** PLEASE NOTE that one of the images was left off of the CD by mistake. You can download it from the "Books" section of the author's website at ilkasattic.com**

Genres: Art, Nonfiction, Photography

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Susan Tuttle is a DSLR photographer, iPhoneographer, and digital artist from Maine who relies strongly on
her inner knowings when taking photographs. One of her most creative outlets at this time is her iPhone, which she uses to explore portraiture, still life, and landscape mobile photography. Susan's iPhoneography has won numerous awards and been part of curated mobile art exhibits in London and New York City.

Tuttle teaches online photography and Photoshop workshops via her website susantuttlephotography.com.

In addition to photography, you will find lots of DIY and thrifty fashion posts on her blog. Her DIY posts have been featured in derStandard.at -- Austria's most popular online news venue, and the Huffington post.

Reviews

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I am still learning from this book and will probably use it as a reference guide for a long long time. I still haven't worked up to some of the skills Susan talks about in this book. If you are new to PSE, please begin with a more user friendly book like Easy Photoshop Elements because Susan starts off with the assumption that you know a lot already.

[Les · Rating 3 out of 5]

I borrowed this book twice....such a wealth of info...need to buy myself a ccopy

[Kristine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am loving this book by Susan Tuttle ... I am trying so many new things in Photoshop with my own photography ... Such Fun!

[JoAnn · Rating 4 out of 5]

the perks of going to the library. :) the pictures in here are GORGEOUS. and the thing is, i can make them on my own tooooo! inspiration on paper, yeah mannn. :)

[The Vertex · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful book for everyone. Thanks Susan.