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the brook by Tracy Callee
This set of graphics was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Tracy Callee, visit Callee's World at one of these locations: http://www.geocities.com/area51/lair/6595/ http://www.ipa.net/~will36
And now a word from the artist: I used this paticular graphic because I have allways been drawn to forrest images.....for the beauty and it being the home of the fae folk..I used Adobe Photo deluxe to crop and size the graphic and the font is Valhalla |
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terns by Kelly & the flock
This set of graphics was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Kelly Jensen, visit one of her sites: Coventry Companion Bird Survival Center http://www.qworld.net/coventry/ The Songbird Diet Website http://www.snowcrest.net/kellyj/wildbirdcare/welcome.html
And now a word from the artist: It's called "terns" (for lack of a better name) I was designing a graphic for my fiance's webpage... his nickname is Moon. It was the last night of the logo contest and I had failed miserably weeks earlier at coming up with a passable entry. In the middle of the graphic, I realized that it might work for the contest.... and it was about 2 hours til deadline. I was scrambling until the very last minute. Had the deadline been extended... I probably would have tweaked it until it was completely unusable! I use Paint Shop Pro 4, and two different graphics. One was an old cut of a pair of terns which I darkened until they made a good shadow, and the tree was a photo from a very old book on trees. Used a lot of cut & 'paste as transparent' techniques. The font is called Cheshire.
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Summer Storm by Cy
This graphic was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Cy, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/3902/
And now a word from the artist: Created on a PC also using Photoshop4, With filters, Font Toronto ( true type Font )
I started by hand painting my image ( Its actually painted from
memory from a recent fishing trip ..a storm was moving in and the water
was so blue green with the trees reflected in the water,,,the memory of
that spot along the coast haunts me even now ..it was so beautiful. I
went home and started painting ..laying in the blues and greens for
water and for the sky I used a photoshop cloud effect. I added the lense
Flare and mirror effects and played with the lighting until I recreated
what I had seen that day. Most of My art comes from things Ive seen and
comes straight from my heart. The original paintings can be found
at my gallery. http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/3902/new.htm
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untitled by Nomad
This set of graphics was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by NomadCyberQueen!, visit The Widow's Web: http://www.widowsweb.com/
And now a word from the artist: Here are my shameless plugs! Don't miss 'em!!!
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Ancient Fire by Cy
This set of graphics was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Cy, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/3902/
And now a word from the artist: Working on a PC I Created this graphic image in Photoshop4 using Various Filters ( Kai power tools, Eyecandy,and Flux) It began with hand painting with a Lens Flare added then used a seamless welder on it ( Kai) to get the right lighting effects..then used a flux mirror on the image and to frame it I used a Glass bevel. The Font is Morpheus and I have zip file of this True Type Font if anyone would like it. I was in one of my trance like moods ( headphones glued to my head with a good CD on ) when I created these Images. Art to me is the highest form of meditation. 2 versions of the original graphic I created can be found in my Gallery
titled Ancient Fire and Mystery at http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Gallery/3902/new.htm |
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untitled by Wolfen
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title unknown by Rev Chas McAvoy
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The First Pagan Artist by Hairfish
This set of graphics was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Hairfish (Hairfish Graphics), http://home.earthlink.net/~hairfish
And now a word from the artist: I wanted to convey the idea of the Goddess as an artist creating the World, so I had her tossing confetti (pixels) into space. The larger, original work looked much more "sparkly," but when I shrank it down to stay within a quick-loading file-size, it lost some of its detail. Now that I have a larger monitor, I hope to be able to work on smaller originals... The "goddess" image is scanned from a small hand-painted watercolor, which I painted from a picture of a sculpture in an art magazine. The "globe" is from a CD photo collection from Expert. I used Adobe Photoshop 4.0 to put it all together and do the text, but had to turn to Photoshop 3.0 to use the Alien Skin Black Box's "Swirl" feature to make the spotted frames (my Black Box doesn't work in Photoshop 4). |
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Islands by Balu
This set of graphics was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Balu, (head geek) Crystal Owl Productions http://www.crystal-owl.com/tom/pagan/welcome.html
And now a word from the artist: My images were created using :
Bryce 3D for the main images
Photoshop 4.0 with Blade Runner Plug In for the text
ULead PhotoImpact for the beveled edges
I am working on a Pentium 233MMX using Win98 Beta3 OS with a 17 in monitor. I haven't started my graphics area yet. |
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Petroglyphs by Parker
This graphic was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Parker, http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Museum/5596/
And now a word from the artist: I work on a PC using Corel Photo-Paint 8, which at that time I had owned for a little over a week. (I'm still learning how to use it!) I have no idea how I created this }:-( The title font is Funk, my daughter Robin and I found it one day font-surfing... the Wand is from Woolbats by Curtis Clark. The frog and bull are also from Woolbats. The eye is from Meroitic-Hieroglyphics. My goal was to create the feeling of a cave drawing with the colors, joy and magick of the modern pagan. I'm still trying to recreate the effects I achieved on the crytal tips.... teaches me to keep better notes. LOL
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Lord and Lady by Craig Hickman
This graphic was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Steven Craig Hickman
, Earthwizard of Earthwisdom http://www.earthwisdom.com/
And now a word from the artist: The images represent the ancient Mediterraeanean Civilization of the Goddess: the tripple goddess as Mother, Maiden, Crone; and the horned god as represented within the Great Bull God of Crete which represented Dionysus as indestructible life. |
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untitled by Moira Ashleigh and Duncan Eagleson
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title unknown by Rev Chas McAvoy
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Reflections by Balu
This graphic was designed for the Pagan Graphics WebRing by Balu, (head geek) Crystal Owl Productions http://www.crystal-owl.com/tom/pagan/welcome.html
And now a word from the artist: My images were created using :
Bryce 3D for the main images
Photoshop 4.0 with Blade Runner Plug In for the text
ULead PhotoImpact for the beveled edges
I am working on a Pentium 233MMX using Win98 Beta3 OS with a 17 in monitor. I haven't started my graphics area yet. |
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