There is a first for everything

There is a first time for everything. For me, it's using Photoshop CS6. Recently I decided to download the trial, since I wanted a little introduction to something that was more complex than just using the regular free GIMP software. I was amazed by what I could do with this program, and decided to let my imagination go wild. 

After seeing the film Van Helsing and Frankinstine, I felt the need to create a piece inspired by both films with my own twist. Textures were added to create certain effects, but so far, I have a lot to learn about what else I can do in photoshop. 

Hopefully, I will still have this in the future to compare to different projects made with the same program to see how it has progressed. In the meantime, this is my creation. 

-MADDY STRICKLAND 

Instagram in photography

Okay so feel free to click away from this if you want to, since really all it is, is a comparison of the app instagram and what people consider "actual photography". 

So in case you are still interested in reading this, here it is: 

In case you do not know what instagram is, it's an app that people use to take photos then simply add a filter to make themselves, or what ever they are taking, look retro or somewhat old like. When instagram came out, I wasn't able to download the free app, since at the time I did not own an ipad/tablet/smartphone of any kind. But later I recieved my mother's old droid and I then downloaded the app. When I downloaded it, I took a few photos of something outside, and I remember the first photo I took, was of a grasshopper that was really big, and allowed me to get really close. (Picture to the right).  



Now I know a lot of people say that instagram is an amature way of taking photos and what not of objects, and that it is the joke of photography, should not even be 
considered photography etc. etc. To me, I think that instagram is something that can add on to what you have created. Add a cool hue to it that makes it more interesting. Though I do understand how annoying it is to some people who take a thousand photos of themselves via instagram and post them on facebook, myspace (if anyone still uses that), twitter, flicker whatever. 

Of course now you maybe wondering what made me say this, and that would be because when I uploaded a few pics for my photography section I had a few Instagram photos and I felt the need to make a point about it. I'm not saying I'm all for it and what not, I just think it's kind of gotten a bad rap. that's all. 

-MADDY STRICKLAND 

Wargon Fan Art

Description: 768 X 1024 Digital Painting
This of course was created very recently, April 2013, right after my previous creation, "Draenei". Another fan art for the famous MMORPG, World of Warcraft. Which, of course is one of my favorite PC games.

-MADDY STRICKLAND