VELOCIRAPTOR QUEEN-- my latest goof off with GIMP

When I was a child I was obsessed with animals and the powers they have that far surpass the abilities of humans. I wasted a lot of time in elementary school imagining that I was a dinosaur, a horse or a bird so I could fly off out the window.

My childish flights of imagination have found a better creative outlet with photo editing and seeing as Jurassic Park is one of my favorite movies I thought I would fashion myself as the fearsome velociraptor. I added the idea of the queen remembering that Michael Crichton had described in his novels the velociraptors as being a matriarchal society.

This photo looks a little creepy but it sure was fun to put all that makeup on and slick my hair back with tons of Aveda paste!!!


I used several layers, paintbrushes of various opacities and sizes and a few different filter effects.

I am wearing a ( superimposed ) necklace from my Etsy shop.

More fun with GIMP . . .

This is the new avatar I just finished tonight for my Etsy shop, I thought I would try to make things a little clearer since the avatar is small( 75 by 75) pixels.

This was done with layers, transparency and my own photography.

Also I used theatrical makeup as the basis for a good photo, because it always looks better with an excellent photograph as the foundation.

I know it's small but, This is my " NASA" rocket on it's way to crashing into the moon:)

I made this avater for Etsy with a really wonderful FREE!!! program called GIMP. I am having so much fun with this and it is such a blessing for those of us that can't afford around 2000 dollars for Adobe software sets! ( this program will do alot of the things that Adobe photoshop does ) They offer tutorials that are easy to follow.

In this picture I used layers to cut out the jewelry and placed it over a photo of the sunset I took out on our farm a few days ago. I used the spark tool to make a fireworks display  and make a moon.