a little birdie told me so: Self Portrait in Yellow

Friday, June 18, 2010

Self Portrait in Yellow

I photoshopped myself last night using some filters and some painting.

10 comments:

ArtPropelledJune 18, 2010 at 2:32 AM
Amazing what you can do on photoshop. Is it easy?
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Lisa at GreenbowJune 18, 2010 at 5:15 AM
Very good. I never use photo shop. I wouldn't know how to start.
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Carrie Van HornJune 18, 2010 at 8:13 AM
Love what you did with it. It is awesome. Like Lisa, I would not know how to use photo shop either. Have a great weekend. :-)
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Betsy BrockJune 18, 2010 at 8:48 AM
Lovely! I want Photoshop!
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julie kingJune 18, 2010 at 11:26 AM
love it!! hope you're surviving ok these days. ((hugs))
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AnonymousJune 18, 2010 at 1:13 PM
Have I mentioned before that I love your header? Well, I sure do.

Di
The Blue Ridge Gal
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soulbrushJune 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM
wow what a great image, love it!
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Tess KincaidJune 18, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Uber-cool!! Looks like watercolor!
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ZuzanaJune 19, 2010 at 6:32 AM
Interesting, looks like an aquarell. I have used photoshop on my own pictures as well.;)
xoxo
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DarylJune 19, 2010 at 7:29 AM
I would call this Squinting in Yellow ...
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...."We were Birds Without Wings. You were a robin and I was a blackbird. And there were some who were eagles or vultures or pretty gold finches, but none of us had wings. For birds with wings nothing changes. They fly where they will and they know nothing about borders and their quarrels are very small. But we are always confined to earth, no matter how much we climb to the high places and flap our arms. Because we cannot fly we are condemned to do things that do not agree with us. Because we have no wings we are pushed into struggles and abominations that we did not seek and then after all that, the years go by. The mountains are leveled. The valleys rise. The rivers are blocked by sand and the cliffs fall into the sea." -Louis De Berniere

Who Said It First?

The phrase "little birdie told me so" may find it's origins in this Bible verse. "Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say" (Ecclesiastes 10:20). The earliest form of the saying was included in John Heywood's collection of proverbs (1546). In 1583, Brian Melbancke wrote in 'Philotimus'" 'I had a little bird, that brought me newes of it.' In 1711, in 'Letter to Stella,' Jonathan Swift came close to the current version: 'I heard a little bird say so.'