I love to play digitally. I find it keeps my acquired skills sharp. I can honestly say I learn something every time I open a document and start messing with layers. It's not unlike the lessons learned on my journal pages. You hold an element over the surface, squint a little, then move it around with indecision until it feels like the right spot. Commit and move on. Each choice you make informs the next step to take because you see what's missing or what needs to be taken away. Working out composition - whether on the screen or on the page, is the kind of problem solving I love.
Yesterday I cut a stencil of Shakespeare. Haven't used it yet but loved playing with design in photoshop.
Then I shifted the color balance, and got this...looks like money doesn't it?
And here's a lesson:
More Shakespeare tomorrow.
