Scandart Sunday: artdeco abstract

scanned duo – art deco perfume bottle and peacock feathers

Having set myself the ‘anything beginning with A theme’ I was actually stumped as to what to use for this Scandart Sunday until, dusting away Christmas, the deco perfume bottle drew my attention to its antique, art lines.

3-D scanning necessitates an open lid, giving a dark background which is sometimes desirable, as here it enhances the light in the glass bottle’s gold ornamentation. As much a  deco, as an art nouveau motif, my rather ancient peacock feathers were an appropriate accompaniment and rejuvenated with colour and detail,  under the scrutiny of the scanner

progression of SPE effects for Art Deco abstract

In Smart Photo Editor I composited the two images together – layering one over the other and blending them with a Luminosity opacity. The ‘b&w partial coloration’ effect gave a burnished, central focus whilst the texture filter ‘etp 001′ visually integrated and re-introduced the peacock hues. ¹ The final texture effect  ‘etp 011′ provided a block print background to match the ‘Raconteur’ font for my “Perfume and Peacocks” artdeco abstract. ²

art deco abstract: ‘Perfume and Peacocks’

Amazing what can be done without a camera! If you want to share the artistry of your scans, do  join me:-

• create your own post : ‘Scandart Sunday: theme title’.
• [my themes  are a prompt rather than a requirement]
• add your post link in the comments below
• so that others can find it,  place a link to this page in your post

Next month’s theme will be ‘Anything beginning with B’ – 3/2/13

Notes:
1. etp: ‘explore the possibilities’ Smart Photo Editor effects
2. Download the art deco font Raconteur

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