Portrait shadows

This is the other composition I experimented with and found that 'textures' in picmonkey can produce different and somewhat pleasing results!

[katy]

This is also interesting but I like the creativity of the other one better!

[Maggiemae]

@grammyn Its interesting because there weren't any shadows in the original, Katy! Creation is what life is all about!

[katy]

@maggiemae Weird!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Is this like Picasso's blue period?

[Maggiemae]

@skipt07 I'll have to go and look that up before I commit myself, Skip!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

@maggiemae - Pablo Picasso went through a period, 1901-1904, when he painted essentially monochromatic paintings in shades of blue and blue-green.

[Maggiemae]

Oh, I enjoyed that - some paintings I've never seen before - do like the blues. Hardly Picasso though -me!

[Tracie Broadhead]

aha-that's what you look like! Hello,Merry Xmas and I also enjoy playing around with picmonkeys textures and things.

[Maggiemae]

@tracie8266 Merry Xmas to you too, Tracie!

[Osia Strasner]

Very moody picture....love the processing!

[Bep]

Nice selfie!

[gloria jones]

Neat selfie...I like the soft shadows

[richard saffold]

well, i see the blue period!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

My aren't you getting creative! Now on iPiccy.com (which is a lot like Picmonkey) you can take this shot and put stars in the background!

[Maggiemae]

@olivetreeann You can do that on Picmonkey too, Ann - the sun, moon stars - whatever you like! But I like to try and keep my photos original if possible (except for the fairies of course)

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@maggiemae Oh, that's good to know. It's been a while since I used either of those programs. I'm usually doing them in Smart Photo Editor, but they don't have the nicest star background.

[Taffy]

I like this one too, but the other version is really artistic and moving in a way that moves beyond simply a photograph, if that makes sense.

[Maggiemae]

@taffy Yup, it does! Thanks!

[Tony]

I find this effect interesting but without the original hard to judge.

[Leana Niemand]

I like this, nice shot Maggie.

[Francoise]

Well, I found myself just looking at the lovely face portrait.

[Paula W]

Very creative Maggiemae, that works really well.

[Barb Newcomb]

Very creative and great processing.