Helen
Robertson
A Journey into Digital Snow Flake Creations
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ORIGINAL
Helen
Robertson's snowflake inspired digital masterpieces demand to be noticed.
Colorful geometric shapes, or hand drawn lines, mirrored and reflected
and seen through, to create beautiful and futuristic eye candy for the
lucky viewer.
As
she created these images, Helen was kind enough to keep me updated to her
progress and always shared her latest pieces with me. Now that she
has completed several, I invited her to pick a few personal favorites that
I could display here for your viewing pleasure.
So
please join me as we "x"plore yet another avenue into artistic digital
"flakery". Click on an image to see a full sized version, and read
along to learn more on how Helen created these amazing images and where
she got her inspiration.
ThanX
for sharing Helen, your striking colored flakes are certainly an inspiration
to ME!
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| "I use a circular
graph template of either 6 sections or 12 as the starting layer." |
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| "This layer is
almost always 'turned off' when the work is completed, but I turn it on
when needed while working to check the alignment of the sections." |
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| "Each section
of an image is constructed individually, and then repeated, rotated, rescaled.
Some of the images have 15 or more layers." |
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| "I usually work
in transparencies so the layers embellish one another. Some layers
have 'holes' in them so that the under layers show through." |
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| "I never know
how it will end up when I start a new piece, but I always complete a design...
I never discard a design once I start, I make it work." |
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| "Some designs
I like better than others, and some I don't. What's interesting is that
I have my friends rate which ones they like better than others and they
will choose designs that I thought were not what I considered my best,
and some of the designs I love, are skipped over." |
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| "I usually use
the Adobe Photoshop Tool Box for the flat, geometric shapes." |
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| "The squiggly
lines are made with an electronic pen on my Wacom drawing pad. I'm still
working on that technique of getting the lines where I want them onto the
monitor screen." |
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ABOUT
THE ARTIST
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| Helen
Robertson lives in Santa Barbara, CA. She earned a degree in Art Education
from Wayne University, Detroit and taught in Michigan, Japan and California.
She is married to Ron Robertson, an assemblage artist.
Early
in their marriage, Helen and Ron moved to Tokyo, Japan with their two children,
Jennifer and Dan. Along with traveling and learning Japanese culture, Helen
studied painting, contemporary print making, flower arrangement and traditional
stone rubbing. And she also added two more children, Sarah and Edie.
After
10 years in Japan, the Robertsons relocated to Santa Barbara. Helen began
her teaching career at Montecito Union School. For 25 years, she taught
Upper Elementary curriculum; then another 5 years as the Art Specialist.
Retired
from teaching, Helen now works in Adobe Photoshop and Indesign on her Apple
Computer. Many of her computer skills came from working on her husband’s
DVD and on his website: www.robertson-art.com
The
6 point star format of these images were inspired from the following website:
www.PopularFront.com/Snowdays.
Her work on this site can be accessed by typing in her alias: HELLENJ
Helen
thanks MisterX for his interest and encouragement in the designing of these
flakes for the past year.
Helen
can be contacted at: hellenj@excite.com
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