i'm awake because i have a terrible cough AND because they are doing construction directly outside of my window.  how many times do you need to back up, mr. construction vehicle?  BEEP.  BEEP.  BEEP.  BEEP.  and i can hear the guys yelling back and forth at each other.  and the digging is actually shaking the whole house.

needless to say...i'm up and trying to make a halloween collage.  it ain't happening.  i've tried 3 times unsuccessfully to come up with something cool.  i'm just not happy with the final products, so i won't post them.  i did find an old file from 2 years ago.  it was from a photoshop class, where we were attempting some crazy composites.  i laughed when i opened the .psd, but i finished it off and almost like it.  the hands are my own and the feet were dennis', from class.  thanks, d-nice!  :)  KMD

route 128 headed south. going 65 mph. fall foliage in massachusetts.  KMD

here is another piece i did a month or so ago.  i was inspired by a few images on the front page of deviantart.com.  please feel free to laugh at my face on the left.  i used a stock image for the shoulders and both sides of the neck.  the head is mine.  the hair is from a bride i recently shot.  and then i built the rest of the image using various brushes and textures in photoshop.  i think there is a bit of wrestler's neck going on, but i love the way it turned out.  i think i'll print this one 40x60 for my apartment.  the clown as well.  these things look cool super big. 

i should start creating these for other people and celebrities.  hint.  ;)  KMD

over the past 3 years or so, i've been creating these odd collages of myself.  i was inspired by my lack of commitment to a particular class i had, when enrolled at CDIA.  we had a higher level photoshop class with john still and i had too much going on at work and home.  i didn't fully commit to the assignment that was due and felt like i was selling myself short.  this was photoshop!  use it or lose it! 

i was browsing the AMAZING artwork posted on deviantart.com (which i do frequently for inspiration) and came across a photography that looked more like a painting.  it was very serene and whimsical.  the image was a woman looking off in the distance with her long flowing locks blowing in the breeze.  in the comments, the artist had mentioned using various brushes in photoshop to create the final product.  hmmm.  brushes. 

i immediately downloaded some hair brushes and that began my "hair series" of "art".  i feel weird calling myself an artist, because i can't draw or paint in the traditional form of art.  i am a photographer and photoshop artist.  a digital artist.  ;)  KMD

before and after.

i will be posting some of my new artwork here on this blog!  in the meantime, check out some of my older work here at deviantart.