Color Shifting
This painting is also a tip of the hat to Harry Potter. It took me about 10 tries before I got the “eye” how I wanted it. It is amazing to me how the name of an image can change the whole way I look at it.
Behind the Mirror, Digital © Diane Clancy
Answering some comments from previous posts … Sue O’Kieffe, to answer your question, I am looking at the blog (and particularly the paintings) on my CRT monitor, and I see a bit of a color difference, but not much at all. With all my files they are a little different on the large monitor upstairs versus my laptop. Mac vs PC can come into it too.
I am ready to print “In the Cathedral” but waiting for Susan to come home to put her image into the file too to save paper … but it looks good on the screen and usually it prints pretty closely … except the purples are usually too reddish when printed from Photoshop files … so I may need to work on that … We shall see!
Sue, it is neat the way we work so similarly!! I enjoy working and painting when I feel that I am at least as much as vehicle as a creator. For me it is so much more fun!
~ Diane Clancy
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Update - the purple printed redder than I see on the screen. I think I should have chosen all the purple and shifted that color somehow to a more bluer purple. But this is the consistent off-printing that happens. It is pretty close but not exact. And I tried to adjust the saturation on certain colors, but I couldn’t get it how I wanted … so I printed to see what happened - but it looks great!
Diane Clancy creates vibrant paintings that feature color and vision to inspire and uplift people. Says Diane, "I feel very blessed to have this opportunity to express myself through painting. I love that people say my artwork enhances their lives."
August 28th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Another Mad-Eye! Harry will be proud. There are a lot fewer elements this time, a departure of sorts for you. Those colours, I love the colours you choose, love’em
August 29th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
The reference to HP doesn’t really speak to me cuz Im not a fan, but I like this image..kinda tribally or even archaic markings from another galaxy. (i have this thing about old runic language). i suspect the difference between laptop i was using and my own crt is in the graphics card.
~sue
August 30th, 2007 at 1:04 pm
Rima, the basis for this image just sort of grabbed me and said it wanted an “eye” - and it said it was happy there … so … good! I am delighted you love the colors!
Sue, perhaps you are right about the graphics card … I don’t really know much about the differences that they create. I am so glad it seems tribal or archaic to you!!
~ Diane Clancy
September 15th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
Greatest review about Color Shifting! Always enjoy this interesting posts!
September 18th, 2007 at 5:50 am
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