I wish you a Happy & safe 2018!

September is PCOS Awareness Month… spread the Word…

http://www.pcosaa.org/

Oh and I am definitely one!!

Jolabokaflod or the Christmas Book Flood to you all. 

I had no idea that Iceland was a real fantasyland :)

For my fellow BookLikes friends who are writing posts expressing their frustration with BookLikes sporadic performance, I'm just going to toss out a suggestion:  tag your posts with "BookLikes". 

I have no earthly idea if anyone will see them, but if I was a super stressed out site owner going through what we know BL's owners are right now, I might not interact, but I'd lurk and I might think a quick way to take the pulse of the site would be to search the tag "BookLikes".

I figure it can't hurt, right?  And who knows? maybe someone is watching and will 'hear' our frustrations.

Hi!

So it's almost October, my month... my favourite Month!!
Autumn is getting better, rainier, colder... :)

And with it all comes a new Desktop Calendar.
This time I wanted to make a loew key piece, since I really just tried my hand on smaller things, partially using traditionally pieces, which I digitalised.

I hand-dyed and aged a new Din A4 size piece of paper then scanned it. I used not just tea, but red cabbage.
I distressed parts of the paper with a tea bag, roughing its texure.
Then I created an aged piece of paper with the same dimensions, but digitally.
Afterwards I did blend both textures together... with old folding marks, scratches and all.
Adding the border and a few extras like the main star sign of the month (according to the Western Astronomy) I tried to give it the last final touches.

I wanted it to be a bit more simplistic, really focusing on mixing different mediae.

I hope you like it.

I have been a bit absent again this month, RL in general was very favourable but also time consuming.

I hope to remedy this soon, so I have a bit more time for this blogging hobby.

What have you been doing?

Yours,
 Nokta

P.S.: Feel free to share this Calendar. And don't forget, Constructive criticism and comments in general are always welcome!

1. The right to not read 

2. The right to skip pages 

3. The right to not finish 

4. The right to reread 

5. The right to read anything 

6. The right to escapism 

7. The right to read anywhere 

8. The right to browse 

9. The right to read out loud 

10. The right to not defend your tastes

― Daniel Pennac

Ahahah... exquisit!! :)

Short & sweet.

I didn't expect this, and though the end was partially predictable, it was with a funny, scary twist!

May has gone by so quickly. I am shocked to say the least.
And though I am a tad bit late, I have the June Desktop Wallpaper with me.

For this I used the clone tool, different layers & layer masks. Changing the colouring, and giving it a slightly 'canvasy' look by using & mixing different textures.
Also a bit of dodge & burn was used, where it was needed.

I wanted to give it that grainy, stark feeling of some of those old retro photos. Being bolder with the colours yet having that slighly dreamy feeling.

Well, on to the Wallpaper for June 2016.

I hope it is to your liking.

Yours,
 Nokta

P.S.: Feel free to share this Calendar. And don't forget, Constructive criticism and comments in general are always welcome!

Hey, hey...

It's time for the free May 2016 desktop Calendar. 

I used the clone tool, different layers & layer masks to change the brick stone wall partially. Creating the centre piece in the style of Street name plates from London.
Also I wanted to work out a (semi-)realistic looking bevel & drop shadow for this plate

I hope you like it! :) Please, feel free to share...

See you...

P.S.: Constructive criticism & comments in general are always welcome!