Gothic Temple on the property of Eaton Hall - Country Seat of the Earl of Grosvenor from 1823

I'm still playing around with the images I've been posting from Ackermann's Repository and Curtains are my latest project of choice.  Here is a fun scene I've created using a great curtain -  furniture plate from 1820, a few fashion plate ladies and a wonderful Gothic temple scene from Ackermann's country seat series.

Regency Ladies with a Gothic View by EKDuncan 2011

All the used to create the scene are from a variety of monthly issues of the Regency era publication Ackermann's Repository.  The Frame is a composite of two that I digitized from my personal collection of vintage frames.

I love vintage, paper curtains of all kinds.  They remind me of the ones used in antique Toy Theaters and I love creating scenes with them.  There are times a curtains sets the stage for me and other times I like to use one in a more natural setting as seen here - like a doorway.

(A variety of paper curtains can be downloaded from my EveyD - deviantART account.)

I have a growing collection of Toy Theater curtains and now with the lovely collection of curtain furniture plates from Ackermann's I have full wall curtain plates that I can manipulate digitally to keep or remove sections as needed so I get a variety of looks from the same image.

(Scroll down lower in this post to see the versions I've created using this 1820 Curtain image.)

Here are the images I used to create the scene above.

This can be found on my devianART account at http://eveyd.deviantart.com/gallery/33521372#/d4flw4a

A bit of Photoshop manipulation change the original Ackermann's Repository curtain furniture plate allowed me to create this new look.  I still wanted the look of a room but I've removed the "window" area so I could have a transparent opening for other artwork and I also adjusted the tone of the piece so it is now a cooler in greys and blue.

(A variety of EKDuncan altered Ackermann's Repository Curtains can be found HERE)
(Other vintage Toy Theater paper curtains can be found HERE)

The original 1820 Curtain - Furniture Plate from Ackermann's Repository

This was what the original Ackermann's plate for the Curtain
looked like before I altered it in Photoshop.

Other Original,Curtain - Furniture Plates from Ackermann's can be seen HERE



These are the Two Regency Lady Fashion plates I converted into png form.

The original of this and other 1809 fashions by Ackermann's can be seen HERE

The original of this and other 1817 Ackermann's fashions can be seen HERE

Gothic Temple on the property of Eaton Hall - Country Seat of the Earl of Grosvenor from 1823

(Eaton Hall and other Country Seats from Ackermann's can be viewed HERE)


I jazzed up the floor area in my scene by using this mosaic digital image.

The Frame for my scene was created by combining two separate images of frames.
Both are from my personal collection of vintage photo frames that I've digitized.

Black Frame

Vintage Gold Frame

These frames and a variety of images can be downloaded from my deviantART account.
For my EveyD.deviantART - Gallery click HERE
For my EveyD.deviantART - Frames click HERE


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 I liked the image of the 1820 Curtain so much that I made a few manipulations of it and
posted it to my deviantART account so others could play with them too.

To see my EveyD.deviantART - Ackermann Curtain Collection click HERE

The following images are similar except for some slight color and tonal changes.

I made them in both "full wall" and "curtain only" png format,
to give them a bit more variety on how they can be used.

This is the original image with just a bit of clean up work and the altered window opening.

This is the previous image with the only the curtain and doors.

Blue Version - This is similar to the original; except the curtains are more blue than aqua.

The above "Blue Curtain" version with curtain and doors only.

This is the version I used in my scene. Altered for a cooler look to both room and curtains.

The above "cooler" version with just curtains and doors.

A more neutral "Grey" version for both room and drapes.

Grey version - doors and curtain only

Usually I play around drastically with color changes; however, I enjoyed seeing how subtle changes altered the feel of the image.


I look forward to creating other digital art pieces using these great
Regency curtains and would love to see what you create with them as well;
so if you do create fun new art using any of my images from this blog or
my deviantART account - drop a link for it in the comments section so I can take a look.
(I'd also appreciate a link back from your site to mine as a courtesy if you use EKDuncan images.)


 One talented deviantART artist has already created a fun piece
of digital art using this 1820 curtain.
Her work titled "Hello Little Bird" by motherearth01 can be seen HERE

I hope it inspires you to download some curtains and create a bit a whimsy for yourself.


Till the next curtain rises...

Gothic Wonderland - Digital Fantasy Scene

I've been having a bit of fun creating a fantasy scene digitally in Photoshop.  This was done using lots of layers, textures, an old church engraving, photo of clouds, an old map, some Japanese paper, a great image of a cloaked girl and some magical butterflies.  Add several hours of manipulation and this is what I came up with.

Enjoy!

Gothic Wonderland by EKDuncan 2011

This is the list of images used to create this fun scene.

I started with this old engraving of a Church Bay.

The windows were made to be transparent and I saved it as a 

png so the windows would remain so.

I duplicated the png twice more to create the side panels.

I used the Edit - Transform - Perspective function in Photoshop

to give the side panels the visual effect of becoming a real room, 

then used Edit -Free Transform to widen those walls out.

This map of England became the sky of the room

I wanted my room to have a unique ceiling and thought it would be fun 

if it was more like the old ruins that are open to the sky; however 

I wanted to have more going on than just clouds in the air 

so I used this map of England to be my "sky".

I used this funky Asian pattern to create my tiled floor

This Asian patter looked like an intricate floor tiles to me,

so I used it as the base of my Gothic Flooring

Edit - Transform - Perspective  and then 

Edit - Free Transform

was used to shape 

both ceiling and floor.

I used the following Textures to give more interest to the project.
multiple texture layers were used on most surfaces.
Also a variety of opacity and blending mode settings were used in
Photoshop to arrive at the final results.

 I used this brown texture on the floor
(web find from a long ago - sorry, source unknown)

This Bluish Frost on Glass texture was used on the Floor
and for the Sky/Ceiling
(web find from a long ago - sorry, source unknown)

 This Gray Brown texture was used

on the walls and for the Sky/Ceiling
and also on the bench
(web find from a long ago - sorry, source unknown)

 This sky texture from webtreats was used behind the windows

This aged book paper from emptycanteen at deviantArt.com
was used to age the bench behind the girl along with the
the gray brown texture listed above.
(I've posted the image here, but it looks as though that dA account is no longer active)

Glitter 01 from ASStock at deviantArt.com
was used over the butterflies to give them extra "pop"

 The Girl and Bench came from SBG-Crewstock at deviantArt.com

The dark pewter frame from Madam M
Antique Frame Pack 1 at deviantArt.com
was used to finish off my piece

 The butterflies came from PaperWhimsy's

Hybrid Elements  - Star 02 png set


Many thanks to all those who post textures and elements on the web for us to play with,
their just so much fun!!!

 Grins and Giggles,

 Evelyn