Wednesday, October 23, 2013

free printable art, reworked: botanical floral


 
One of my favourite things to do is to spend hours (or days)
obsessively altering copyright-free artworks using Photoshop.
Cutting, copying, pasting, tinting, erasing, layer after layer...

This particular print was originally a bee botanical print
from The amazing Graphics Fairy, Karen.
 I de-bumble-bee'd it and I thought you might like it.

 Granted, the original  bees (who were smoked out) were very lovely, but those
incredible flowers hiding behind the pollinators were the star of the show in my mind.



light antique background:
Vintage-Printable-Bees-Honey-GraphicsFairy BEES REMOVED light antiquing
(or in various sizes on flickr here)



dark antique background:
Vintage-Printable-Bees-Honey-GraphicsFairy BEES REMOVED dark antiquing
Vintage-Printable-Bees-Honey-GraphicsFairy BEES REMOVED black & white

  

How to save these freebies (directly from my blog): 

PC users in Firefox/Chrome: right click on the image & choose "save link as"

PC users in Explorer: right click on the image & choose "save target as"

Mac users: Visit the flickr set here, click the thumbnail for the paper that you want (to open 
its flickr page) Then select all sizes & click on "download the original size of this photo"




This digital work is offered up for free, but mainly for personal use only.



Happy Crafting!
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 23, 2013 at 6:09 PM

    What a treat of your hard work...thank you Mel!

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  2. UnknownOctober 23, 2013 at 11:38 PM

    Beautiful images, Mel, and how generous to share them, many thanks xxx

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  3. DawnOctober 24, 2013 at 5:20 AM

    oooh, I totally agree, thanks for d-bee'ing and sharing!! it's beautiful!!

    good to see YOU too!!!!
    we just had our first snow YIKES! the garden is DONE!! last picking of bell peppers=57, jalapenos=15#!!

    xoxox

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  4. linda from arizonaOctober 24, 2013 at 7:36 AM

    Good to know I'm not alone in altering. I spend hours deleting nodes in Inkscape to get some thing just the way I want it. Thanks for this wonderful print!

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  5. joyOctober 24, 2013 at 8:04 AM

    Thank you, Mel! This is lovely.

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  6. TineOctober 24, 2013 at 3:12 PM

    Thanks Mel. I agree, it does look nice minus the bees.

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  7. My Paper EpiphanyOctober 24, 2013 at 3:31 PM

    Beautifully done! Thanks for the freebie.

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  8. Donna EllisOctober 24, 2013 at 7:14 PM

    I love this! Thanks so much Mel!

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  9. MargOctober 26, 2013 at 7:58 AM

    What a wonderful file. Thank you.

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  10. ElenaOctober 27, 2013 at 5:01 AM

    You are so good with Photoshop! Wonderful work! Glad to see you on the blog! :)

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  11. txexperimentNovember 2, 2013 at 7:05 PM

    These are so lovely. I think that vintage flowers are my favorite images. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. UnknownNovember 20, 2013 at 6:51 PM

    The "stars of the show, indeed!" I've been looking for art for a personal project for many months and, sans a working naming convention I've just thrown-in an exclamation point where I really like something. Your work has the distinction of being the first to have not one, but two of these, as in, "!OMG Perfect!" Then I realized you'd been so kind as to provide multiple backgrounds and I think my head exploded. There really is something about the easy elegance of this piece. If only I'd found your site eight months ago!

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♥ Thank You so much sharing your thoughts. It means the world! ♥ Mel