Through The Darkness

Winter Queen

Hopefully my last winter image. I think I do so many because I really don't like winter, and I have to work to find something beautiful about it. The woman was created and rendered by me in Daz Studio. The composition was done in Photoshop CC 2022.

Winter

Winter Dance

The character was created by me, everything else is different elements that I have purchased. Thank you for looking!

Mary Did You Know

Wishing Everyone a Merry Christmas!

Haunted

Elements used in this are from Itkupilli and Songbirdy, from Mischief Circus. Layout and composition done in Photoshop CC.

Art journal page showing my current state of mind.

Three Muses: Flowers

This is my entry for the Three Muses Challenge: Flowers.  All flower elements used are from itKuPiLLi.  The character was created by me first in Daz Studio, then I used a watercolor filter to give her a painted effect.
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My Dollies

This is for the Digital Whisper Challenge: Dolly. I used both purchased images and images I found on the web for this piece.  Thanks for looking!

Blue Challenge for Take A Word

This is for the TAW Blue Challenge.

Various purchased elements were used in the creation of this piece.

Thank you for looking.

Steampunk Sea

For the Take a Word Challenge: Steampunk

Summertime

Challenge 4 for My Photo Artistic Life. Photos used in this were taken at Buffalo Lake in MN.

My Photo Artistic Life Challenge 3

For this challenge a still life photo of every day objects was required, with the use of various textures and edge effects from the course. This is what I came up with.

First Snow

Spiraling through the air

A single snowflake

Dances on the wind

So graceful in its descent

Unique from all others

Its crystal beauty shimmers

Against a dark sky

It fights against gravity

Pulling it to the ground

Where its uniqueness will fade

Into a sparkling field of white.

~D.L.Mock

Words

Words come from deep within

Fighting to be let out

My hands hover over the keyboard

Afraid to let them go

Holding onto them is easier

Than risking rejection

Slowly they are released

Words of love, passion or pain

Then easily deleted

With the push of a button

Pulling them back inside

To where they are safe

Deep within my mind

Hidden and protected

By this wall of doubt I’ve erected.

~D.L. Mock

My Photo Artistic Life Challenge 2: Selective Color

The model in this is FaeStock. The background is a photo that I took.

In the Pink

This is for the Dreamer's Challenge "Pink" at Digital Whisper.  Thank you for looking!

Red

This is one of the pieces I created for Challenge 1 of the "My Photo Artistic Life" course from Sebastian Michaels.  The background photo is one that I took up in Northern Minnesota near the Split Rock Lighthouse. I desaturated the photo, layered in another photo I took of clouds, used texture from Pixel Dust, grunge photo edges from Kim Klassen and vector 3 from Vector Set 12. The red hooded figure is from my personal stock files. 

Weird Girl

I've always related to Wednesday Addams, the weird, dark and slightly morbid girl. While I've created many Wednesday Addams figures, when I saw this by Xquizart at Mischief Circus, I just  had to play. All elements are from Xquizart, done in Photoshop CC 2017. 

When Darkness Closes In

I struggle with depression, I have since I was a small child. Lately, I've been going through a lot with family, work, and just observing what's going on in this crazy world, and I find myself some days being engulfed by the darkness. Today is one of those days.

 I'm so thankful I have art and some wonderful people in my life who help me work through the sadness.

I used various kits from Mischief Circus to create this, along with my own textures in Photoshop CC 2017.