Well Hung in the bedroom
It's not everyday one gets inspired while in the dirty Weatherspoons at the bottom end of town. I was sitting on / stuck to a chair a few months back and saw some 'local artwork' on the wall. One particular piece was a fantastic display of Photoshop filters entitled 'Castle 4'. The artist / barman had taken a photo of Windsor Castle, 'found it's edges' and duplicated the image 4 times while applying various colour filters.
OK, so this wasn't be best example of making your own stuff for the wall, but it got me thinking I was going to do the same. The great thing about it, is you can design the image in exactly the colours that you know will suit the room, ie Red for the lounge and Blue / Brown for the bedroom.
I wanted it to be clear that I'd made the images and also wanted to give it a personal touch. That's why I've decided to make both of them from photos I'd taken in the past.
The first one I created for the lounge and printed out at A1 size with full bleed down the sides. The original photo was taken on top of the empire state, and I messed about it Photoshop until I was happy with the results. I then sent it off to photocanvasprinting.com who for less than £100, printed, mounted and sent it back within the week.
My second canvas I wanted to create was for the bedroom, we'd recently returned from holiday in Crete and I'd had a nice photo of Helen that I wanted to create an image from. Under strict instructions of keeping it brown and blue, I designed the image on the right which I then had printed at A2. Unlike me, it's now well hung in the bedroom.
OK, so this wasn't be best example of making your own stuff for the wall, but it got me thinking I was going to do the same. The great thing about it, is you can design the image in exactly the colours that you know will suit the room, ie Red for the lounge and Blue / Brown for the bedroom.
I wanted it to be clear that I'd made the images and also wanted to give it a personal touch. That's why I've decided to make both of them from photos I'd taken in the past.
The first one I created for the lounge and printed out at A1 size with full bleed down the sides. The original photo was taken on top of the empire state, and I messed about it Photoshop until I was happy with the results. I then sent it off to photocanvasprinting.com who for less than £100, printed, mounted and sent it back within the week.
My second canvas I wanted to create was for the bedroom, we'd recently returned from holiday in Crete and I'd had a nice photo of Helen that I wanted to create an image from. Under strict instructions of keeping it brown and blue, I designed the image on the right which I then had printed at A2. Unlike me, it's now well hung in the bedroom.
