Upon a Midnight Clear Cover

Cover for T.M.'s yearly Christmas short story. It took a bit to figure out what to do with this one, since she originally wanted the panther to be walking beside the woman. It's hard to find panther stock without pay a few hundred for it on some of the other big stock sites. I eventually came across the one we used and had it reflected off the moon. I also had difficulty with getting the background image dark without pixelating bright spots, which is why I ended up using the Photoshop action to get the base color set and then adjust from there.

Amazon Link

T.M. Simmons: Website & Facebook


Stock Used:


Woman - greendaygurlstock.deviantart.c…

Footsteps - effing-stock.deviantart.com/ar…

Background - isostock.deviantart.com/art/Wi…

Snow on ground - tuku-stock.deviantart.com/art/…

Moon - ideasplayer.deviantart.com/art…

Stars - kuschelirmel-stock.deviantart.…

Panther (on moon) - Dreamstime www.dreamstime.com/royalty-fre… (provided by T.M. Simmons)

Night action (to get colors right) - lieveheersbeestje.deviantart.c…

Font - www.dafont.com/font-comment.ph…

Some Holiday Fun

Been having some fum with my holiday gift guide on the other site.  Here is the banner I made for this year.

I seriously had way too much fun with this.  I may have to find a different theme next year.

Quick Update

Wow!  I'm surprised I was able to get everything up last night.  I ended up draining my laptop completely.  There's still some formatting issues to work out on the post, since I copied most of the image info directly from my deviantArt pages.  I'm also still tinkering with a layout a bit.  I'll fix the banner too, to make it more seamless. 

Wild! #1

Taken at Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, TX.
This was taken through the glass.

Prints:
16x24 Convas - $450 (+ shipping) 

Rockport, TX - Bay

Part of the bay view from behind Charlotte Plummers Seafood Restaurant.
(Sorry for the small thumbnail.  It ran over the layout when I made it larger.)

Rockport, TX - Boat 1

This is the back of the boat that the pelican was on.


Prints:
Framed 5x7 print - $45 (+ shipping)

Rockport, TX - Fishing

Entered into the Rockport 2013 Photo Contest

This is my 3 year old daughter enjoying fishing for the first time while on vacation.