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Self-Portrait Sunday: Looking Glass
March 7, 20102 Comments
I spent ages editing and merging two versions of the same photo to get the focus and contrast fixed up on this photo, then realised that it wasn’t as mirror-y as I thought, which kind of defeated the whole purpose. Nevertheless, it was taken in a mirror, and at the time it seemed a little [...]
Harry Potter and the ‘Relle of Tears
February 28, 20103 Comments
Oh. Minor Spoilers for HP7 if you’ve not read them. Just sayin’.
I finished reading Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows for the third time this afternoon. Yes, only the third time. I got books 1-4 for my 12th birthday, and read them voraciously through many times. I lost count after the twelfth time, but I [...]
Harbinger of Autumn
February 27, 20102 Comments
The birch in our front yard is trying it’s hardest to fulfil the despicable role of Harbinger of Doom. Well, Harbinger of Autumn, anyway. I’ve been pretending for the last week that the yellowing leaves are due to drought, but today the wind picked up and suddenly our front lawn is scattered with little golden [...]
Pixellate:Does Not Compute
February 26, 20102 Comments
One morning in the future
We woke up all awry;
With fiction hard upon us,
There were pixels in the sky.
Recognition
February 25, 20102 Comments
How many people does one truly recognise?
The tip of a nose past someone else’s shoulder, a lock of sandy hair rumpled through brown fingers. The glimpse of a movement, caught as you turn away. Long-faded freckles (or were they always just my imagination?) against stubble on an amused jaw line. An absorbed, concentrated tilt to [...]
The Lines of Establishment
February 24, 20102 Comments
An abstract ancient -
Lines of age, Lines of nature,
Drawn a thousand times.
Diary of a Digital Artist
February 23, 20101 Comment
Ambitious title, huh? It occurred to me today that I may be enjoying a false reputation as far as my digital art is concerned. I just sit at my laptop for a few hours, pressing buttons and experimenting with functions and filters and tools, until something halfway decent evolves.
I learned most of the skills and [...]
Monochrome Monday – Henry and Tyke
February 22, 20101 Comment
While I was in Ringarooma looking after my niblings, Henry would find himself stuck at home with me while the girls were at school and Jo was visiting Martin in the hospital. I thought it might be tough, finding enough to keep him amused for hours at a time with noone else around (it surely [...]
I am Anna 'Relle, and this is my space to share my existential crises, my slowly improving sketchings and any other stochastic writing, photography or artwork that occurs to me. I'm making the effort to keep posts as regular as possible, hence the challenges with other bloggers. Like what you see? See room for improvement? Let me know!