Layers upon layers

Often when I’m editing several images at once, I’ll line them all up in the same file to straighten and size and tidy them.

It creates a rather horrific kind of scribble, but sometimes I find them charming.

Not a spoiler because you can’t tell what’s going on

I like the hints of stories, the occasional figure emerging from the shadows, arms extended from a storm cloud. The gorgeous textures that emerge.

Perfectly normal words combined into a sense of threatening incantations.

A few of these effects are working their way into other projects — and into some stationery for patrons.