Playing with Prisma

I've been having a little fun this week with the fab photo art app Prisma. It's quite addictive!

I love the diverse range of styles Prisma offers - painterly, sketchy, monochrome, illustrative & abstract. The filters take influence from prominent artist styles & popular culture e.g comic book like 'Roy' filter from Lichtenstein's art, painterly filter 'The Scream' from Edvard Munch, graphicy 'Heisenberg' filter from the drawing in Breaking Bad.

FOX CUB WITH PRISMA FILTERS - IMAGES EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a photo I took of a fox cub that came to visit our garden, prisma filters: dallas, marcus d, light summer

I love the details the filters add on my fox cub photo above. The 'Dallas' filter especially emphasises the autumnal feel of the photo.

ON THE RIVER WITH PRISMA FILTERS - IMAGES EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a photo I took of canadian geese on the river

The Canadian geese pic above works well as the open space of the river focuses the filters on the birds themselves giving them a look of floating and stillness. 

YUMMY PEACHES WITH PRISMA FILTERS - IMAGES EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a quick photo I took of an extra guest that arrived with some peaches, prisma filters - light summer, mosaic, marcus d

It's interesting which photos work well - its often not the ones I would have expected. The above photo was one I snapped to send with a moan about having extra guests arriving with my delivery of fruit and veg. The filters elevate it to something that could hang in a gallery with some Dutch/Flemish still life artworks!

If you haven't picked it up already, Prisma can be downloaded here. Happy filtering!
SaveSave

Award Winning Paloma

After a busy week at home prepping for the arrival of baby girl, I was super pleased to hear that the Paloma Christmas range has won the Henries Award for Best Christmas Box or Pack!

AWARD WINNING CHRISTMAS PALOMA - IMAGES FROM BELLY BUTTON DESIGNS

above: the award winning paloma christmas designs

Paloma is a signature range from Belly Button Designs. I have always enjoyed designing this collection right from initial concept. Paloma is now in its third year and still going strong. One of my faves from the 2016 Christmas collection is a new idea which came from seeing those London doorways with the traditional black painted door, golden knocker and beautiful wreath.

A list of all the winners can be seen at Progressive Greetings.