As many of you already may know, our friends over at Gingersnap Creations have designated their theme for the entire month of October as being "Go Poe!"
And, because you can never have too much ephemera when choosing items to collage with, we thought we'd add more fun to the mix today in the form of a brand new collage set, all Poe oriented.
Parents are to be warned, there is nudity below.
While this will have to be a first for us, some of our guests here may find it less than welcoming.
The image in question is an illustration for one of Poe's many stories, and, as there is an uncovered "bosom" involved, you might wish to keep your kids away from your screen. There is no sex involved, just a death scene, with bared breast on a collapsed maiden.
Some nudity among most artists is seen as only natural.
But we respect our visitors and their children, and are certain there are those among you not caring for displays of any sort which might introduce young minds to ideas best left for after they've reached a certain level of maturity.
Thank You for understanding.
As for the rest of our collected images below, there are some wonderfully gloomy depictions of Poe Cottage by various artists, one of which almost, but not quite, could be altered for ATC backgrounds. We've included various portraits of Poe, of which there were quite a few available online. We've cleaned them up for the most part, to the point where you may use them readily.
Some items are left unrefined, for the creepy effect. Torn edges and old, stained matting in a buff color make me think of some long forgotten parlor where ghosts creep, lending atmosphere to any artistry.
Incidentally, the upper left hand corner item is the one with just about the right dimensions for a creepy ATC background!
And for the Digi crowd (always make certain to download your correct version, marked "Digi PNG") there will be some backgrounds missing, most notably from the pen and ink sketch, which is now completely without background, and so may function over any surface using Digi processes.
For our Hands-On community, we'd like to recommend they use our JPG Print Version offering.
Be sure to check out all our Halloween offerings, including our first Poe post, by going HERE.
Thanks for stopping by, with your--
Happy Creativity!
Rose
Credits: Original Antique imagery (prior to our fiddling) from
the New york Public Library at nypl.org
Also, Wiki Commons
And, because you can never have too much ephemera when choosing items to collage with, we thought we'd add more fun to the mix today in the form of a brand new collage set, all Poe oriented.
Parents are to be warned, there is nudity below.
While this will have to be a first for us, some of our guests here may find it less than welcoming.
The image in question is an illustration for one of Poe's many stories, and, as there is an uncovered "bosom" involved, you might wish to keep your kids away from your screen. There is no sex involved, just a death scene, with bared breast on a collapsed maiden.
Some nudity among most artists is seen as only natural.
But we respect our visitors and their children, and are certain there are those among you not caring for displays of any sort which might introduce young minds to ideas best left for after they've reached a certain level of maturity.
Thank You for understanding.
As for the rest of our collected images below, there are some wonderfully gloomy depictions of Poe Cottage by various artists, one of which almost, but not quite, could be altered for ATC backgrounds. We've included various portraits of Poe, of which there were quite a few available online. We've cleaned them up for the most part, to the point where you may use them readily.
Some items are left unrefined, for the creepy effect. Torn edges and old, stained matting in a buff color make me think of some long forgotten parlor where ghosts creep, lending atmosphere to any artistry.
Incidentally, the upper left hand corner item is the one with just about the right dimensions for a creepy ATC background!
And for the Digi crowd (always make certain to download your correct version, marked "Digi PNG") there will be some backgrounds missing, most notably from the pen and ink sketch, which is now completely without background, and so may function over any surface using Digi processes.
For our Hands-On community, we'd like to recommend they use our JPG Print Version offering.
Be sure to check out all our Halloween offerings, including our first Poe post, by going HERE.
Thanks for stopping by, with your--
Happy Creativity!
Rose
More of Poe Collage Set
Download Digi PNG HERE
Download JPG Print Version HERE
Two More Gustave Doré Illustrations for "The Raven"
Download Digi PNG Version HERE
Download JPG Print Version HERE
the New york Public Library at nypl.org
Also, Wiki Commons
8 comments:
marvelous images!!!
thanks so much for these!!
xo
Thanks for sharing. You always share such wonderful things. I hope all is well with you. Hugs,Kim
Ann: Hello, honey! So glad you came back around for more dark, eery fun!
And, as always, you are quite welcome!
xo
Kim: You're so welcome! Nice to have such fine company on a Monday afternoon.
I hope to be able to soon follow a link through your Profile and find you there.
And thanks for stopping by!
:)
Hi Rose, I am so glad Rhissanna from Gaslight and Gilt blog found you and your beautiful blog from my blog and she has done you proud with her beautiful right up. It kinda puts my one on you and Plush Possum Studio's to shame. I guess I will get better with interviews and blogging with time LOL. Hugs Julz
Julz: It is a small blogosphere! I'm glad we're all getting better acquainted. You two are tops in this here Possum's book.
;)
Thank you for the wonderful freebies...I absolutely adore your Poe header!!!
Granny Annie: Thanks so much!!!!! We're glad you could find something useful here.
And, as far as headers go, I think yours has got to be one of the more finely made ones this possum has yet seen.
;)
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