#45 Animal

Here, Kitty, Kitty

All images except the Siamese cat, which is a photo of mine of a cat named Suzy, were googled. Textures from Digitalyardsale and Shadowhouse. Lots of filters applied.

# 44 Two Roads

The Lady or the Tiger

This one had me stumped for a long time.
Glad to be past it...
Path image from Google, the lady and the tiger are brushes and the color texture is a piece from Encounter_Laura at T4L

#43 Dying

Dying

Another very difficult theme for me. I found this beautiful quote after spending a lot of time looking at images of death and dying--which was not particularly pleasant...and it took me in a whole other direction.

The main image is a sketch by Adolph Hitler. Wouldn't the world be a very different place if he had succeeded as an artist?

The sun is made from two cutouts, from original texture pieces by Happysweetmama at T4L and a freebie I picked up on a bloghop.
The background was made with texture layers from J_freznel and Skeletalmess, also found at T4L.

#42 Motherhood

Everyone has a Mother

Original photo from Wikimedia Commons.
Background made with bits from JoesSistah at T4L and from Jerry jones at Shadowhouse, along with some Photoshop brushes and blending modes applied for texture..

#41 Mist

Mist in the trees

Tree image from Theshinyrockstock at Deviant Art.
Background made with texture layers from Temari09 and wRiting at T4L along with gradients, PS brushes and lots of playing with filters.

# 40 Sun

Sun

I am loving the pre-apocalyptic look of this piece...

The sun was cut from a freebie background piece by Cynthia Powell and was the starting point.
The background was made with bits from Scrapbook Flair, Songbird Avenue and another piece from Cynthia Powell Designs.

The trees and birds are brushes from Jerry Jones at Shadowhouse.

#39 Dreams

Dreamer
Image from Pink Sherbert Photography, Flickr Creative Commons. The bird from First Floor Flat and the dragonfly from Dover.
Background made with textures from Mbgrigby and Vintage Findings at T4L, PS brushes, filters and blending modes applied.

#38 Abandoned

Abandoned
A photo I took at the Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. I don't think this adobe house was actually abandoned...members of the Zuni tribe still live in the village..
Altered with textures from Shadowhouse and Encounter_Laura. The wagon wheels and Kokopelli are brushes