Heart of the Art: The Steeple

   The Inspiration This ended up being another edit inspired by the same verse that influenced our previous edit, “Upon This Rock”: “And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” — Matthew 16:18 The Breakdown This was […]

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Heart of the Art: G I V E

   The Inspiration This was an edit inspired by the combination of the photo and a song lyric., specifically a line from the song “It’s Raining” by Israel Houghton.  Healing water, flow over my soul Healing water, overflow The Breakdown The photo credit goes to Instagram user @hellohiccups and his recent free-for-all, but this edit started out […]

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Heart of the Art: Upon This Rock

   The Inspiration  And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Matthew 16:18) The Breakdown  This was another edit using a photo from @jeffreyryanjohnson. The photo was taken through Union to add one #KF_overlay and one #TheScratch_layers element; […]

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Heart of the Art: Between the Lines

   The Inspiration/Breakdown This was an edit focused around the idea of paying attention, especially to details. Interpret as you will, that’s the beauty of art: it can be something unique to everyone. For this edit the base photo is from @jeffreyryanjohnson, who offered a few photos for the recent round of the Mextures Collective. The […]

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Heart of the Art: Fashioned In Glory

   The Inspiration 14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;    your works are wonderful,    I know that full well. (Psalm 139:14) The Breakdown This edit was mainly done in Spacepaint, including the center element and the star accents; having been given the opportunity to try out some new shapes from Matter, the edit was processed […]

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Heart of the Art: Zion

   The Inspiration The LORD is great; he should be praised in the city of our God, on his holy mountain. It is high and beautiful and brings joy to the whole world. Mount Zion is like the high mountains of the north; it is the city of the Great King. God is within its […]

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Heart of the Art: Haven

   The Inspiration This week has been turning out to be a series of edits where the photo inspires the final piece; some photos just speak for themselves, you know? It can be a hard task to tamper with something that’s pretty much fine the way it is! But it’s yet another wonderful display of […]

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Heart of the Art: Almighty

The Inspiration This photo (another one from @ownthelight) really brought a sense of awe when first looking at it and really taking it in. It made me reflect a lot on God’s magnificence, how the glory of His creation truly displays His power. There is no singular photo or art piece that could convey the full […]

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Heart of the Art: Foretold In Stars

The Inspiration Then God led Abram outside and said, “Look at the sky. There are so many stars you cannot count them. Your descendants also will be too many to count.” (‭Genesis‬ ‭15‬:‭5‬ NCV) The Breakdown This is a photo from @ownthelight for his free-for-all. All that was done for this image was adding the space elements […]

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