Experimenting with Photoshop Elements

Thank you for your ideas on "What Next?".   Suggestions include beads, crystals, streaming sunlight, a gazing cat, textures, tiles, velvets and satins; all make for intriguing design elements!

I am exploring options using Photoshop Elements and CorelDraw.  I cropped the focal point into a circle with Photoshop Elements and exported the image as a .gif. 

With a .gif file format I get just the circle and can then place it on top of other images in CorelDraw (or other graphic program). 

Do I want a single fabric or patchwork background? 

How light or dark? What about a large border? Or maybe a pieced border?

 

Comments

[Maggi]

All of your samples give a really different effect so if I was you I would go with the one that gives you what you consider to be the one that makes you feel most comfortable.

[Bee]

When you mentioned a patchwork background I couldn't picture what you had in mind. But I really like the top left sample with just four blocks in the background. Each example is so different. I'd have to say it all depends on how you want the piece to feel...bold and bright or more old-worldly. Its amazing what can be done on the computer!