May 03, 2025

CATURDAY ART ~ and ~ SATURDAY'S CRITTERS ~ At The Zoo

Once again, we've dipped into some old art files and are sharing a "favorite", 
actually posted about 10 years ago, and from an original photograph taken
about the same time, as in my files it is dated 2014.

The "original" photo was of my youngest grand (now a teen of course) 
when the two of us were on a visit to the Smithsonian National Zoo, Washington, DC.  

We'd taken a little break, he was enjoying some "ice cream dots".

Original photo, 2014.
  
It was fun to "cartoonize" the image,
first turning it into a black and white image, then
 brightly recoloring it, and surrounding him with 
woodland and zoo critters,
all with Adobe Photoshop tools available then.


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17 comments:

  1. What a charming memory and a fantastic way to bring it to life again through your artwork!

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  2. I love the National Zoo, I hope to visit the zoo soon. Cute photo of your grandson and I love the cartoon image too.
    Thank you for linking up and sharing your critter post. Take care, have a great weekend.

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  3. Your artwork makes the photo so much more fun!

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  4. Wonderful photo! Cool 😎 artwork, too!

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  5. What a cute picture. We love both versions.

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  6. THAT was such fun back and forward and OMCs the art work. I bet he would have loved to have had the critters with him originally.
    Love it
    Hugs cecilia

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  7. Beautiful memory of Arjun. They do grow up too fast, don't they?

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  8. What a sweet photo, of your grandson, and we love how you artified it!

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  9. What a nice look back! You turned it into a fun artwork.

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  10. Great photo and I love the art you made. XO

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  11. What an adorable little guy and also great art you made out of the pic!

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