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March Assignments

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Ah, good, I was afraid the transparent wouldn't work. Had to get creative on this one as the flowers provided didn't exist. I used some I thought looked like actual "frosting" flowers and like the result anyhow. Happy Easter. :)

Then I decided to do another. Not because of FFA, but because I wanted to try it.

Digital Painting - WomanSpirit Tutorials

Bear with me, it isn't actually finished.



Original Photo	Drawn Photo

This is REALLY taking a long time to blend. I did cheat by putting the original photo as a beginning layer so I could trace edges and get some of the colors. It worked VERY well. I'm not a great drawer. But I'm getting better at blending as I go along. Her cheek still needs help, and I haven't started her forehead, eyes or eyebrows.

If you have some patience, this is a really cool way to "color" things. When I'm done, I should have an original piece of artwork. I know me, and the finished product probably won't look a thing like the original when I do finally finish. LOL.

Week of March 16 - 22

I did two tutorials this week.

Flutter Fun by Sunshine Suzy Q

Simple Border by Hand Made Graphics

I couldn't manage to do the "spike" thing to the flower layer, but I textured the background and liked how it turned out anyhow.

Made this for a friend of mine who enjoys "Witchblade" and sent me some of her pictures yesterday. Changes I made to the "easy" version: I set the rectangular selection tool to have a feather of 75. Then I poured in my blue and used a filter called "Metallic Peacocks" and that gave it that kind of "blend" look with the black background. I then cut out the photograph and feathered the edge of that and simply layered her on top. I attempted a few "fancy" looks, but this was the one I ultimately liked the best.

Week of March 9 - 15

I was out sick last week, my apologies. Thank you, Angel Kitten Kisses, for being very understanding about that. :)

PSP Clone Tool by Vikki Dawson

This was a lot of fun. A little tough to get the hang of, but I think with practice I can do some interesting things.

In the first picture I wanted to remove the "calendar" marks on Tom Welling. I really enjoy the picture, but found the faded white side distracting. So I wiped out the WB mark, the calendar reference, and the white side.

As you can see, the background gave me some trouble, because it just would NOT look like the other side. I think I could employ the smudge tool and fix some of the problems. But it actually still looks fine to me.

In this next couple of pictures, Eliza Dushku had her picture taken on the set of "Angel" after a major battle with evil. She's kind of beat up and bruised. Well, the picture is a great one of her, very clean and clear. So, having had some fun with the first clone picture, I decided to remove the bruise on her forehead. Turned out pretty well.