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The early fish gets the dangling worm, and the patient fisherman gets his supper.

And I so agree with you on modern art Hunter. Seems more production these days in the high end galleies than actual focus and meaning.

Miss_DJ (edited Jun 15, 2006)

it's so nice of all of you to stop by and comment. I appreciate all your input. As for wondering what the green blob is, it's a fish of sorts, nearing the surface of the water about ready to nab his lunch. Thank you for your compliments hunterkiller and poppa and you too, sweetcell, and I'm happy you find it interesting, artguy79! I love to just create and not concern myself about making things perfect. It's just the way I wanted it. thanks. ((hugs)) Donna

ps as an aside...I know it takes MEGA talent to create realism and copy exactly what a photo might look like...and I bow low to those who know how to do that, but I had an art teacher say "why create something that already exists, make something of your own." That's what I like to do.

Pantera (Jun 15, 2006)

I am with you Miss DJ :)

HunterKiller_ (Jun 15, 2006)

why create something that already exists, make something of your own."

True words.

Allow me to explain..

Miss_DJ (Jun 14, 2006)

I did this in pieces to explain how I do this to anyone that wants to know. I use many, many different colors and various size brushes to color the palette until I'm satisfied with how it looks. Then I use the difference tool and make any kind of lines I'd like to. Then I'll set the opacity and brush pressure at about 100, and use the desaturation setting. Then I 'carve' out the shapes that I'd like to accentuate. By using this setting, it tends to bring stuff forward, 3-d-ish. I'll choose the sharpness tool next, highlighting any parts I'd like to for sharpness and 'sparkle.' Finally, I'll grab the blur tool at full strength on opacity and brush pressure and make the background appear even further back, which makes the 'carved' objects appear that much closer.
So, that's what I do. Not sure if that's a clear enough explanation, but since some of you wondered, I thought I'd let you know. I left the upper part of the draw alone to show you the difference of how it looked before I started playing with the different tools.

ps...THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR THE NICE BIRTHDAY WISHES! IT'S BEEN A LOVELY DAY!

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Sweetcell (Jun 14, 2006)

Well I was right, you used the sharp tool and colored the piece first. :D

Thanks for the explanation Donna, I know there are a lot who'll appreciate it (me being one of them)

Go find the present I made for you.

davincipoppalag (Jun 14, 2006)

A volcano that spews forth stained glass! Glad you had a great birthday~

say i do.

tandrew971 (Jun 14, 2006)

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Sweetcell (edited Jun 14, 2006)

Well, everybody needs a wedding feast after.

And if you get married today you get a coupon for Al's large deep fries.

davincipoppalag (Jun 14, 2006)

Vegas even has a drive-up penis enlargement place.. Can you imagine the attendant? "Yes..would you like to supersize that?"
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tandrew971 (edited Apr 3, 2008)

thanks dba and poppa

davincipoppalag (Jun 15, 2006)

hehehehe

got your heart

peanuts707 (Jun 14, 2006)

ahhhhh evil mickey is back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! xo

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HeLL-O (Jun 14, 2006)

YES YES YES!!!!! Now this is a picture. Very nice job.

together?

im_sorry_6669 (Jun 14, 2006)

Little images get popping into my head...

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xXxJamiexXx (edited Jun 19, 2006)

That's weird Dayna, in the picture there's a guy and a girl, but me and you are together, right? Lol I'm just kidding. Nice pic. Also, if the girl in the picture is really you, well you need to make the butt bigger! ;D

im_sorry_6669 (Jun 25, 2006)
drawn in 10 min

I cleaned it up and it looks a little better.

im_sorry_6669 (Jun 25, 2006)
drawn in 2 min

Ok....I fixed it a little more. I'm still working on it though...

bad_dream18 (Aug 13, 2006)

Jamie that is so mean. My butt is not that big!! lol. But yeah that was me and Cody, but I hate him now, so I am going to say its two other punk people.

VBP

Violette (Jun 14, 2006)

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Hip Koopa aka Lemmy Koopa

ssmario100 (Jun 14, 2006)

Do you know how long it has been since I seen Hip. I always thought his eyes was cool. I never drawn him before. I could use some comment on this one.

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Lucifer (Jun 14, 2006)

Oi,2draw!

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Axil62 (Jun 14, 2006)

Now go to your rooms and think long and hard about what you've done!

Sweetcell (edited Jun 14, 2006)

Go Zack go, I agree this is getting out of hand. Maybe it is the same person but my God, be civilized people, I feel like I'm in grade school and everyones bullying the new kid. You want respect, show some as well. And stop with the gay bashing thing. *sheesh* kids.

LOL Dan.

Zack (edited Jun 14, 2006)

I appreciate the support but I would rather see this subject dropped entirely. No further comments by third parties, please.

Backstabbed_and_broken (Jun 15, 2006)

Zack is right i want to be left ALONE.