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elly (Apr 9, 2009)
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Ok, first I'm REALLY sorry to ''poop on the advanced board" but my reason is like some of the others, I needed the larger canvas...
Anyway, this is a drawing for a friend of mine who's making a book for a friend of hers...a soon to be new mom. My friends husband
wants to be able to put this into printshop and then stretch the leash so the toddler and dog will end up on the back cover of the book.
I haven't done much in photoshop really but I was looking at this wondering if the oval under the kid and dog would mess up the
cropping/stretching process to get them on the back cover...anyone?
I didn't use any ref's but I have to say that the mom's face here reminds me of some drawings Suntan's done in the past. So, I guess Sunny
was the inspiration of the mom! LOL =)

ChalkDust (Apr 9, 2009)

This is neat. I really like the bg; it defines exactly what's going on. Gorgeous work. ; D

Bubblicious (Apr 9, 2009)

I think you did fine :) I love the idea, seriously.

firecracker (Apr 9, 2009)

That poor woman looks like she is really having a hard time.......all those kids...."yikes"!!! She should trade them all in for "hamsters"!! "LOL" I'm just joking......those little "munchkins" look really cute! This is a really cool draw.....I bet your friend will love it. :)

elly (Apr 9, 2009)

Thanks, y'all =) Does anyone photoshop much?

davincipoppalag (Apr 10, 2009)

Ha..can't help you with PS,but this is really good miss elly!

elly (Apr 10, 2009)

Thanks, dave. Oh well....maybe there's SOMEONE who photoshops out there>>??

davincipoppalag (Apr 10, 2009)

I know where you can find out anything you want.. http://theknowledge1.deviantart.com/
just go there.. (if you dont belong to DA youll need to join..its free).. click on the Photoshop tag in the list of mentors and there will be people listed.. send any of them a note to ask how to do what you need.. they're great

elly (edited Apr 10, 2009)

why thank ya much, kind sir! (((dave)))

enjoydotcom (edited Apr 10, 2009)

Hey Elly, if the person who is doing the stretching has a little knowledge, it won't be a problem at all! If you don't mind I'll try for you in PS and show you the result... somehow...

Done, do you have an e-mail so I can send it to you to seen how it looks? Not per se to use as a final result, just to reassure you that it can be done.

OH, before I forget again! This one's my fav of yours in this style.

Miss_DJ (Apr 10, 2009)

I photoshop. This is awesome, Elly!

backmagicwoman (Apr 10, 2009)

Haha!! nice one..when I first saw it i went into a seriously scary flashback...ughh..I am so gald my kids are in their teens now...although that opens up a whole new world of hurts doesn't it?...LOL

Neriko (Apr 10, 2009)

I think the concept is really cute x3
Poor mommy D: Wish I could lend her a hand.

montezmaria (Apr 11, 2009)

Love this one, wow! I really love all the detail going on here...so much to look at. This is really cute. I do a little bit in photoshop, but am no pro in it by no means.

Aubrey (Jun 13, 2009)

That's a Send-the-kids-to-the-grandparents,-go-to-sleep,-wake-up-and-try-again kind of bad day.

davincipoppalag (Oct 15, 2009)

Pretty cool its in a book

enjoydotcom (Oct 15, 2009)

Did I mess it up too much?

elly (Oct 15, 2009)

Ya, Dave! I thought it was pretty cool =)

No, enjoy! U didn't mess it up! It was just what the guy decided he wanted to do with it. They ended up using something different for the cover/back. I like it better inside the book anyway! I have another book I drew the cover/back for (the draws are here in my gallery) and that's been published as well! There's a third one in the works too!

enjoydotcom (Oct 15, 2009)

Would love to see it in be book. :D The smudgy handprints are still my favourite here.

Missdj (Oct 15, 2009)

This is great Elly! Makes me happy I had ONE child.

elly (Oct 15, 2009)

SAME HERE, MISS DJ!!!

Missdj (Oct 15, 2009)

hahaha, elly. This is such a great depiction of the stress...YIKES!