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I made a monkey!

Well… I mean, I drew a monkey, and then painted it in with water-color paints, and then did the outlines with ink. And then I scanned it and put it is to Photoshop and zoomed in and cleaned up all the … Continue reading

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Filters… Part 4…

Okay, we are nearing the end of my little Photoshop demonstrations. This time I picked a photo with some color. The I just picked random sub-menus under the Filter main menu, and then clicked on soee of the many choices … Continue reading

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Filters… Part 3…

I finally figured out how to have fun with fancy Photoshop filters and my fine face. Say that five times fast! So let’s try using those same basic filter options from the other posts with an actual human face. And … Continue reading

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Get stuphed… Part 5…

Oh, Twindaddy. You should be more careful about the personal photos you have floating around out there. In this modern age they are all too easy to find floating around on the interwebs… People who dance under giant balls covered … Continue reading

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Say goodbye to Fawnya…

I have had a lot of fun playing with my new alien. I feel like I brought a new life into the universe. She started as just a small character role in my novel and a very rough pencil sketch. … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 9…

We created an alien, taking her from a rough pencil sketch which we scanned and played with in Photoshop, and turning her into a living, breathing creature. So now I am just going to have some fun with colors. Here … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 8…

Well, our step by step alien creation came out rather nicely. She looked good in grayscale, and she was very cheerful in purple. But what about a little bit more color? What if we try green with some yellow highlights? I … Continue reading

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Fawnya… Part 7…

Yay. We done made us an alien! Here is our more or less finished character, Fawnya… If you followed along step by step, you should have been able to do this all on your own… as long as you wrote … Continue reading

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Fawnya… part 1…

I have a crazy idea… hey… stop laughing… So I thought it might be fun to do a series of posts showing how I can take a simple sketch of an alien and turn it, step by step, into a … Continue reading

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The Hastywords war… Part 10…

My life as a supermodel took a few weird turns. I was very much in demand with the fantasy and science fiction crowd. But these fans have some peculiar interests. Because of the art I do, I found myself featured on the cover … Continue reading

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