The making ofBlue
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Fish! Something was missing in this picture... something bright and small above her head. If this were a poster or book cover, the title would do nicely, but unfortunately I had to do with a fish. I drew it on the same kind of paper using some minnow photos for reference, scanned it and added it in on a separate layer. To accommodate the fish I had to extend the canvas upwards - using a combination of the clone brush and new regular brushwork. (foggy) I added an adjustment layer to correct the levels, adjusted the cropping and the picture was ‘finished’ (fig 13). In truth I’ve actually tweaked it several times since then, due to feedback from fellow artists and also because I saw small things I could fix. Although the final image isn’t as blue as I had hoped, I couldn’t think of a better name.
Ken Wong More work from this artist can be found at http://www.kenart.net/ and contact them via: ken@kenart.net fig.13
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