Friday, November 09, 2007

scales


501!
Well, this was fun. Being a connoisseur of fine fish bones and herringbone-patterned scales I just had to contribute something to Illustration Friday this week. So I took an old painting (to the right), cropped a detail from it, stripped it of all its colour then had a little party in Photoshop. I think it's an improvement.

16 Comments:

Blogger Elis Cooke said...

Hi Andrea I like what you did with the fishbones! I keep meaning to get back to fooling with digital art! It is giving me ideas! thanks for the inspiration! namaste Elis.

9/11/07 4:52 p.m.  
Blogger Teri said...

Great idea! And very clever.

9/11/07 5:23 p.m.  
Blogger Cream said...

A party in Photoshop!
Did you draw yourself a cup of Champagne and a cucumber sandwich?

10/11/07 1:09 a.m.  
Blogger Peyton said...

Those colours are FAB, aren't they?!

10/11/07 1:50 a.m.  
Blogger Romeo Morningwood said...

501 Yeah!

I have a Herringbone Overcoat that is timeless...it will never go out of style.

I lurve the similarity betwixt the steel grip pattern and the bones..the skeletal relief..the backbone of construction whether it be a sleek fish or the steps into a gigantic monstrous truck that carts around huge boulders in a pit mine...tough, practical and stylish.

What the hell did I just say?

10/11/07 9:04 a.m.  
Blogger Zig said...

fish bones always make me smile, I have no idea why.

10/11/07 10:19 a.m.  
Blogger Janets Planet said...

I think they both work. Great texture feel.

10/11/07 11:57 a.m.  
Blogger merlinprincesse said...

When I saw 501, I thought you had drawn 501 little scales..Hhehehe.... Then I saw your previous post! Congrats!!!! :)
Nice!!!! :))))

11/11/07 8:48 a.m.  
Blogger tlchang said...

I quite like the brightly graphic quality of your update. All hail Photoshop.

11/11/07 9:43 p.m.  
Blogger Kris Cahill said...

I like it! Love the texture and colors. You have inspired me, and now that I know about Illustration Friday, I too will be throwing myself a party soon.

12/11/07 12:50 p.m.  
Blogger dinahmow said...

Still without photoshop, but becoming more intrigued every day!

12/11/07 1:23 p.m.  
Blogger atomicvelvetsigh said...

woah one of your trademarks! and a strangely beautiful work. i havent posted my contribution yet and gee i was surprised to see there are more than 300 posts already and its only a monday! tssk..

12/11/07 5:40 p.m.  
Blogger Catalina said...

Great idea! and lovely!

13/11/07 5:37 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I think I'm with you on this one, I think the digital version is preferable. I think it's the colour balance that works.

15/11/07 1:35 a.m.  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What a fun idea! You did a top notch job integrating the Photoshop work into the painting.

15/11/07 4:01 a.m.  
Blogger Ellen said...

Nice piece! But I love everything you do!

15/11/07 8:10 p.m.  

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