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Project
Come up with an illustration for “Alone” for Illustration Friday. I wanted to use the tablet more and try a different program like Paint or Photoshop.

Mechanics
I used Photoshop 7 with my tablet. I tried the free Paint that came with it but I just didn’t get it. So, maybe next project.

As usual, I had ideas but they were tossed aside. Most of them were so depressing like an older woman at a grave (alone for the first time in 40 years), two people in bed not talking (“being” alone), and an animal in a cage at the SPCA (“left” alone). But being alone can be good. I love my alone moments, but I decided finally on how alone a person can be in a group of people.

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My second week at doing Illustration Friday! This is quite fun.

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Project
Come up with an illustration for “Travel” for Illustration Friday .

Mechanics
Illustrator 9.0 with an amazingly wonderful recent gift — brand spanking new Wacom Intuos3 9×12 tablet! Raar! Anyway… wanted to use Illustrator CS’s scribble effect but did this over the weekend so no access to CS at school. (Makes me want to update…)

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Project
Come up with an illustration for “Crowded” for Illustration Friday. I have been looking at the site for a while and kept putting off doing anything because everything there is so amazing. But. One gets better with practice, right?

Mechanics
Illustrator CS. I reused the fish from another project. I drew in the people with a pencil and filled in with black. Why pencil and not pen? Maybe because my last Illustration project was with pencil. I made the fish really big because goldfish grow to the size of their container, but this one grew bigger. I put a crowd of people in front for… well, another crowd!

And then…
I want to turn the fish so he’s looking at the crowd. Like “Hi, I’m watching you too…” but maybe next time. Heh.