Thursday, May 6, 2010

Illustration Friday: Cocoon

Sometimes when the pressures of life get too great, all I want to do is wrap up in a soft warm blanket and withdraw from the world for awhile.

...uh....the color sure came out bright in this. It's way brighter than the original. I ought to be able to tone it down, but how?

6 comments:

  1. Hya Theresa,

    Ha, my favourite inner expression is stop the train I want to get off!!!!!

    The software usuallu comes with a saturation and hue control.

    Best thing to do is take your image, copy it into a new layer then play with the saturation. Then click the layer visbibilty on and off to see what you have achieved.

    You also probbaly have a desaturation tool which you can reduce the saturation by painting with it.

    What software are you using?

    PS thanks for the comment on my blog. The work I do is like taking pics, so its not actually drawing, so what you get in the final image is sometimes a surprise. As you noticed. When I get a chance I'll cut and paste some stuff over the offending areas and reload the image I think.

    cheers

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  2. I like this very much. The colors are really good and convey the whole mood :) Thank you for your kind comment... It's probably neither here nor there but I believe I was the first (Dec 2009) to post dustbunnies on IF and the other person second (March 2010).

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  3. the crosshatching really makes one feel the pressure there and the partly hidden face is a nice touch!

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  4. I really like the colour - it was a nice surprise to see such a splash!

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  5. I know this feeling, BTW I love the colours, so rich and warm.

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  6. It may be bright, but that makes it extra comforting. Somehow I can feel the softness of it, too.

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