My project is finally done!  I worked on it today thinking I only had a few adjustments to make and then after my evening classes I would spend an hour, maybe two, finishing it out, printing it, and enjoying my handiwork.  Here I am, four and a half hours later, finally pulling the print off my Epson.  This has definitely been a long journey.  Since it’s officially Thursday, I will now grace you with my latest Digital Art project, entitled “Evil Eye” (WARNING: Those who are sensitive to religion-based symbols and/or the occult may want to close this window now):

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This project went through three revisions before I finally settled on the concept.  Pulling together the elements was the simplest part.  Getting them to mesh in a believable way was the hard part.  I still think I can do better, but this is the first time I’ve really done anything like this.  Also, from what I’ve seen in many publications, I think my first try isn’t too bad.  There are definitely a lot of photo manipulation projects out there that are a lot more technically (as well as aesthetically) flawed than this one.

This is due in about six hours, so I really can’t afford to spend any more time trying to tweak it.  Apart from that, I definitely need to practice some more with my fine control and making selections with the selection tools in Photoshop (I ended up using a lot of layer masks and slices of different layers to get the arrangements correct).   Based on what I just accomplished (I think I spent a total of 20 hours working this particular project), I’m now a little nervous about the fourth project, which I’ll be receiving today.

Well, everyone, let me know what you think.  Do you like it?  Hate it?  Don’t really care either way?  Critiques of my work are always welcome.  As for me right now, though, I am going to try to get a couple of hours of sleep before heading to class (my rhythms have been off since DST kicked in and it’s only getting worse).  So, off to dreamland I go.  Goodnight, everyone.