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One More Small Step

My cover is finally on Amazon.comand so I am one step closer. There is so much more satisfaction looking myself up on Amazon.com and seeing the cover of my book instead of the “No image available” box. I was beginning…

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Snowman Winter Process-2

The Snow shapes are given form with blue violet shadows on a multiply layer in Photoshop. The Snowflakes are added in layers. This is the top layer. I created custom brushes for the snowflakes. Add the second snow flake layer.…

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Snowman Winter Process-1

On a new layer I draw the location of the snow to use as a guide in AI (Adobe Illustrator). I draw snow shapes for the trees and bushes in AI. Each tree and bush is a smart object. I…

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Snowman Process-Day 5

Using the Fall image I removed all of the elements that didn’t pertain to winter and darkened the sky. Now I have a base image to begin the winter illustration.

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