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[tephra]

Back before Christmas jirris_midvale put up a wish list. I read through it and since I could fill one of those wishes I did. :)

This marks my first use of a gradient geometric shape for a "background". Lame perhaps but it does balance the image a great deal. This also marks my new infatuation with PSP9's mesh warp tool. You'd think I'd have become infatuated with it when I used the 8beta (when it first appeared) since I actually suggested the tool to Jasc but I never really got around to upgrading to version 8 for some reason. Anyway, I had fun molding about 30 different patterns to her body for that tank top before deciding on this one.

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[rainwing.livejournal.com]

The ribbing on the top just look freakin fantastic. And the triangle does balance the motion of her posture. I really wish there were a manual for artists to technically describe balance and vector and motion in composition. I seriously do, ust so it could be something that could be coherently chatted about.

[tephra]

I'm having a lot of fun using pattern fills, like the striped ribbed knit of her top, in my art lately. The ability to warp it with brushes or a mesh rather than having to use a bunch of deformation filters in creative and Not Meant For That ways makes it much simpler. I have discovered that the mesh warp tool can't handle too many changes though (or at least it can't on my ancient PC). Something like this top, no problem, the dress my dancing cat wears... it does some funky things. If I try that dress again I'll warp it in stages so there's less for PSP to calculate.

I know what you mean about trying to discuss composition, I generally do it with a lot of hand waving. When they come up with PC semaphore I should be all set. ;)