Illustration Friday: "Tattoo"

Today's Blatherpic was created for Illustration Friday. This week's topic: "Tattoo." I had toyed with the idea of focusing on the drum interpretation instead, but in the end I wanted to do something more fantasy oriented. This time I experimented with Corel's Airbrush Tool. I was too lazy to select areas myself, so opted to make sure all the lines were closed off so I could use the Paintbucket tool to fill different areas with colour. THEN I used the Select Wand to select areas to airbrush.

Interesting to read about the wildly varying sleep patterns of all of you. Glad I'm not the only one needs at least 7 or 8 hours sleep a night. As for those of you who can easily survive on 6 hours or less and still remain cheerful...A POX ON YOU ALL! :-)

And finally, I keep forgetting to post one of my favourite responses to my What kind of book person are YOU poll. There were reams of wonderful posts about the care all of you take with the book, the bookmarks you use, how you would never dog-ear pages, etc.

Then my friend Andy posts:

"I only care about the content, not about the book itself.
So I use books for coasters, doorstops, hammers and missile weapons.
I open them out flat and stack other books on top of them. I write phone numbers in them. I lend them to irresponsible people. I throw books I don't like into the garbage. You hear that? The Garbage! So long, Ann Rice! They get covered with coffee grounds and black bananas! I eat french fries while I read, and get greasy smears on the pages! I read expensive hardcovers in the tub! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!

I was horrified, yes, but I am ashamed to say that I was also highly amused. And yes, Andy is still my friend (though I'm not about to lend him my books anytime soon).

Have a great weekend, everyone.

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