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I have no idea.. I was just drawing and that's what I put in his hand, much like the reaction of the fox in this drawing, I don't know why.

Montmartre Flyer Art June 7, 2008 Here's a recent flyer I made for an upcoming show I have with my band Lorenzo's Music using GIMP . I've been busy working on another art project and didn't have much time. So Instead of my usual inked character drawing style I opted for a traced photo effect I made from of an old hotel sign I had found on Roadsidepictures Flickr stream. Then I created a 2 new layers underneath. On one I filled with a mesh pattern in black and white and set the layer setting to "screen" so it would lighten to layers under it. And the one under that I filled with yellow. Next I created a layer for the text on top and set the layer as multiply so the line art of the sign would show through. Then I used a textured eraser on different areas of the text to give it a worn look. But I wanted to make sure the text wouldn't be buried in the background image. So I created a new layer, also set to multiply using the same font and off set ...

Michael Freiman The Resignitent Series from mike on Vimeo . My friend Michael Freiman just posted a video outlining his current art projects. His pursuit of Beer, Words and what is interesting? Blogged with the Flock Browser

Another reason why I love Creative Commons and Open Source. I needed some papaer textures and sure ‘nuff there it was on deviant art. paper textures by *hibbary on deviantART Blogged with Flock