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~Botanical House~

Graphics Challenge #52. This week's theme is Contrasts. The idea is to come up with an image that uses
contrast -light & dark- in both the concept and technique or style. Have fun and use your imagination.

This image was made from a photo my friend, Harry, took of one of the buildings while
visiting Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, California (botanical collections &
seasonal horticultural displays). I used Corel Painter IX.5 to make a few brush
strokes on the house, then used Effects/Surface Control/Woodcut and finally
adjusted the brightness/contrast. Then I opened the image in PSE4, added a
blank layer used a gradient and difference clouds on the layer, then used the
quadrant colors from Effects on the whole image.


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Harry C. 01-Sep-2006 16:56
Real nice creation and contrast effects, Sharon. Looks like something out of Hansel and Gretel.
Glad I was of some help in all this.
Harry
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