rolls over and *DIES*

umm, ok, so i after almost an hour or searching i finally found the rest of the Legolas pics i needed, most needed a TON of cleaning up though. so, basically whenever i got to start a collage the first thing that comes out is the Improver filter to clean up grain and smooth out skin. the next thing is the eyes/lips. for the record, i have been working on the eyes and lips of 6 fairly bland (ie noncomplicated 1 person pictures) for almost a bloody 1/2 HOUR!!!!! i never spend that much time on just EYES AND LIPS. *sigh* this better turn out well for all the time its taking me *lol* but theres this really cool pic or Legolas where the eyes are just begging to be all highlighted and glowy, unfortunatly because of the lighting in the pic one of the eyes is almost black so i had to make several color layers for the blue and the white highlist and tie it in so it matched (shape and colorwise) with the other eyes which worked out just beautifully. so, getting that to look right took like 15 minutes alone. then there was this other pic of Jen C which looks really pretty except when you get to her lips which have no natural highlights on them and look kind puffy. so, there went a bunch of time making my own natural looking highlights and darkening the color of the lips without making her lips look too puffy *rubs cold finger* but i'm sure non of you guys want to listen to me rant about itty bitty artsy stuff *lol*

i need to get back to work. its already after 9! yikes and i really need sleep because i've got double the orchestra stuff tomorrow which means i miss out on a movie we're watching in US Hist *sigh* in case anyone's interested its Gettysburg (with Martin Sheen and Jeff Daniels and bunch of other well known actors who i cant think of at the moment ;)). its really pretty interesting so far and both me and the proff are a little miffed i have to miss it because the orch teacher is having us help out her younger classes for the next couple of days. (we have a concert on Fri and we're doing a couple of the accompaniments w/ them as well) *sigh* my fault for joining orchestra again though.

hand bells has been a blast lately because i've been helping a friend with a couple stories (*whistles* no the pieces arent hard at all *whistles some more* and we dont talk while we play *remebers she cant whistle*). its fun having someone to be all story bably with :) much easier helping someone with their own fic then wokring on my own >_<

right. i'm going *lol* night.

finished!

it only took me 2 1/2 hours :) my hand and shoulder actually started cramping up because i was so focused and kinda tensed up to keep by brushes precise. and you know what? after actually seeing it finished i'm starting to find a bunch of little errors which i'm probably going to go back and finish because i put UAN back online.

but! i was trying out 2 techniques. i'm not entirely sure how to describe them but one is where the different pics are a little more sectioned off and seperated (useing textures with vertical smudgey lines and stuff) and also, if you've seen some of Thia and Val's latest art they've got kind of a burnt rounded edge look which attempted though i didnt do very well *lol*

the quotes are from cormak's fic Mysterious Fate. the words are a ittle rushed on the collage but the effect i was going for is abstract reflective, kinda like those "memory voiceovers" they have in movies. and i'm talking WAY too much arent i? sorry, i usually dont spend so much time telling people what i was trying to do because generally i dont do something as, in my mind, an abstract an conceptual collage as this (*hides behind her celebrity art*). i guess if i still did episodic collages this wouldnt be the case but i dont really watch much that i want to collage and i am THE worst person at finding screencaps so there goes all the movies i would like to coolage.

and once again i've rambled. its just i'm not entirely happy with how this came out and i figure it would be easier to understand it if you knew where i was coming from.

anyway, here the URL: Rodwen.

any and all feedback would be much appreciated!

now, i am off to take a shower so i can FINALLY get to sleep *kicks muse who wouldnt let up until collage was finished* i LIKE having a lazy arse thank you very much *lol*