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February 2, 2007
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:iconsethness:
Tungsten lighting, no flash. Live and learn-- the blue component is nearly non-existent.

The sketch is 11"x17" (A3) size, graphite on paper.
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:iconsav2718:
very nice! I am also ambidextrous:
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~Eshva Jul 26, 2010  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Now this is talent. Wow.
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:iconsethness:
Does anyone know how to restore the color balance in a tungsten-lightbulb-lit photo like this one? Is there a Photoshop filter for this?

Or, is the lack of blue component so severe that it can't be raised to normal-light levels?
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:iconspeakerofthewords:
That's impressive. O-o
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:iconsethness:
It's a personal favorite. Thanks.

Although... I'll tell you a secret: the hand and the most realistic fish are cover-ups for goofs I made in the pattern. If you mentally or digitally remove those elements, you'd see that my pattern doesn't line up exactly the way it should.

It CAN tessellate-- I just took the easy way out, and did a coverup.

*insert vast amounts of shame here* :please:
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:iconspeakerofthewords:
I actually like the discrepancies; your cover-up ended up making it better than it would have been, I think. If it did tessellate, it'd look a bit too perfect, methinks ... I love this the way it is.

No shame. D:
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:iconmeneerbch:
where have i seen this before?
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:iconsethness:
Well, I've got a colored pencil version of this fish-whirlpool, and a monochrome-blue piece with the same fish tessellation laid out in straight rows instead of a spiral, and a very cartoony version you can see by clicking here.

You must have seen one of those.
If you're saying that it's not an original pattern by me, please use Google Image Search to look for another artist using this pattern. Happy hunting.
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~knotty-inks Jan 30, 2010  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
I love this! it really does make you look into it and try and work it out:)I would love to see what the design is doing behind the drawing of the hand. Is it a spiral? a series of concentric circles? or neither? ...great design!
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:iconsethness:
At the risk of losing my mojo...

The design was intended to be concentric ovals. However, as I was drawing, I discovered that the pattern didn't mesh properly.

I concocted the hand and "real" butterfly fish to obscure the shortcomings in the pattern.
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