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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 19:58:51 GMT
Wow, it's brilliant, the result. And this one, extremely evocative, for me. Provocative, as it should be, as well.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 19:59:52 GMT
How odd for me to be posting on erotic covers with my Jesus super hero avatar. I have to remove him. Sorry, Jesus kid.
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 6, 2020 20:11:49 GMT
How odd for me to be posting on erotic covers with my Jesus super hero avatar. I have to remove him. Sorry, Jesus kid. I am sure he understands perfectly!
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 6, 2020 20:13:11 GMT
Wow, it's brilliant, the result. And this one, extremely evocative, for me. Provocative, as it should be, as well. Thanks!!! The fourth book is nearly complete. I couldn't make up my mind between two designs, so I will be sending my friend two versions of the cover when they are done.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 20:22:57 GMT
How odd for me to be posting on erotic covers with my Jesus super hero avatar. I have to remove him. Sorry, Jesus kid. I am sure he understands perfectly! Hahaha! He's glad to be out of here!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 20:24:13 GMT
Wow, it's brilliant, the result. And this one, extremely evocative, for me. Provocative, as it should be, as well. Thanks!!! The fourth book is nearly complete. I couldn't make up my mind between two designs, so I will be sending my friend two versions of the cover when they are done. Ron, it's none of my business, but I think you should be publishing these.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2020 20:24:38 GMT
They suit you perfectly.
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 6, 2020 22:41:01 GMT
Thanks!!! The fourth book is nearly complete. I couldn't make up my mind between two designs, so I will be sending my friend two versions of the cover when they are done. Ron, it's none of my business, but I think you should be publishing these. You mean the books? I can't, really, without stepping on the toes of a very old friend.
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 6, 2020 22:52:21 GMT
Thanks Maggie! They do certainly make a nice change of pace from doing planets all day!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 13:36:22 GMT
Ha! Yes, indeed!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 13:37:28 GMT
Ron, it's none of my business, but I think you should be publishing these. You mean the books? I can't, really, without stepping on the toes of a very old friend. Can you do a stream that she isn't working on? Perhaps a whole thread she hasn't discovered? Like erotica in the 30s?
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 7, 2020 14:00:00 GMT
Here is the fourth cover... The background and background figure (except for the head) are both from the Library of Congress. The foreground figure and the head on the background figure are from my files. The dress was added on.
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 7, 2020 14:01:36 GMT
You mean the books? I can't, really, without stepping on the toes of a very old friend. Can you do a stream that she isn't working on? Perhaps a whole thread she hasn't discovered? Like erotica in the 30s? Well, that is certainly a thought!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2020 15:41:08 GMT
Here is the fourth cover... The background and background figure (except for the head) are both from the Library of Congress. The foreground figure and the head on the background figure are from my files. The dress was added on. Amazing.
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Post by ronmiller on Mar 7, 2020 17:37:54 GMT
I have a lot of fun colorizing B&W images (and a good thing, too, since an awful lot of the older photos in my files are B&W...for instance, the one of the crouching girl was taken some 30 years ago). I think that one mistake a lot of people make in doing this is assuming that the human body is the same color over every square inch. In reality, there are a lot of subtle differences from area to area...and the body also picks up colors from the surroundings, too. I also start by tinting the B&W image...that is, I will change the tones from greys to a kind of neutral warmish grey or sepia by adjusting Color Balance in Photoshop: cranking up the red and yellow. For instance, here is what the figure on one of the book covers looks like before coloring was added... Colors are added on a layer set at the "Multiply" mode, which makes the colors transparent...sort of as though I am applying watercolor washes or oil glazes.
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