Hey you!!

[ellenmillion]

I am the fastest article-writer in the West! Well, probably I'm not... but I've got another one written for Woodworks. Yay!

Here's where you come in:

I need some illustrations for this one, and I don't want it to be another me-fest. So...

The article is on fast and dirty finishing techniques, and I need before-and-afters of static, ho-hum pieces (of otherwise good quality and attention to detail) that were finished with just the addition of a border, or a shadow, or cropping, or a background, etc. If you have such before-and-afters, please email them to me! Or, if you have a good figure or portrait start (doesn't have to be human) that you just aren't sure how to finish, I'll make suggestions (based at least partly on which categories I still need to fill), and you can finish 'em up in that manner. I'd post the images with a link of your choice, and you would be credited as the artist.

Additionally, if you have a fast and dirty finishing idea that I might not have hit (I covered easy landscapes, abstract backgrounds, shadows, borders/frames, cropping, enlarged detail and shading), lemme know.

Email: ellen-at-ellenmilliongraphics.com (you do know that appropriate format for email addresses, I assume)

Edit: should add that the next deadline is the first, so I'd need the revised pieces a few days before that.

Comments

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Adding a focal point. If I had a nickel for every piece I've salvaged by throwing in a bird or a butterfly or a dragon or whatnot that the main character is looking at...I could make a phone call!

[ellenmillion.livejournal.com]

Excellent advice. Thank you!

[ciri.livejournal.com]

psst... we have lots of bored artists on the WW staff >.>

[chamois-shimi.livejournal.com]

I'll send you a something- to let you know so you don't gack at the attachment-filled message. ;) Let me know if you can use it.