When I'm bored, weird stuff starts to happen. Like pipe-cleaner mice:
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| What website he could possibly be interested in, God only knows. |
In other news, I've found a solution to my concerns about my laptop overheating. And it didn't cost me a dime. It did cost 9 pencils and some tape though...
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| Yes, I decorate things with stickers. |
Amazing what you can do with random office supplies.
And finally, an update on the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly model:
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| Revised upper-wing coloration. |
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| Lower-wing coloration. |
You may be able to see that the blue spots now have dots instead of a smooth-shading gradient, which more accurately mimics the real butterfly's markings (at least I hope so). This was achieved first by panting the areas to be speckled completely black, then going to Filter > Pixelate > Pointillize. This gave me a layer of black dots on a white background, which I then set to "Multiply" mode and did some light erasing to create some variations and gradations. I was very pleased with how it turned out.
And I apologize to any
lepidopterists out there who might be puzzling over the gender of this butterfly based on the markings. I started off with a male reference, but once it got to the underside of the wings, I was just looking for any photo with a good angle to draw from.
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