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Not all Warriors Make Wars

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Once again, I decided to participate in Illustration Friday, and again, I didn't finish my image until Saturday. The topic this week was Warrior .  I call my painting "Not All Warriors Make Wars." Not All Warriors Make Wars, by Florence Turnour Here is last week's illustration for the Illustration Friday topic " Outside ." Thanks for looking!

Go Outside!

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This week, I decided to participate in Illustration Friday. The organizers give a topic illustrate, which this week was Outside , and participants can post their entries. Of course I didn't get mine done until Saturday, so I didn't get to submit it. Go Outside! by Florence Turnour Here's why it took me forever, other than that this kind of thing always takes me forever. First I drew a bunch of sketches. Not all of them made the final cut.   Then I scanned them in and arranged them into my composition. Then I decided that I should paint the pieces separately, and assemble them in Photoshop. Why? I don't think this particular project really called for this, but I was a little afraid I'd screw up when I was 90% done, so I did it in bite sized pieces. Of course, I painted the background image much larger than my scanner, so I had to scan it in in four, count'em four pieces. Once the background was assembled, though, the rest came together q