Sometimes the worst moments...
... can turn out to be the best.
I opened up Photoshop & the Butterfly Sorceress painting, intending to work on it... and OH NO, for some reason I still can't figure, the hair was black. Solid black, with no trace of the many MANY layers of hair I'd used to define it & highlight it. Being that this project is my baby, my boyfriend (Tim) came into the living room to find me near tears, trying desperately to figure out if I had somehow done that. I opened up the previous version (I save like a maniac), and it was the same way.
So, because he saw how sad I was, Tim gave me one of my Valentine's presents early... an awesome book on drawing & painting fantasy landscapes and cityscapes, which is something I definitely need to learn about. How incredibly sweet is that?!?! Yup, he really is the best...
Luckily, by duplicating the layers and messing with it I've managed to recapture some of the color variation & strands... but, not knowing what on earth happened, I'm reluctant (okay, terrified) to put another 5 hours of work in and have it do the same thing again. Maybe I'll just go immerse myself in my new fantasy painting book... :)
I opened up Photoshop & the Butterfly Sorceress painting, intending to work on it... and OH NO, for some reason I still can't figure, the hair was black. Solid black, with no trace of the many MANY layers of hair I'd used to define it & highlight it. Being that this project is my baby, my boyfriend (Tim) came into the living room to find me near tears, trying desperately to figure out if I had somehow done that. I opened up the previous version (I save like a maniac), and it was the same way.
So, because he saw how sad I was, Tim gave me one of my Valentine's presents early... an awesome book on drawing & painting fantasy landscapes and cityscapes, which is something I definitely need to learn about. How incredibly sweet is that?!?! Yup, he really is the best...
Luckily, by duplicating the layers and messing with it I've managed to recapture some of the color variation & strands... but, not knowing what on earth happened, I'm reluctant (okay, terrified) to put another 5 hours of work in and have it do the same thing again. Maybe I'll just go immerse myself in my new fantasy painting book... :)