CleodoraSilvestri

Wow, can't believe it took me a year and a half to enter another one of these. Fortunately I don't take that long to submit new art!!!

Looking over the web for some techniques to use with photoshop, I found Polykarbon's page (www.polykarbon.com) and learned there how to use the curves tool (CTRL+M) to clean up my scans. I was so impressed by the power and ease of use that I cleaned up all my previous pieces thusly, which does a world of good in my opinion :) Keep on creating!

Some time long ago, my productive stint as an amateur writer ran into a brick wall - lack of inspiration and whatnot, and I couldn't write a word. I'd sit for hours in front of an empty page and nothing. Skip some time ahead, and I try my hand at drawing again. I had been somewhat succesful in years before, and decided to go at it again. A few pages later, the same problem would repeat - white page, complete block. My previous deviantart gallery was a tribute to terminal artistic drout. Over time my ability to express myself artistically returned, and as far as I can tell, there's two components to that. First, mental focus. Before I can s