So I thought I'd write a post about how I made my last submission, The Unleaving.

1. I started by sketching leaves from my yard's walnut tree with crayons in my sketchbook. I put the color on first and then drew over it with black.

2. I scanned all of the images into the computer (had to go to Officemax to scan the tree since it was in a 19x24 sketchbook) and threw them into Photoshop.



3. Selected the veins of the leaf and inserted a Threshold layer

4. Selected the inverse and inserted another threshold layer



5. I can't remember exactly what happened here, but I know that at some point I changed to the Color Indexed mode to change the vein color to white and the rest of the leaves their respective colors.



6. Voila! You have a shirt!


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Thanks!

So I really do like this design. It's a pretty cool idea too. Unfortunately, I think it could be a little too close to A Fathom Farewell for me. Not in the concept so much as the art, placement etc. I'm not saying that this was a rip off of the other person, I just thought it was a little odd.