It’s been a little while since I’ve been able to play. With all the family health issues of late, I’ve been pretty busy. I was able to take a little time to relax today, and play with Lululee’s delightful Officer Anita, Bounty Hunter. This is a fun character to work with, and she comes with versions for V4, A4, and G4. I used the G4 version for this little bit of fun – as most of you know, I’m a huge fan of The Girl. I rendered her in Poser 8 at about 3000 pixels tall, and saved as a PNG. I dropped her into a photo I took a couple years ago with my dad, during the same photo excursion as my last post. I did some postwork in Photoshop to remove some plastic construction barriers in the background, and removed some storage tanks in the distance. The sky was pretty bald that day, so I composited the clouds to make the sky a little more interesting. I added a slight reflection to the water’s surface – it’s actually flowing (it’s the Missouri River), so I didn’t want it to be too glassy. The bottle, smoke and faerie are all Photoshop Brushes. I can’t remember where I got the smoke brush, but the bottle and faerie are brushes by Obsidian Dawn (www.obsidiandawn.com). I want to thank everyone who sent well-wishes for my dad. He’s out of the hospital, now, and back home at his apartment. He’s doing about as well as a 91 year old cancer patient can do. He’s slowly getting his strength back. Thank you all for your kind words! He was quite pleased to learn he had well-wishers from all over the world!