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Crazy Cheerleader- The "inspiration" behind this artwork was a SCARY, ESPN fitness competition. Some thirty-something woman dressed up as a cheerleader and danced around the stage, did backflips and finger push ups............All with a DISTURBING smile on her face!!!!....I coundn't get the imagery out of my head, so I did some art! I use Paint Shop Pro 9 instead of Photoshop because it is EASY. It allows me to distort images and cut out images and juxtapose them over each other. I will later print my creation out and finish it with a color pencil. I did a creative commons search for "shocked" "surprised" and "OMG' and came up with these images. I am using the digital scissor to cut out my favorite parts! I made sure to widen the Eyes using the "Warp Brush" tool in PSP9. Widening the eyes and creating space between the iris and eyelids on both sides gives her that CRAZY and PERKY look! I will move the pupil and iris......because, at the moment, she has a "raptured" look. It gets tricky when merging photos together. Notice the different color schemes, tones and chromas happening! I will have to adjust that by blending and adjusting the color and tonal balances. I used the "burn tool" to draken the areas around the eyes. I also made sure to shrink and dilate the pupil and iris. She needed a new "DO"! Creative Commons Search here I come! Merging things on PSP9 is tricky. The girls from the three images which i've used so far, probably have similar skin tones, but the photographs were taken in different lighting. So I "blend", "dodge" and "burn" to fix this. I could also choose to cut out part of the original (the first girl) face and add it over the new section. (I didnt do that here because I am going to tie everything together with color pencil later. I am using the warp brush (pull) tool to extend the hair. I do this because I couldnt fully crop out the background. Yes, that was Obama. I am using the chromatic adjustment tool to manipulate the flesh tones. Often, when I cut out an image, the edge is destroyed. I am trying to recreate the pom pom edges. I am using the paint brush tool at a 90 percent opacity to cover over (both) uniforms (the top and bottom), since they are different colors. I will color over the uniform with color pencil next (and make my own design). Now, I am using prismacolor color pencils (they are the most opaque brand) to color over my print. @bunbear1308 The four songs that I use are from http://incompetech.com....They are FREE to use for any video and they were created by a cool guy named Kevin MacLeod. The songs were- Royal Banana, Spazzmatica Polka (my favorite), Merry go and Scheming Weasel (faster). I use prismacolor color pencils. I have a lot of info on them in the "supplies I use" section of my website. Prismas are MUCH better in my opinion b/c they are semi opaque and mixable. My process which I am using in this video was inspired by Harlem Renaissance artist Romare Bearden. Bearden would use media cutouts to create an amazing narrative in his work.....often he would paint over them.

Brief cameo in Art Gallery Alpha Males 4- Six Degrees of Bob Ross
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