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Old 07-12-2005, 04:27 AM   #4
Carolyn Ortiz Carolyn Ortiz is offline
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Thanks! and better photos.

Hi Molly,

Too critical!? No, not at all! Thank you, you brought up the seat looking flat and I totally agree. It's one of the areas I've been trying to make look 3 - dimensional but somehow I can't get the curve right. I wish I knew what to do to round it out. Maybe it has something to do with the dark pattern of plants? Haven't figured it out, any ideas?

My idea behind having the bookcase to the left with more of it shown was to keep this composition balanced better. I really like asymmetrical compositions, and I think with out that bookshelf it would be too off balance. But I could be completely wrong! It's hard to get a very good picture of this. Some how in real life the cabinets to the sides help make diagonals towards my grandmas face and I swear the lines are strait .

Allan also brought up that the other furniture wasn't necessary. Right now I'm not sure what to do about it. Think I'll play around in photoshop and see if it looks better with out. If so, this is going to be a big surgery!

Thanks again Molly for your reply. I really appreciate it!

~Carolyn

(Here are a few more photos that are closer to the right colors, maybe somewhere in between is what it really looks like...)
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