pfrancke wrote:
continuing the theme, this one was boring and I just wouldn't let it go, but now it is on the edge of garish (perhaps it has even crossed the edge). One thing that I did was after the texture was placed, I dittoed the image layer and did screen and hid it with a mask and then I cut the mask out in the center with a soft round brush, and then I replaced the mask by painting it black again over the bird - anyway, all that to say I put some brightness behind it.
It looks attractive to me.