Digital BW, The Print

At 11:00 AM 11/18/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>Alan Zinn <AZinn@...> writes on 18 November 2002 at 10:52:23 -0800
>
> > Some people build an image from countless layers that they diddle
> > with endlessly.  I call that digital illustration. Do you want to
> > do that?
>
>My layering never becomes even countably infinite, never mind
>"countless".  Rarely more than a dozen.  
>
>But most of my layers are adjustment layers with layer masks, rather
>than content layers.  It lets me recover from mistakes much more
>easily -- and lets me change my mind without starting over.  
>
>I'll make a new content layer of something I'm going to attempt severe
>retouching to.  I'll make a new content layer to hold most of the
>retouch work.
>
>Of course there's nothing whatsoever wrong with digital illustration.
>I sometimes think I work in photography because I don't have the
>skills to draw original work.
>-- 
>David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@...  /  http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/
> John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net
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David,
I have no beef with illustration, illustrators or diddlers. Can't say I've
seen much computer-based illustration that knocked me out more than a so-so
drawing or painting. Digital printing  and PS has given me a huge amount of
satisfaction - far more than darkroom work ever did. I use simple
adjustments and try to keep 
a picture from dying on the operating table. It's a continuous learning
challenge the same as darkroom work was. 

AZ

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