Anna's Humingbird - B&W Sketch

Hi Folks;

Decided I wanted a simple white sheet with a B&W Sketch. Sketching the Hummingbird was the easy part. Simple white BG took some manipulating. Sketched the Hummer using AVIS. However, it came with a mottled background. So I took the image measurements>Clicked New>Used image measurements, with white backgound and saved as "WhiteBG", Opened WhiteBG, pressed "V" (Move) and moved image over white BG, as image was clean one color, I used one click of Magic Wand to select BG, then pressed "Delete". (If I had wanted to smooth edges I would have clicked "Refine Edges" icon.} However, I liked what I saw, so I clicked Select>Deselect, then flattened image, and signed with light border in CS5.

CC's always welcome and your ideas very much appreciated

Warm regards

Gus

Gus, thank you for the detailed info! What is AVIS? I think you did a very nice job with the B/W sketching, but I think I would go for a softer line, only because I am stuck in the mind mode of thinking of birds as soft and fluffy. this is a nice change.

Hi Cheryl;

Here is a link to AKVIS http://akvis.com/en/products-photo-editing-software.php I used "AKVIS Sketch" for this presentation.

Wam hugs

Gus

Love it Gus, I might move it a hair more to the right if it were mine but I do understand you set up a lot of your work for notecards and I bet this works comp works better w/ text. Thanks for providing the link!:S3:

Gus, you're really whipping them out - keep them coming!

Really nice job with the sketch - it really looks like this was created from paper & pencil. Maybe try moving the bird just a very small amount to the right, just a little to get the wing tip a little more away the edge - see what you think.

Looks like you started from a nice image as well! Very nicely executed Gus!!

Gus, I love the sketch effect on this one. Very nicely done! :S3:

Gus, it's fun to see this variety and the B&W sketch is great. Subject and pose is very attractive. Your end use will dictate the comp, but I agree a little to the right would help me from feeling there should be something on the right for balance. :S3: Your sig actually helps in that regard. Thanks a bunch for the work flow info!