from doodle to backround

I drew this in a study hall, and I thought it was kinda cool

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2838/img08171ti.th.jpg (http://img154.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img08171ti.jpg)

Then I took the pic and made a stamp of it in photoshop

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/5205/smraigasmskbigcopy3ju.th.jpg (http://img510.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smraigasmskbigcopy3ju.jpg)

colored it with the brush

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/6516/smraigasmskcopycolor5lf.th.jpg (http://img140.imageshack.us/my.php?image=smraigasmskcopycolor5lf.jpg)

Then I filtered it, added the back, and messed around with opacity to come out with the final;
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http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/9031/smraigasmskcolorstampybackroun.jpg
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mhm...someone stole your 'g' ... it's a nice picture! how long did it take you to make it look the way it does?

~Joey

eh, a bit less than a week working on it on and off

awesome sketch! but it loses all the detail in the background