Blue Tree #2

On Tuesday, I betook myself to the studio and worked on a better cover image for Lydia Manx's story, "If These Walls Could Talk."

I started with a pen and ink drawing of a tree. Initially, I saw the tree as being much more leafy, but I really wanted the blue-to-green gradient and the moons to be visible, so the tree was limited to a crew cut.

Then I went to Photoshop and worked with a lot of layers.

As with many projects, once it was done I could see things I probably would have done differently. I think I'd re-do the ink of the tree and drop that branch down a little more, like a dancer with a fan. The light colored-leaves would contrast with the dark grasses just fine.