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Hey everyone, this is the piece i did for the Strange Behavior Challenge. Thought that i would share it with the rest of CG ! here's my image write up, hope you all like it

First, it should be known, that when I was in primary school it was the sole mission of your teacher to encode on your DNA this here poem, so that you could rattle it off by heart; and in your sleep too! Though it wasn’t my muse, during the progress of this piece I realized that it suited it just perfectly! It goes like this,

I wonder why the grass is green,
And why the wind is never seen
Who taught the birds to build a nest,
And told the trees to take a rest?
And when the moon is not quite round,
Where can the missing bit be found?
Who lights the stars, when they blow out,
And makes the lightning flash about?
Who paints the rainbow in the sky,
And hangs the fluffy clouds so high?
Why is it now, do you suppose,
That Dad won’t tell me if he knows?

I Wonder, by Jeannie Kirby

Perhaps some of us can still remember when we were kids and we too were overcome with these “BIG” questions. Of course there was always the playground hearsay for these important issues, but somehow, it was always the grown-ups in our lives whom we felt would give us the spot-on answers, or so we would have liked to think.
Unfortunately however, either because they don’t know themselves or just couldn’t be bothered with the finer points, adults wove the most spectacular, convoluted and outlandish tales, thinking that justice have been served to the topic! Yet, for the child a more acceptable reason couldn’t have been given; hence we fell for it hook, line and sinker!
Here we see little Phoebe, a girl fascinated with butterflies (as most little girls are), making a discovery that actually confirms the explanation she was given in answer to her question, “How do butterflies have such pretty wings?” Even so, as we too share this moment with her, (our beginner’s biology under our belts ), we can’t help but think, How Strange!

Karisa
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hey, this another illustration for my environmental science class project. of course it's to show the issue of global warming i had fun doing this, tell me what you think,
no reference, photoshop cs2 and wacom!
yours,
Karisa ]]> Mon, 09 Jul 2007 23:15:45 +0000 http://adrephil.cgsociety.org/gallery/515101

for the summer i'm taking an environmental science class,(really good!) and for the class project we are to create a magazine - dealing with global issues - which appeals to an age group of 12-17year olds. we were divided into groups and mine was graphics (piece ah cake! ) (though i left all for this week - slacker, that i am! ). hence, being responsible for illustrating the articles, here is the drawing for one on the rising sea levels issue. though it will be shrunk down i kind of went on a war path when i realized i can do wood grains! *giggle* ! however what was the "funnest" was doing the sea. never have i attempted a transparent look - WITH caustic lighting! for reference i used this pice that i googled http://www.wwf.org.ph/_userimgs/001-Coral_reef_in-Corals-13.jpg (do have a look ) enjoy and do tell me what you think!

yours,
Karisa ]]> Thu, 05 Jul 2007 18:46:01 +0000 http://adrephil.cgsociety.org/gallery/496649

This is a quick simple piece i created with the intent of practicing clouds. the key thing being that I tried to let every stroke count; not giving it too much thought.
When I was through, I thought I'll just throw in a kite, and, VOILA! Easter Sunday; arround this time, in my country, families usually make a day of it and fly kites.
Done in photoshop CS2, using a Wacom intuos3. As a guide, i did several Google Image searches on clouds, skies/sunsets and kites. enjoy! ]]> Tue, 15 May 2007 23:23:31 +0000 http://adrephil.cgsociety.org/gallery/467563

This is my first completed work done with a Wacom tablet. It is concept created by my friend for a Harry Potter online community. Basically she asked me to illustrate the character she created.
Anna-Christa Connelly is a ghost; this due to a hunter's bow through the heart, one night while walking through the forest. She's a Ravenclaw pupil, studious and friendly. Though I'm not an avid Harry Potter fan, I must say that I enjoyed working on this piece.
It was done in Photoshop CS2 using my newly christened Wacom 9X12 tablet. The original is 3600 X 2 thousand-and-something. Anyhue, feel free to comment. ]]> Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:56:16 +0000