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  The first A* page that is actually a photoNov 22, 2012 2:14 AM PST | url
 
Added 1 new A* page:Oh boy. Still catching myself in overthink mode. What you see for today's page is not actually how it ended up--which was this:
 
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Note to self: slavishly and dutifully plugging in big shadows does not necessarily an exciting page make! Fortunately I had photographed the page at an earlier stage--right after I'd finished the ink guidelines and erased the pencil sketch that had been underneath them--so I ended up using that photo to make the final digital version of the actual A* page.
 
Before I did that I considered a few alternatives, mocked up in Photoshop:
 
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They didn't seem quite as nice as the original line version, though. And for the sake of completeness, here's the photo of the pencil stage:
 
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So yeah, I take photos as an insurance policy against screwing up later. :P Comes in pretty handy sometimes!
 
 
 
 
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