ctcsherry:

firnheledien replied to your photo: Playing with CS5 some more and Vietnam decided to…

OMG your lighting and values are perfect! I really like this soft style. Did you work in values first? I’m always trying to paint like this but I have failed repeatedly.

I originally wrote text in your ask but realized that it’s easier to explain with pictures.

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wwwbeautifullensecom:

“America never liked Josephine Baker… above all, they resented that she’d left America. What, she was supposed to stay here and become a maid?” - Dorothy Dandridge

michaelianblack:

A Poem for 9/11/11

Whatever you say about it will be stupid

But say it anyway.

Whatever you were doing doesn’t matter

But tell us anyway.

Whoever you are

Wherever you were

However much you try

None of it

Can replace any of what was lost

But try to anyway.

coelasquid:

I’ve always liked this pinup, I’m shallow, it’s probably just because there’s a parrot in it.

oddkitten:

I kinda liked this one too (:

despite the awkward shadowing over my eye.