A grid of Eva and Lucas

I'm so impressed with the response to the "Monthly Special" so far and with the great work I'm seeing. I took a break today and did this grid of Eva and her brother, Lucas. Big brother Max gets left out of this one, but there's a future project based on a photo of him, so he'll get his turn soon enough.


Maybe it's because I skipped lunch today, but I'm afraid my grid is starting to look like the logo for my favorite local restaurant, Pizzeria 712. I wanted to try thinner lines this time, so I made each photo 3.25 x 3.25 inches and I left only 1/16th inch space between each photo. I changed the grid subdivisions to 16 per inch so it would be easy to keep everything in line. I toned the photos with a plug-in for Aperture called Tiffen Dfx that I'm dying to own (but, alas, I have only 7 days remaining on the free demo), and then I sampled colors from the photos (using the eyedropper tool) and poured them into the background (using the paint bucket).

I will do some more posts throughout the month, but you can always access and link to the page with this month's project by using the perma-link under the "Participate in the Monthly Special" at the right. I'm really enjoying looking at everyone's work and I hope to see even more during the rest of the month.

Meanwhile, more posts and little tips are to come.