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I met her in college years before and looked her up in LA.
The body language tells the story. I am riding past balanced on a bike, yet there is no bike. I am passing by and waving.
Leslie is smiling and waving, yet neither Leslie or I have turned to face the other. It's just a casual aquaintence, with defined boundary as people grow distant.
The figure on far left is an ideal? She represents a subdued, quiet life which I prefer.
Holes in the picture are cat claws. The picture was left by an open window during a rain. The bleeding ink arguably ruined the work, or it might illustrate the accidental fate of any piece of art, much like the lives of people.
Large image
Steps in photoshop elements
-Duplicate layer
-Converted to black and white
-Using sliders, increase contrast, and make more white
-White layer made more transparent using opacity slider, and both layers together reveal lightened image
-Select all and copy merged
-Paste to make new layer of image that combines both layers together
-Rectangle selection tool in undamaged background area of image, edit, define pattern from selection
-Pattern tool with very blurry brush to cover cat claws etc to restore image
-Furthur changes were not made, but could be made with the pattern stamp tool to remove more water stain, or made using Enhance, adjust color, replace color, use eyedrop to select background color or select the blue water stain, and then use sliders to change that color.