this blast from the past was originally contrived very early one morning, ten days before #1 Daughter was born. it was, unfortunately, done at the resolution presented, because i was just goofing around, and as luck had it, i was never able to come back and replicate it at higher resolution. okay, “never was”. pfft. never did.

i’ve called this various things over the years, but i’ve never really applied a full name to it. it was created in MetaCreations Painter 7 (now Corel Painter X) using various Kai’s Power Tools plugins. it’s been a long time since i sat down to do nothing but art.

when i stumbled upon this tonight, i was struck by the lack of contrast, so i spent a few minutes tweaking it heavily, and when i was done, i had something pleasantly different than the original. so, here it is.