Pencil Crayon Artwork from Highschool

You'll never guess what I found today!

For about a year I have assumed that my artwork from high school had been lost in a move. Nope, it was hiding safely at my parents house. So, I cracked out the Nikon D70, and started digitizing everything I could get my hands on.

Unfortunately I know that this isn't an exhaustive list. A few pieces have been lost over time due to weathering, accidents, and being given away as gifts. I've tried to keep as many as possible though. Here are a few. Commentary on the pieces is available in the Flickr PhotoSet.

This tree has some history Owl Dry Old Elephant Ugly Bird. Nice Drawing Snowy Tiger Leopard in a Sausage Tree Mop Up Troops Clearing the streets of Caen

In retrospect it is always better to give prints. There's few things more satisfying than unrolling(*cringe* rolling is bad...) an original piece. I'm working on getting them framed, don't worry.

Photoshop Tip: When digitizing artwork using a camera, you'll inevitable find that the colour 'just ain't right', no matter what kind of lighting you try. To regain some of the bright-whites and dark-blacks try adjusting the levels in Photoshop to match the histrogram, like so:

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