I was going to type my name because of the alliteration, but I don't want to use my name here and Novel Learns Photoshop doesn't work. I thought about Novel Needs Photoshop , but that's just daft. Anyway, this is what I've been doing all evening, because I have nothing better to do, natch. Nor do I need to get up early and take the dog to the vet--ha ha. Matt linked to a very cool site with fun things to do with Photoshop , and as I'm going to be using Photoshop more and more I decided to try some of them: My car as a car from Cars by Pixar . It's not perfect by any stretch. I couldn't get the color blending right around the mouth--I'm still working on figuring out paths, levels, etc., but it gets the idea across. Of course what I really want to use it for is a better version of this: My car as Tonari no Totoro . As soon as we brought the car home last year I said, "I think it looks like Totoro , don't you?" (to my husband). "I bet ...
nov·el /ˈnɒvəl/ –adjective/ of a new kind; different from anything seen or known before: a novel idea. *** eye -noun/ 6. the power of seeing; appreciative or discriminating visual perception: the eye of an artist. 8. an attentive look, close observation, or watch 9. regard, view, aim, or intention 10. a manner or way of looking at a thing