The Fear

Listening to the radio (again) and Lily Allen is on with The Fear. Such a good pop song and I never seem to tire of it - great production and a decent step on from the previous cheeky chapess sound. Lets see what images are hanging around on the net. Surprise.... lots of paparazzi shots chasing exposed skin. She has a very distinctive look even after softening the severe fringe. Once again it's interesting how the act of drawing a face, even from a photo, makes one appreciate those small elements that make a face unique. This is copying of course, not tracing or cloning. Cloning - as in the process that can be enabled in Painter - teaches one little about a picture as the computer does all the donkey work. Sure you get a result, and it might even look vaguely hand drawn or painted but it evades all the struggle to define the image structure which actually develops your hand and eye coordination. It has its uses but I don't use it much.