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Dorothy Day

Today I completed this portrait of Dorothy Day, drawing it with a Wacom tablet in Photoshop. It's very unusual for me to create something completely digital from start to finish. In general I prefer to work manually, but using the computer seemed the best way to deal with the complexity of this illustration. (Image copyright 2009 by Julie Lonneman)
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  1. Jim and Nancy ForestJuly 9, 2009 at 4:57 AM

    Dear Julie,

    I really like your portrait of Dorothy!

    Jim Forest
    (author of "Love is the Measure: A Biography of Dorothy Day")

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  2. Ron KellowAugust 7, 2010 at 3:07 PM

    Hi Julie!

    I was doing a little research for a piece that I painted of Dorothy Day and came across your work. Very nice! I studied her life while a student at Marquette years ago. Here is the piece that I did:

    http://marsflatblack.blogspot.com/

    Take care,

    Ron Kellow
    ronkellow@gmail.com
    Columbus, Ohio

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  3. AnonymousAugust 7, 2010 at 8:59 PM

    Absolutely beautiful.

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