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Daisy The Driller Photoshop November 2005
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It's been a bit of a while, but I thought I'd post this. Completed for a Thunderdome Challenge, where the theme was 'Industry', and which had some fantastic entries.
She's based on 'Rosie the Riveter' by Norman Rockwell, of whom I'm a huge admirer. I used reference for the drill; as whilst looking for ideas I discovered a brand called Rockwell, so couldn't resist it! To dirty things up I used a personal texture overlay on the drum and drill, otherwise all painted in Photoshop 7.
This is the first idea based on the 'Saturday Evening Post' Rockwell image, as a magazine cover, and below you can see it without text and a close-up. 'The Manchester Daily News' is not a real newspaper! Thanks for looking!
And a close-up: