Illustration Friday - Safe



I was working on my illustration friday piece, which was suppose to be a squirrel (running away from a dog) Well, it turns out I was the one to get bit! I was wasn't planning on getting so far into this piece tonight but one thing led to another and I was pretty happy with the results so far. Only I never bothered the save the file. I know better, but I lost track of time. But that's okay because photoshop never locks up anyways. Right?... ARRRRGGGHHHH!!!! (insert colorful expression here)

I quickly did a screen capture before I killed photoshop so at least I have something for illustration friday.

Safe? - I think not. (sigh)

Comments

° said…
looks like it was a good one. and i've had the same thing happen. u just get caught up in wht ur doing and totally forget to hit save
7:40 AM
Debra Cooper said…
Looks like the beginning of a great piece. I like the angle a lot.

With technology today you'd think they could build into these systems an option to choose AutoSave in which it could save every 15 minutes or however you choose.
7:53 AM
Neil W said…
Sorry Jennifer, I hate when that happens. The only thing safe about windows is the fact that my computer doesn't have ears to hear all the profanities I blurt out when this happens to me. Looks like you had an excellant start on your illo though.
Neil
9:27 AM
Bill Z said…
arrgh for sure. I had that happen for the first time right after I installed cs2, but it hasn't happened again. was it when you clicked the color picker?
11:16 AM
Jeff G said…
At least its a funny twist (after the fact) on the topic. Looking past the Window, your illustration looks great - nice perspective!
11:22 AM
J. E. Morris said…
Bill, I'm using version 7 and it practically never locks up likes that. I think I'm going to reinstall the op system this week. Lots of little things have been wonky lately.
11:32 AM
Jannie aka Chickengirl said…
Aww! Sorry to hear..but it looks good from what I can see. No file is "safe," so I guess it goes with the theme!

Perhaps you will re-do it? Sometimes the second time around is alot faster (and make sure you save!)
11:57 AM
Anonymous said…
I feel for you! But still like your take on safe and the perspective.
12:30 PM
FoodChiCa said…
We can see how good it was! The squirrel is cute...actually the dog is cute, too! :) Hope now your computer is ok!
6:32 PM
Matt Phelan said…
oh, the terrible irony. it looks really great, though...maybe do it again?
6:33 PM
Geninne said…
Oh my God Jen, even your unfinished pieces are awesome! Very cool :-)
7:34 PM
Ginger*:) said…
Ah , so photoshop has the Pianter personality. Actually I have had very few 'lock downs' with Painter, but have had enough to know that I must save save save, because once it locks up you can't even get a screen capture on a Mac. Your painting looks great even at this stage!
10:28 PM
Anonymous said…
Yikes! Talk about irony.
11:16 PM
Digital Scott's Illustrationblog said…
Funny and sad story. Your illustration looks like it was gonna be awesome! I commend your quick thinking to at least get a screen capture. BTW, get a Mac.
11:31 PM
J. E. Morris said…
Thanks all, I'm afraid I'm stuck with my PC for now. Maybe someday I'll go to the other side.

Do you think it's a coincidence that PC's are typically black and Macs white?

Luke... I am your computer...
10:02 AM
Fossfor said…
what a shame, it looks as if this would have been a great illo, this has happened to me so many times I've got a phobia about saving stuff every 30 seconds.
maybe you could finish this using the print screen as a model
12:23 PM
Susan Mitchell said…
Poor you! Looks good from what I can see, I really like the perspective :)
3:49 PM
Kay Aker said…
Wah! Too bad,I love seeing your gorgeous creative posts!
9:42 PM
Anonymous said…
Try The Gimp on Linux ^_^

P.s. There's a winblows version too
8:49 AM
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