6. Advice
This graphic took around 20 minutes to create. A line was drawn using the freehand tool around a photograph of a girl on a beach, to create a single shape. This was filled with the ivy leaf texture from the CD. The few white reflective hightlights and dark shadows were done with transparency.  The Sky is a fractal texture. The ground is another CD supplied texture. Both fade to white using transparency.
(ii) It is always better to get a Second opinion on your First opinion.
…Always…
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