First Night Design | Day at the Exhibition (What! No Heffalumps?) #Repost

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FROM THE ARCHIVE 7 March 2014
What! No elephants? Visitors who read yesterday’s post will know this piece started out with elephants. After adding textures from 2 Lil’ Owls, I played around for some while adding and…

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