Recycling--Melt #2

I was scanning through some old files last night, and came upon an early version of Nova #2 that I decided was not worth keeping. I didn't delete the image, though. I started playing a little with it, and it wound up having a very interesting look. It's sort of reminiscent of the Melt pic I made with my cat, Shadow, hence the title Melt #2. So I'm posting it in the Gallery. But I feel like I cheated with this image, because it reuses something I've already featured in another image. I'm probably just being anal, because it's not uncommon for digital artists (or even traditional artists such as painters or musicians) to reuse their work in other pieces.

I'm also trying a new method of posting an image. The links above, as well as the embedded image, are from Picasa. It'll save me a little storage space by handing the pics this way, but hopefully it won't affect the load time.

Fixed the latest pic

I played around a little more with Wood Sprite 2 to soften the edges, and to blur the background behind the figure to give it some more depth. It looks better to me now, I think. Anyway, I will leave it alone now. The first version is still in my last post, so you can compare it to the revised version in the Gallery if you'd like to see the difference.