This image I liked the feminine arch of the torso, and I also liked the left arm, however the hand was too blurry so I used the hand from the image above. I duplicated it and placed it on the left arm, but then changed the fingers so that the hands wouldn't appear completely identical.

The feet in this image were in an awkward pose, so I decided to only use the torso and left arm to the wrist. I added these elements to the arm and face from the image above.

Next I had to choose legs and feet. Scroll below to see my choices.

This front foot is fantastic, but the rest of the image is completely blurred. However the foot didn't go wtih the position of the torso I had chosen above, so I ended up using the front foot for the "back foot" position in the graphic.

Below I choose the "front foot" and skirt.

This one I loved the flare of the skirt and the front foot but the face was too obscured and the back foot didn't have enough motion. So I used the front foot, plus a portion of the skirt, to which I added some skirt from another photo to give it more movement.

For the stars and sparkles on the wings I used a photo that I had taken of a water fountain at Robson Square in downtown Vancouver. I took the photo on a sunny day and tried to capture the light reflection, with the idea that I could later use it as an element in a graphic. I have used these "stars" within a few of my graphic compositions.

Here is the finished graphic.

For the ivy strands, I took the butterfly, masked away a portion of the wings, keeping only the outer edge pattern. Then I changed the Hue to green and began repeating them and arranging them into "ivy strands" which I overlayed on the tree trunks.

Scroll below to see the images of Martine's grandfather and grandmother that I superimposed over the trees.

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