Melting Birthday Cake

Made my own birthday cake today. I may have used too many candles.

Affinity Photo Workflow: Affinity Workflow: Pictures of cake, candles, chocolate drip, numbers, and kitchen counter all scrapped from the internet. A little fire brush, and smoke brush. Some creative warp mesh (pushing and pinching), and a ton of mask blending during the combining of 8+ images.

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Batman Is Unhappy with His Birthday Present

I found this comic art panel section as seen in Detective Comics issue #1027 pretty entertaining. Batman screams "Give me my birthday present!".  This fun was created by Matt Fraction (writer),  Chip Zdarsky (artist), and Aditya Bidikar (letters).

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