This week's Illustration Friday is one of my favorite things in the whole world:
Ok, but now I have a question... HOW DO I HANDLE THIS IMAGE SITUATION!? You know what I mean? When you take a scan/photo of your painting/drawing and you have to deal with all the warping and craziness in the background! The image above is how I would normally handle it, by adjusting the exposure and maybe dodging out some of the darkness in the background. And it's alright, but that still doesn't 100% do it for me.

The image above is without any editing: darkness/craziness all over the place.
WHAT DO I DO?! I need help.