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| date      = November 9, 2005
 
| date      = November 9, 2005
 
| title    = Flowers
 
| title    = Flowers
| before    = <big><big><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Flowers Original title</span>]: '''Wednesday's Drawing - Flowers'''</big></big>
 
 
| image    = flowers.jpg
 
| image    = flowers.jpg
| titletext = This is actually pencil on paper, just inverted and colored<br><br><span class="plainlinks">[https://web.archive.org/web/20060529063505/http://xkcd-drawings.livejournal.com/?skip=20#:~:text=Wednesday%27s%20Drawing%20%2D%20Flowers Original caption</span>]: Original drawing is pencil on graph paper.<br>Bonus points if you can identify the flowers. 'cause I sure can't.
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| titletext = This is actually pencil on paper, just inverted and colored
 
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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
This was the thirtieth comic originally posted to [[LiveJournal]]. The previous one was [[30: Donner]], and the next one was [[29: Hitler]].
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Inverting colors is a method of image manipulation where colors are switched with their opposites; Black becomes white, red becomes green, orange becomes blue, and so on. To create this image, [[Randall]] tells us in the title text that he drew the outlines of the flowers and stems with pencil on white paper. He likely next scanned the drawing and used image editing software such as {{w|Photoshop}} to invert the black-on-white image, producing white lines on a black background. Next, he may have printed the image out and colored it before scanning it again or added the color using software.
  
This is a drawing of flowers made by [[Randall Munroe|Randall]]. According to the title text and the original caption on the LiveJournal post, he originally drew the flowers with a pencil on a white sheet of paper. Then, he used the invert feature of a photo-editing program to reverse it from black-on-white to white-on-black and colored to the flowers. The image below gives a good approximation of what the original drawing might have looked like. He also says the flowers are based on his imagination and aren't a real species.
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See the article [http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/invert-colors/ Inverted Colors Photo Effect With Photoshop] for a detailed example of how this is done.
  
<div><ul><li style="display: inline-block;"> [[File:flowers_inverted.jpeg|thumb|none|250px|An inverted and monochrome version of the comic, made to mimic the original.]]</li></ul></div>
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==Trivia==
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* Original quote from [[Randall]]: "Original drawing is pencil on graph paper. Bonus points if you can identify the flowers. 'cause I sure can't."
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* Original guess on flower identification: "{{w|Trillium}}!"
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* This is the thirtieth comic posted to livejournal. The previous was [[30: Donner]]. The next was [[29: Hitler]].
  
 
==Transcript==
 
==Transcript==
:[A sketch of flowers, drawn in green, red, and yellow on a black background.]
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:[A sketch of flowers, drawn in red and green]
  
{{comic discussion}}
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{{Comic discussion}}
 
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[[Category:Comics posted on livejournal]]
[[Category:Posted on LiveJournal| 30]]
 
[[Category:First day on xkcd.com]]
 
[[Category:Checkered paper]]
 
[[Category:Comics with color]]
 
[[Category:Comics with inverted brightness]]
 

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