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[Greg Collins]

Well, truth be told, the method I used was to manually trace over a photo using a vectored line (the infamous Bezier curve) and then filling shapes with either solid colour or a blend. Early on I chose to deal with shapes and blocks of colour rather than known items- more or less "impressionistic"- letting the eye overide the brain. Sure, there are areas I had to deviate from that approach, but all in all I believe it worked. Other elements I'm currently working on are the Order of the October Revolution, the Order of the Red Banner, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, the Order of Glory, the Order of Labour Glory. I also want to do a nice rendering of the Vera Mukhina statue of the factory worker and farm girl and, possibly, combine this with the Orders listed above. My primary influences in this are the beautiful Soviet greeting cards that, I'm sure, everyone has seen.

Thanks to all for the kind words.

Greg