For the inactivity. I have an 8 to 5 during the summer and I haven’t had much time to ’shop. I’m trying to work out time, though, because I have some neat ideas!
I’m (not) Gay!
Worth1000 prompt “If Mother’s Day Card Told the Truth”
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Evaluation: I feel okay about this. It’s not amazing, it’s not terrible… it’s amazingly average! Also, I’m not gay, just for the record.
Thanks to stock.xchng for…
How to Evade Your Taxes
Sure the class is over, but the Photoshop will never be over! This blog will hopefully stick around for a while.
Worth 1000 contest Book Review 3: Books that will never be published.
Evaluation: I worked pretty hard on this one. Perspective is difficult for me and I can still see some things I wish I had done better but I overall I like hat the book looks real. I used a blank book image to start with. My favorite part are the green lines that go around the book, I think they really bring it to life. Also, Douglas H. Shulman is the guy in charge of the IRS.
Thanks to
stock.xchng for the blank book
Photoshop Prompt #10
Jim Groom is…
A MANBABY.
Dear Digital Story Class:
You are welcome. So, so welcome.
Evaluation:
The hardest part of this was the shadows. I couldn’t figure out how to separate the shadow from the object so I had to have layers covering up the shadows that showed up on the sky. I also actually took the kid’s face from a different picture because in this one the shirt was covering up his face. It was from the same set as this picture from Jim’s Flickr. Whatever. I’m not a creeper. I may post a video of how I did this, but I might not.
This is my last Photoshop prompt for this class because I need to pass my other classes. But, I’m keeping this blog so I will probably post more during the summer and beyond.
Final Photoshop Prompt
… is coming. Think Jim Groom + one of his kids = MANBABY.
I worked on the picture for a few hours this morning and I feel okay about it but I am sitting on it for a bit and I’m going to look at it again later.
Get pumped, DS106. Get pumped.
(Photo from Jim’s Flickr)
Show and Tell on Prompt 9
The audio sounds better but I didn’t do anything. Womp womp.
Photoshop Prompt #9
Here’s a fun Worth 1000 one called Out of Bounds.
You can click to enlarge.
Evaluation: This was pretty fun to do. I did another attempt at the same concept with a ballerina jumping out of a frame. I didn’t like that one was much. First, I couldn’t get the tutu to look natural. Second, it just didn’t look right. My editor is my girlfriend. The mentality there is that she’s never touched Photoshop in her life so if she can tell it’s bad then it’s bad. When she saw the ballerina she said it was bad. I said “but can’t you tell she’s jumping out of the picture?” Her response? “… well… you can tell she’s supposed to be jumping out of the picture…” We decided that what made that one bad was that there was nothing really connecting her to the picture so I took this approach where he’s physically holding onto the picture but still coming out.
Anyway, this was a pretty simple picture to do. I just cut out the old picture and then stuck this one behind it. I cut out the skateboarder, stuck him over himself and added a drop shadow. I’ll post a screencast of it eventually because this would be a good way for a beginner to get the hang of the pen tool. Also this was the first time I’ve ever used the drop shadow (surprising, right?) so that was a fun experiment.
Thanks to…
Corykrug for the photo frame
jon hanson for the skateboard picture
Photoshop Prompt #8
Here’s a Worth1000 one – restore the antique photo that they provide.
Original:
My restored:
As always, you can click to enlarge.
Evaluation: I liked this. It was fun, pretty mindless, and only took about an hour and a half.
Show and Tell on Jack Prompt #7
Jim asked me to make a screencast to give a bit of an explanation on how I made Jack into a clown. Here it is.
Also, if you know anything about audio please listen to the audio and tell me why it sounds so terrible.
Thank you!
Photoshop Prompt #7
This prompt is a Worth1000 prompt called “Clowning Around,” and the idea is turn a celebrity into a clown. Here’s what I came up with using Jack (Matthew Fox) from Lost. You can click for a bigger view.
Evaluation: I feel very positively about this one. He kind of looks like Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls – I’m pretty sure it’s the bowler hat. I probably could have done better on the makeup and keeping texture, but I do like it overall. For the white face, I originally tried just covering the face in white and editing the opacity, but in the end I found that using the Dodge Tool set on “midtones” worked the best, especially in terms of blending around the hair. To get his facial hair to poke through a bit more I used the Burn Tool set on “shadows.” I changed his hair color with the Sponge Tool (no real planning there, just going for it), and when it turned out green on the sides I just desaturated it. This was probably the most that I’ve ever used the pen tool (usually I just import stuff I draw from Illustrator). I also used a fair number of brushes that I’ll credit. I’m not going to lie, Jim, I was finishing this up during class. I was really excited to finish it! This took me about three hours or so – I didn’t really go in with a plan so I wasted a lot of time.
Also, if you check out the original image, I also had to erase the ear piece and the pin in his suit. That was a bit time consuming but I always love clone stamping stuff.
I had some major problems with the nose, but I think I finally worked it out. It’s still my least favorite part, though.
Thanks to…
Images:
Photomish Dan for the hat
Heartlover1717 for the balloons
Radek Bedna?Ãk for the nose
Brushes:
