Best chops made by kymbryonic

extract, layer, copy, paste, move, skew, brush, i hope you like it ;-)

Arlo [lvl 12] [vp 2000] [ 133]:

Nicely done.
(56 days ago)

greymval [lvl 10] [vp 559] [ 11]:

that's what i call art!
(54 days ago)

Emma81 [lvl 5] [vp 1000] [ 92]:

Very good!!!
(54 days ago)

final score: 56.2 %

votes placed: 185

submitted: 56 days ago

extract, layer, copy, paste, move, skew, brush, sharpness, i hope you like it
;-)

rjapzit [lvl 9] [vp 871] [ 123]:

nice piece, i like
(56 days ago)

Mr Big [lvl 13] [vp 1000] [ 184]:

wow. Very original. Make one entry and submit it three times. Lack of talent AND creativity.
(53 days ago)

Emma81 [lvl 5] [vp 1000] [ 92]:

Vey good!! mr big doesn't know what he is talking about!!!!!!
(53 days ago)

final score: 56.1 %

votes placed: 184

submitted: 56 days ago

extract, layer, copy, paste, move, skew, brush, plastic wrap, color, i hope you
like it ;-)

Arlo [lvl 12] [vp 2000] [ 133]:

Clever and nicely done, but I get a sense of deja vu all over again.
(56 days ago)

author:

i know i wanted to do something far more elaborate but i'm running out of TIME
(56 days ago)

final score: 54.7 %

votes placed: 184

submitted: 56 days ago

Used: layers, extract, cut, copy, paste, move, distort, filter, color, etc.

p3_sv [lvl 2] [vp 1000] [ 140]:

interesting , I like the colors
(56 days ago)

final score: 54.4 %

votes placed: 149

submitted: 56 days ago

Now that I finally figured out how to use layers ...

This is also my first time using smudge ...

For sun's rays, I used my muddy beach photo; chromed it; used correct camera
distortion filter to reduce it down to nearly circular; used blur tool in
different sizes to make flames/rays; used color correction/colorize to get red
tones.

For face, I used a crop that I had made for a previous PST contest (green
eyes); used correct camera distortion filter to make forehead a little bigger
& chin a little smaller & the whole thing rounder overall; used move
& skew to stretch it into a more circular shape; used circular marquee to
crop.

For sun (letters), I magic extracted out the pebbles; used correct camera
distortion filter; used move & skew to reduce the size & make it fit on
the face's forehead.

Lastly, I merged all layers onto a white background & used the ink
outlines filter to get the final effect.

UPDATE: I just finished making & uploading my very first step-by-step
guide! \o/ Whew! That's just as much work (if not more) than creating the
original artwork! :D

kannampally [lvl 5] [vp 740] [ 11]:

very nice!
(61 days ago)

r1k3r [lvl 15] [vp 1000] [ 121]:

Seems to me you've gone the reaaalllly looong way about this one, what's wrong with the perspective tool?
(57 days ago)

author:

what perspective tool i'm a beginner, remember?
(56 days ago)

final score: 49.8 %

votes placed: 208

submitted: 61 days ago

Uncle Milty always did say that he was going to build a rocket chair powered by
human gas emissions, but, unfortunately for us, we didn't believe him.

Credit goes to Tapia Samela for Pogo Jump man.

final score: 49.2 %

votes placed: 251

submitted: 49 days ago

Hop around town in style on your brand-new Candy Apple Red HH3000 Jet-Powered
City Hopper by Suffrajet. (Jet fuel not included.)

____________________

Thanks to:
Paul Prescott for "Man From Top"
Mfelixphoto for "Pogo Stick"
Ryan Pike for "Red Rocket"
Naomi Hasegawa for "NIght Life"

final score: 47.8 %

votes placed: 251

submitted: 49 days ago

I didn't use any outside sources -- just a version of the green eyes photo from
which I had already removed the hands & the background & done various
corrections to the lips, etc. On this version I added black & yellow stripes
in the hair & scarf region to make her look sphinx-like; used the bas relief
filter; paint bucketed black into the background; & color
corrected/colorized to get her looking gold-going-on-bronze.

p3_sv [lvl 2] [vp 1000] [ 140]:

beautiful !
(63 days ago)

final score: 46.2 %

votes placed: 207

submitted: 63 days ago

I'm currently infatuated with the chrome filter -- juvenile I know -- maybe
someday I'll grow up & get over it ...

I magic-extracted the hands out of the picture (those pesky hands! who needs
'em?); cloned stamped the lips to extend out the missing corners of her mouth;
paint bucketed & paint/healing brushed the empty space with flesh color
& shaped the corners of the mouth; used an oval to cut the face out; copy
& pasted the face back onto the original photo; merged layers; erased her
jaw/chin-line; paint bucketed the foreground & background & her scarf
with black & then magically extracted it out; stretched & corrected
distortion of the remaining face; cut & pasted face onto my muddy beach
photo; merged layers; chromed.

yuvanextgen [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 0]:

looks like a terminator robo...
(63 days ago)

yuvanextgen [lvl 1] [vp 0] [ 0]:

looks like a terminator robo...
(63 days ago)

final score: 44.9 %

votes placed: 209

submitted: 63 days ago

I know this is not terribly original, but I had fun doing it -- it's the graphic
artist in me coming out ;)

OK, lemme see if I can remember how I did this ...

First I resized the green eyes canvas to the same dimensions as my 4 trees
photo; stretched the green eyes photo to fit; used the cutout filter to simplify
green eyes details; used paint bucket/paint brush to get rid of everything
except eyebrows, eyes, nostrils, mouth; converted to black & white (which
was probably an unnecessary step, but it seemed like a good idea at the time)
& used paint bucket to change all the colors to my preference.

On my 4 trees photo, I used the cutout filter; magic extracted to get rid of
the white patch in the middle of the sky; copy & pasted 4 trees onto green
eyes; adjusted the 4 trees colors to my preference & voila.

atg2 [lvl 2] [vp 0] [ 0]:

good
(64 days ago)

final score: 43.3 %

votes placed: 218

submitted: 64 days ago

Wow, I'm SO new at this! I'm SO intimidated! Everyone here is SO talented! :D

Basically, I used one of my own photos of a mud-covered beach for the
background -- I chromed it to the max & adjusted the color until it looked
like a swimming pool. Then I magically-extracted the troll; auto-corrected the
sharpness to make him look more like stone; made a copy of the troll, flipped it
& placed it underneath the first copy to make him look like he has 2 ears;
erased/healed some of the edges/flaws; magically-selected the new ear &
adjusted the color so that it would look more moss-covered than it really is;
&, finally, I copy & pasted the troll onto the swimming-pool background.
I picked the center of the photo, because there just happened to be a formation
there that looked like an object should be there.

I don't know how to make a shadow in the water to make it look like his body
is partially under water -- I consider this a flaw in my work, as well as the
fact that I don't know how to make the water swirl around his body.

And what I REALLY wanted to make was a picture of a troll emerging from a vat
of molten metal, or chocolate, or honey, or some other dense liquid, but I have
no idea how to make the background & the object the same texture & color
(darn it). So much to learn!

azimi [lvl 5] [vp 92] [ 0]:

waiting for your best.
(66 days ago)

vandy [lvl 17] [vp 18] [ 0]:

dony worry. I started just like you, go to the tutorials and search for water, there is plenty stuff to learn about reflections etc,... and welcome to the club
(66 days ago)

Arlo [lvl 12] [vp 2000] [ 133]:

YEp, don't worry, be happy. Its all a learning experience, and all of us are still learning.
(66 days ago)

ravenwuzhere [lvl 2] [vp 0] [ 0]:

I've been using Photoshop since version 5 that's about 10 years and I constantly learn new things every time i play with it. I've never had a class in it so it's all learn as I go. You'll get there.
(65 days ago)

gornats [lvl 9] [vp 10] [ 2]:

take it easy , and very slowly amigo
(65 days ago)

r1k3r [lvl 15] [vp 1000] [ 121]:

Don't be intimidated!! My and mrs are new to this too, it occupies your mind. Always a good thing. We do this together, and find it very liberating.
(65 days ago)

Aussie chick [lvl 4] [vp 0] [ 4]:

ditto...Im a newbie too....Keep at it!
(62 days ago)

robvdn [lvl 12] [vp 1000] [ 72]:

Tip on making a reflection: copy the troll, flip it vertically and make it transparant (don't be afraid to make it to transparant). After that you'd have to adjust it to the underground a bit (this will get you in the right direction). Like others said: we all started and know where you coming from, just stick with it and you'll improve fast in the next couple of weeks. Don't be afraid to use tutorials
(61 days ago)

Reaper [lvl 17] [vp 1000] [ 67]:

I agree with the others, keep on working, it will come. We all learn things everyday that we never knew, but such is life. Keep on Choppin!
(61 days ago)

final score: 42.6 %

votes placed: 254

submitted: 66 days ago

Fred tried to tell her that taking a vacation at Jurassic Park wasn't a good
idea, but she wouldn't listen.

Royalty-free licenses purchased:
BEACH SAND © Nikitu | Dreamstime.com
CRAB CLAW © Tap10 | Dreamstime.com

r1k3r [lvl 15] [vp 1000] [ 121]:

Nice idea but the claw looks a little 2d and if the dog is supposed to be inside the claw, or mouth, why is there no shadow on the dogs torso?
(50 days ago)

final score: 41.3 %

votes placed: 160

submitted: 51 days ago