Finished Backgrounds

I also forgot to post these so I'm doing it now.  These are the five finished backgrounds that I like most.  I think they all turned out really good!

Finished Sphere

I am really proud of this.  I managed to put the table reflection in and add some shadows underneath.  They look almost identical if you ask me!  Can't wait for the next project.

Edit:  I ended up fixing the size of the shadow and a few other things as well just for touch up purposes.

Circles!

Today we started a little project to make a sphere using the photoshop brush.  It's difficult at first, but after a little experimenting I am getting used to it.  This is what I have so far as practice with the reference in the corner.

More backgrounds

I got a lot done today! I made these 3 new backgrounds which look good.  I might have to mess around more with the third one.  I also made a signiture out of one for kicks.  Yay!

More Fail and Cool Stuff!

The first is my failed attempt at warping a bunch of lines.  Its going to take a couple of tries to get perfect.  The second is a finished light swirl which looks pretty cool if you ask me!

Backgrounds and Horrible Failures!

Working on making cool background things.  The first one is a failed attempt at creating a random design.  The second is a tornado swirly blue thing which turned out great.

Haunted House Final

I think this is good for my final.  I added a different door and added effects to the existing layers.  It looks pretty creepy and I am happy with it.  I tried adding chipped paint but I was having some problems so I decided not to include it.  Looks great!

Almost there!

Every time I work on this it gets a little bit creepier.  This time I added fog, some trees, boardings on the window and door, broke more things, and just did some touch-ups.  Next I think I will make the paint peel or something.  Looking good!

Even More Spooky

Every time I update this it gets spookier.  This time I broke some windows and darkened the entire thing.  I also fixed the holes in the roof and started breaking some bars on the patio.  It looks good but still needs work.

New and Improved!

I made some changes. First, I got a new background and incorporated the old clouds in.  I added grassy foreground as well.  I just started working on beating up the roof so the tower part looks weird but I will fix it

OoOooOooh Scary!

Pretty awesome right?  I finally managed to cut out the tree and with the little time I had left I decided to experiment with clouds.  I don't know if I will keep this background but it looks good right now.  Next, I need to add foreground and change saturation and lighting.

Haunted House once again

This is proving to be sightly more difficult than I thought it would be.  I like the challenge though.  So far, I have been able to take out most of what is left of the tree covering the house.  The most difficult part will be that window.  Next class I will hopefully get rid of the rest and move on.

More Haunted house!

If you look back on my last post and compare to this one, you can see that I removed the flag and the little light in front of the steps.  Today I spent most of the time doing this but it looks good.  Next I need to fix the roof and get rid of branches and then I can add a background.

Haunted House... Again!

Finishing up with the cutting.  It looks good but there is still more I need to remove.  Next class I will start adding background and foreground!

Starting Haunted House

Working on trying to cut this out.  The picture is huge so it's taking a while.  It looks good though and i'll continue to work on it next class.

Apple Lady Final!

This took a long time to get it perfect.  I have been changing hue, saturation, contrast, and using the brush to add lights and shadows to certain areas.  I tried hard to get this look as good as I possibly good and it turned out pretty well.

Apple Lady!

This looks really cool so far.  I basically cut out the ladies head and morphed it with the apple using saturation and different layer styles.  I still have to work on some contrast and light but it think it's pretty good where it stands now.

Fruit Project!

Time for a new project!  I'm going to be morphing these two images.  I don't have time today, but I will next class.

Spider-Doo Final

today, I finished Spider-Doo.  I think it looks awesome.  I basically finished up the webbing, distorted the eyes to make them look better, and changed some colors of the web using the brush to match the lighting.  I think I did a great job and I'm very proud of this.

Edit:  It's a little hard to notice, but I also changed the Spider-Man text under "3 May" to Spider-Doo.

Spider-Doo Webbing

This is really difficult.  It took me an entire class period to just get this far with the webbing.  I did an awesome job so far but I still need to fill in the missing spots and adjust the shape of it to fit the head more.  Pretty chill so far though.

beginning Spider-Doo

Just started this in class today.  It's very far from finished but already doesn't look half bad.  I still need to do the webbing which will be difficult.  That is for tomorow though.

Zebraceros Finished

Finished the zebra rhino thing.  I basically just did some touch ups with the brush and it looks fantastic.  I don't think there is much else I can do so I'm going to leave it at this.  On to the next project!

Font Project Finished

This is the finished font collage project.  I added a light gray background and fixed some things.

Rhino Zebra Thing continued...

Still Working on this hybrid thing.  Today I finished up lining it up with the liquify tool.  I also started to add a shadow using the brush.  I changed the saturation on the horns to match the zebra as well. It's not done yet but I'm getting close.

Zebra Rhino Thing? What?

We just got started on this.  I am in the process of merging a zebra into a rhino.  In the screenshot, you can see that I have cut out the zebra, and have begun to stretch it to fit the rhino body. So far, it is looking good.  I am still working on the font project as well.

Font Collage

I just started on this. It looks pretty cool so far considering I only have 10 fonts to work with.  Just as a note, all of the words in the collage are names of songs that have meaning to me.  Pretty awesome if you ask me!

SKA Runner Review

I think this website is very well put together.  I especially like the countdowns to the side.  the posts are very informative and have good length.  Great job!

Also, Dog Heal Brush Finished

Forgot to post this a few days ago. Here it is, the finished heal brush dog project.

Cutting out a Car

 

Today, I managed to cut out a car from a boring background. I then found a cool mountain background and flipped it so the shadows would match. Then I just put it behind the cut out car. It looks pretty cool!

Fonts

Today, I learned how to download some fonts.  Installed them and here's an example. Pretty cool.

Statue Cut Finshed!

Today in Photoshop, I managed to cut out the statue of liberty from a blue sky background. It looks awesome and I don't think there's much I can do to make it better. Next, moving on to cutting more things out of pictures.

Dog Heal Brush

I am really proud of this one so far. I managed to edit out pretty much everything I need to. Pretty sure it's done but I'll do touch ups. I guess were starting a new project next class so everything is good.

Heal Brush Streets Finshed!

I finished the heal brush street project today. Basically just took out high sign posts and removed the car. The sidewalk doesn't look perfect but it's good enough. If I had more time I would have made it look better.

GIF Animation and Dog Heal

Today I created a gif in photoshop.  I used multiple layers to make the animation. I can't really get it to work on my blog, it only plays once I think. I also did a little more healing brush with the posts in the background of the dog photo.

Heal Brush.

I am learning the heal brush.  So far, I edited out all of the light posts and signs I need to.  I'm now working on taking out the car.  It's pretty difficult but I'm getting there.

Brother Project Finished!

Today, I Learned how to move layers and add text with some effects in Photoshop.  This is my finished brother project guy.  He's kinda chubby.  I did a few more touch ups on his face and I think it looks good.

Liquify Tool Day 2

 Today, I worked with the liquify tool in Photoshop.  I also set up this blog, but that is not as important.  I made the crazy looking dude on the bottom from the other photo on the top and so far it's working good!
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