Hello, hello, I’m glad you guys liked my previous tutorial. I have a couple more but I’ll do something really simple today. My friend, Alex, wanted to know how I did this particular photo:
It’s really really really surprisingly easy. Like, it only generally takes three steps. As usual, you will need Photoshop.
People have complimented the colors in my photos and some have asked that I share my “techniques”. If any of you have noticed, I have a way of processing them and that I generally have 3 or 4 “color schemes” (that are similar to each other, just some minor tweaking). At first, I was hesitant to share (I still kind of am) because I don’t want to see a buttload of photos with the same colors/processing as mine and because my adjustment layers are a hot mess (when I edit my photos, I just create new layer upon new layer and then save the PSD for future use). However, I am not a greedy person (lol) and I’m all for sharing stuff like this.
A couple of things: This works best for well-lit photographs. My adjustment layers, like I said, are messy, may sometimes be redundant, and are stuff I just came up with by experimenting (and reading alli reviews HUHLOLZ).
So today, I will show you how to do this:
Not really illustrations but more like crap I whipped up in ten minutes with the pen tool and some patterns. I’ve posted the bird on Plurk (Fritz insists it’s a paru-parong ningning) and nicely enough, people have told me they find it cute. I’m hoping to incorporate these into a potential template for work (the idea is a scrapbook-y theme, except I suck when it comes to texturing and creating depth). We’ll see.
My creativity is at an all-time low. I can’t even make a decent blog entry.
Three iLOLstrations I started some weeks ago that I never got around to finishing:
Number 1 is supposed to be a schnauzer. I clearly failed. Numbers 2 and 3 are obviously the makings of two cats/kittens. Again, I failed (number 3 looks like a Chinese emperor, for chrissakes). I wish I had a pen tablet and the time to learn Adobe Illustrator.
I liked how my bobot turned out, though:
And my army of bobots:
Feel free to LOL and LMAO and ROFL at me.
I’ll probably work on doodling pedophiles hanging out by swing sets next. That’s something I’m bound to get done and not leave half-baked.
Found on the internets: Disney fine art! I am neither an art connoisseur (I’m absolutely far from being one) nor a Disney fan (I grew up on The Adventures of Tin-Tin, Eke! The Cat, Denver The Last Dinosaur, Dinky Dog, and Sonic the Hedgehog) nor do I even buy art, but these pieces are too beautiful to not lust after (too bad they cost so much. The first three are $595 each and the Cheshire Cat one is $295):
Toon Town Couture Jessica Rabbit Disney Fine Art Giclee By Mike Kungl.
Triton Club Beach Club Ariel The Little Mermaid Disney Fine Art Giclee on Hand-Textured Canvas By Mike Kungl.
Tinkertini Tinker BellDisney Fine Art Giclee By Mike Kungl.
Krafty Kitty Cheshire Cat Alice in Wonderland Disney Fine Art Giclee by Trevor Carlton.
Trevor Carlton presents will be appearing in a live performance presentation, “The Magic of Disney Fine Art Exhibition”, on September 20, 2008 at at Utah’s Hogle Zoo at 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
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Hi, my name's Helga Weber and welcome to my personal site. I'm 24. My first socio-political scandal will happen at the age of 35 and will include men, sushi, an African country, and lots of money. My lover is the greatest. More?
