Example of Photoshop Tutorial

So a previous post mentioned a link to Photoshop tutorials, and I wanted to actually show one I had completed.

The tutorial was to create a fantasy like, self portrait. This actually took me quite some time but the end result is pretty awesome. It involved downloading various brushes and using many overlapping layers to give it that illustrated look. Even the eyelashes on this are brushes that you simply "paint" on your image!

It really is amazing all that Photoshop can do and without these tutorials I wouldn't know half of the functions available. So here's my version:

I wish I would have used an image of myself not smiling but instead looking up at what was going on with my head. However I am impressed with how this came out!

I'll post more once I finish them.. :) 

Photoshop Tutorials- Poster Designs

In my Graphics Design class this week, we focused on using Photoshop to recreate various poster tutorials.

Photoshop Poster Tutorials

It is amazing how much you can do with Photoshop! I still consider myself an amateur with this program and by doing some of this tutorials I learned about new tools. There are so many websites that provide you with free brushes which can really alter the way your final piece looks likes. I decided to recreate the "Vintage Collage Design." Since I was just trying this out, I used images I found on Flickr in the Creative Commons section. The tutorial created a piece that was suppose to look like the woman was getting abducted by aliens.

I took a different approach and made my vintage collage feature a singer, the spotlight on her, and a nice crowd of gentlemen watching the performances.

Here's what I created:

I want to try some of the other tutorials. They are actually a lot of fun and the final product is pretty awesome. My goal is to eventually create an image I can use for this blog.