What Would You Do? 113

[windrider86]

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This weeks challenge, is from myself! (which means I didnt have any images from you all to use, please send me some!)
The rules are simple, edit the image anyway that you see fit.
Remember, to post the steps you took to acheive your final product. This challenge is as much about learning as it is about sharing with others so that they may learn.

Now, let's see what you would do!





Link to Larger image

If you have an image you would like to use for this challenge, please send me a medium sized image (htnl code is a huge plus) as well as a link to a larger version

[inquiries]

Edited on Gimp
1. Duplicated the layer, and set the Layer Mode to "Hard Light"
2. I then desaturated this second layer, and fiddled with the contrast
3. I created a new layer, and pasted this texture onto it.
4. Then I changed the layer mode to soft light

Hope you like it

[Mr Guy]

Link to larger image takes to private Flickr...




Actually not too dissimilar in concept to what inquiries did. I was shooting for more of an old Polaroid/postcard kinda feel.

Took the original and did a faux gimp HDR inspired process:
1) Duplicate layer twice
2) Took top layer, lightened it, set a inverse greyscale layer mask, and adjust opacity
3) Took middle layer, darkened it and over saturated it, and set greyscale layer mask, and adjusted opacity
4) Sharpened top two layers

I decided it was still missing something, so I decided to add some grain and faint vignetting,

5) Duplicated original twice again
6) Took vignetting layer on top, selected a circle around the fruit, created and blurred a selection mask, set layer mode to multiply and adjusted the opacity
7) Took the grain layer, desaturated it, added a ton of HSV noise, and set layer mode to overlay

[windrider86]

Pasted fish image and used the pick tool set to free to shape the face to fit the cactus. Oh yea, forst thing I did was to mirror the image. Next erased all areas of the fish and made sure to lower the opcaity as I got closer to the stem. Used the lasso tool to pick some of the spikes. Copied and pasted. Arranged them where I wanted and erased slightly at the bottom. Added drop shadows. Next added in the whale tale by a simple copy and paste as a new layer. erased areas. Added in a new sky and changed blend mode to overlay. Added in the Flaming Pears Flood tool and erased slightly the horizon to blend it in

[douglas]

Just a quick one...more of a cartoon, I could do more some of the PP is a bit rough, but you get the idea!!!!



In layers.. an internet sombrero, sized and rotataed to fit

n inter net guitar..same thing

guitar and hat moved to fit(?)
Merged
Drew (???) moustachio and eyes

[naeno]

Hey Wind, the Link to Larger is a private page. Fun pic this week. Should be interesting to see where the heck I end up with it.

[naeno]

Inverted colors, flipped the pictures upside down, removed the "fruit" portion and moved it to the corner, copied one of the cactus spines, pasted the new spine in a new transparent layer, adjusted the colors, duplicated the spine layer several times and resize and positioned each layer, rotated the fruit, cropped, added a texture over the fruit and reduced the opacity. Flattened.

[douglas]

Aussie cactus(sorry in advance to the Australian members!!!)



Internet kangaroo...isolated, and sized
pasted into the cactus picture,
altered the colours a bit.
Flipped vertically...because they're upside down.

(I also believe the earth is flat)

[Fred flyfisher]

Hey Douglas, I love the serenading cactus! LOL, it cracks me up!

Windrider, yours reminds me of an old sci fi called Them... Giant ants attack LA. Great idea...

Naeno, I'm kind of in a Star Wars kind of mindset after seeing yours. Great job!

Such creative people in these threads.

[windrider86]

Douglas, I about died when I saw yours. I was looking at it going did he do that onpurpose and then I read your description. Too funny

By the way ........... I'm in need of more images. hint hint