2.03.2009

2009.02.03.thing.a.day: scifi me

today i tried a photoshop tutorial from a set of images that a friend showed me:

scifi me IMG_0906

i don't have photoshop, so i had to come up with ways to achieve similar effects using a watered down paint program. also, i probably would've chosen a different original image (shirt and background) if i'd realized what was in store for me because i had a lot of difficulty getting the hair and figure to isolate properly. as a result, portions of the image are unusable and that's why it's cropped so closely. i did go in and add scales to the lower body like the example, but i had to chop all that off. i almost gave up and started a different project but because i had invested quite a bit of time in it already, i wanted to salvage what i could. i learned a bunch about photoshop and will try to apply the techniques to future projects.

cross-posted on thing.a.day

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