Photoshop Challenge Week #7

[Zeealex]

here's to hoping i did this right :lol:

Very well done to all the participants in week #6 all your works were fantastic!
And thanks to Luna for hosting it!

I was given the honor by Belial, to choose this week's challenge yay!

This week's challenge is:



--The themes of your wallpapers or large pieces are absolutely up to you so long as they aren't too profane, photo manipulations are good too

What you'll learn from them is:

--use of different tools and filters around your photoshop program

-lighting and blur effects

-overlaying textures onto the main image or vice versa

-different filter effects and how they are used

-how to create and install brushes to use in your final piece

-most of all, how to make your work really stand out from the crowd.

Tutorials:

this one should keep you all occupied:
http://www.tutorial9.net/tutorials/photoshop-tutorials/creating-the-windows-vista-lighting-effect/

and if you want a selection to choose from:
http://vandelaydesign.com/blog/design/photoshop-tutorials-wallpaper/


resources:
Brushes on Brusheezy

Fyre


i'll leave you to it, enjoy!

To start us off i havethis one, following the Vista Aura tutorial:

 

[Paul]

Maybe you could put up the first as a for instance reference sample mate?
Also: theres a lot to choose from there, maybe pick any one to create from and title it as such.
Just a thought but great idea mate.

P.S. ALMIGHTY BELIAL i think not mate - we are all one and the same here.

 

[Zeealex]

XD fair do's i'll get rid of a few bits n bobs
and change a few bits too.

 

[Paul]

Great stuff, now go find a mod to pin it up.

 

[Zeealex]

i shall

 

[stufflol]

just something simple, colourful , hard to come up with ideas

 

[Hoogle]

Don't really do wallpapers as I only like dark clear backgrounds but this is 1 I did a while back

 

[Vafann]

I don´t know what this is lol.

 

[Hoogle]

cool picture Vafaan could not possibly have that as my wallpaper though lol way to Loud would never find my icons with that did you use a brush preset for the light painting or are you really that patient to do each 1 yourself

 

[Vafann]

cool picture Vafaan could not possibly have that as my wallpaper though lol way to Loud would never find my icons with that did you use a brush preset for the light painting or are you really that patient to do each 1 yourself

I would probably have the patience Hoogleman, but I didn´t have to, I found light wisp pictures on that site I linked to yesterday, I used 3 different ones and messed around with them all over the place lol.

 

[Zeealex]

i like it vafann, very creative.
am i still allowed to post up my images even though I'm this week's challenge starter? just a little curious

 

[Vafann]

i like it vafann, very creative.
am i still allowed to post up my images even though I'm this week's challenge starter? just a

Thank you Zeealex! And of course you can! You can post as many as you like, that´s what we all have done.

 

[Zeealex]

oh good, thanks for the clarifacation vafann!

 

[ibclare]

Nice Stuff! Good challenge Zeealex! I followed your Vista Aura tutorial. That was fun. Endless possibilities.

 

[Steve]

I'll give it a shot this week.

 

[Paul]

Your a dark horse you are...

 

[ibclare]

I'll give it a shot this week.

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I didn't know you smoked Steve. Course the obvious question is "what?"

 

[Steve]

I didn't know you smoked Steve. Course the obvious question is "what?"

Lol, not me.

 

[Paul]

My first attempt at this sort of thing

 

[Paul]

And another lol.