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[JadedWraith]

Damn! I just did this and had fully intended to do a tutorial....until I flattened the psd file and closed the whole program by accident! Anyone who's interested in it, though, do let me know so I can post my texture and stocks.

http://i1241.photobucket.com/albums/gg503/Ikorni/Others/th_stanakatic_zpsb4f1e822.jpg

*raises hand* I am. Bad Ikorni. I never flatten anything. I'm too indecisive...Is there any way you can reconstruct what you did? I am bad at using multiple elements and I always love to practice using them ( and utterly fail, but that's another matter...)

[JadedWraith]

lol thanks and no problem

http://i1352.photobucket.com/albums/...ps41bc9a9d.jpg

He's so wonderfully bad, isn't he? Ican't wait to watch it. My only issue with it is the 3D, my local threatre is not a good place to watch those and I'm not planning going to Lisbon on purpose. I might, though...

Thanks yamii and JW . I'm glad you like the WP.

JW, you did a great job yourself with the Tut - Luther *happy sigh*. I love this show to pieces! And I love your use of Red there - and this I say as a person who usually HATES red

Thank you. I like red but I hesitate to use it, especially on wallies. I find it funny that you say you don't like red when I clearly remember one stunningly beautiful red piece with a DNA strand, Grimm themed, made by someone named Hyndara71

And so sorry for the multiple posts. I always forget to back read...*shakes head*

[Ikorni]

*raises hand* I am. Bad Ikorni. I never flatten anything. I'm too indecisive...Is there any way you can reconstruct what you did? I am bad at using multiple elements and I always love to practice using them ( and utterly fail, but that's another matter...)

Heh. I can try. But you'll have to play with the blend modes yourself unfortunately to get the colouring.

This is only a very very very approximate reconstruction and I can't emphasise this enough!

Spoiler:

1. Use a black background.

2. Position your stock images as you will, erasing the sharp edges with a soft brush.

3. All stock images are to be positioned on top of these images and erase them where the faces/bodies are.

4. These are the images you need:



You'll need to play around with the opacity and the blending modes as I've already said earlier, but I do remember using a lot of linear burns to get it right.

5. Duplicate some images if necessary. I know I duplicated this one, resized it to frame the model's face and flipped it horizontal.


6. I resized this, kept the red paint stains to fit them around the model and text.


7. Use a selective colour layer (Adjustment layer) to get the colours you want. I think I chose a magenta/blue sheen.

8. Text - position your words wherever you want.

9. Make a stamp of everything and sharpen the entire layer and you're done!

[JadedWraith]

Heh. I can try. But you'll have to play with the blend modes yourself unfortunately to get the colouring.

This is only a very very very approximate reconstruction and I can't emphasise this enough!

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Thanks, thanks a million! I'm memorizing it to try it later. I once accidentally merged some layers and I couldn't reproduce my own final work, as hard as I tried. And I had just ten, twelve layers. I couldn't get the colours right..oi!:O So differences are perfectly understandable.

[Hyndara71]

He's so wonderfully bad, isn't he? Ican't wait to watch it. My only issue with it is the 3D, my local threatre is not a good place to watch those and I'm not planning going to Lisbon on purpose. I might, though...



Thank you. I like red but I hesitate to use it, especially on wallies. I find it funny that you say you don't like red when I clearly remember one stunningly beautiful red piece with a DNA strand, Grimm themed, made by someone named Hyndara71

And so sorry for the multiple posts. I always forget to back read...*shakes head*

*blushes* Thank you . That WP was more or less an accident, somehow. Glad you liked it

[FanGirl]

Nice artwork, everyone. Wish I was that good.

[Nolamom]

everyone thinks less of their own work - it's human nature. Besides, we each have our own styles.

[Pharaoh Hamenthotep]

I always see the things I'm not happy with..

[JadedWraith]

Nice artwork, everyone. Wish I was that good.

Shut up! You are. I really like your personal style: it's strong and meaningful. I love your current sig, e.g.

everyone thinks less of their own work - it's human nature. Besides, we each have our own styles.

I always see the things I'm not happy with..

The reason I never flatten anything is because that way I can make changes. I always agonize over details I didn't get right. I always ( or almost always) prefer others work to my own. *sigh* I'm puzzled when they don't like their work...

[Nolamom]

Rather than flatten, I always make stamps. (Ctrl + Alt + Sft + E) that way, you preserve your separate layers (and whatever blending modes or opacities you used) in case you want to go back or need to write down what you did.

[yamiinsane]

Gorgeous arts everyone!

Here is a new wallie:

[Nolamom]

so cute! pure adoration

[Padme18]

Wallpaper I did for Jeyla's June Art Challenge in Beya:

[Nolamom]

I like that lace line textures...care to share?

[ladygris]

Great arties, everyone!

Re flattening or not. . . .I always flatten and save as a .jpg. But, before I do that, I usually save the .psd file so I can go back and tweak whenever I want to. My Rachel Weisz sig I just posted is an exception. I wasn't certain I liked it and saved the JPG. Then, I realized I'd never saved the PSD!