I Want to Turn a Whale into Water

[Bronson]

I'm working on a photoshop composition and I need to do some special effects, namely turning a whale into water. I found a similar picture of what I'm referring to where someone turned horses into hair. Here's what I mean:



So, is there any way I can have a similar effect with water such as with these flames:



but with a whale?

[Paul]

This may help you, yes its a bottle and not a whale - but with a little imagination and some time you should be able to work out the differences WHALE TO WATER TUT

[ibclare]

and I want to turn water into wine!

JK

So do you want the whale coming out of the water like the horses come out of the hair? Or the other way around. I'm not quite visualizing your idea.

[Bronson]

Thanks for the tutorial, Paul, but that isn't quite what I'm looking for.

and I want to turn water into wine!

JK

So do you want the whale coming out of the water like the horses come out of the hair? Or the other way around. I'm not quite visualizing your idea.

Okay, maybe this image will help provide more understanding:



So, how does one go about creating this effect?

By the way, if you go hunting for where I found this picture, you'll notice that it actually is from a photoshop website, but it doesn't help me because it turns out that the guy who made the butterfly just did it from scratch out of water formations. As that probably can't be done with something as round and unshapely as a whale (without it just looking like a big blob), I want to see if I can somehow take the picture of an actual whale and convert it to water to get a similar effect as shown above.

[Hoogle]

Somene posted a tutorial not so lng ago about turning things into ice if you follow that which I will have a look for and then place some water brush splashes around it then it should look just as good

[Hoogle]

I cant find the specific thread but here are some ideas to keep you going
Create Frozen Liquid Effects | Tutorial | Computer Arts magazine
Photoshop Tutorial | Create cool neon effects
I am sure if you change the colour scheme of this to white and blue instead of flames it could look cool
How to Create a Flaming Photo Manipulation | Psdtuts+

And Bingo I believe this is what you want
Transform Someone Into a Water Elemental | DevWebPro

[Paul]

Yeah i did, lol.
This will help you in a different way, go and experiment Glass

[agentmoeller]

and I want to turn water into wine!

I want to turn wine into single-malt scotch!

Agent

[ibclare]

That's a cool tutorial, the water elemental. A little hard to follow here and there but with time, patience, and rereading... lol! And then again, it might just be me (written vs. visual learning)

[Paul]

Maybe bring your version to the table then hey clare?