A few B&A's

[Pebbiez]

This one I'm actually really proud of, even though it's relatively simple as far as work done/time. The woman is a stock photo from depositphotos, the fish are random images from google.


Sarah Umbridge.. Not meant to offend any Palin fans, was done in humor, and I apologize in advance if I've offended anyone with it.


This is a picture of my mom and her dog. After the dog died, she wanted a nice picture of them together, and told me "any background, just not the one that's there". I liked the idea of an outdoor scene, but her feet - I just can't seem to get right. Also, the more I look at it, the more I think the shadows are way off. Buuuut unfortunately I flattened the image to copy it as a solid layer, and forgot to unmerge the layers before saving (D'OH!!).. so I'd have to start mostly from scratch to fix any of it :mad2:

When I am ready to start over on my mom's pic, any suggestions on the feet?

 

[fenix]

Great work Pebbiez! The feet thingie, well, maybe placing something in front of one of them would solve the problem.

 

[KimberlyAtkins]

Very Nice!! Your shading on the bottom picture is great! You'd really have to look to be able to tell that it's pasted from another image

 

[Pebbiez]

thanks guys I'll try to find something to fit over the feet when I start working on it again. I tried adding a log to cover her feet (after I had saved the flattened image by mistake), but by that point it made the front tree look paper thin :/

 

[Steve]

Very nice work Pebbiez and welcome to PSG.

 

[iDad]

I WOULD SELECT THE FEET FEATHER A FEW PX THEN USE CURSES..... just enough to darken them, so as to not stand out as muchView attachment 8988

 

[fenix]

Why not throw both of them pics up (of your mom) and we all could have a go at it. Just for the fun of it.

 

[Pebbiez]

well, I started working on it again tonight. So far I've tried the curves idea on the feet and it seemed to help a bit. If anyone else wants to have a go at it, I attached the psd lol just a heads up, I'm terrible about labeling my layers :redface:

 

[Pebbiez]

erm, also it's been about 3 months since I did the original one, this time around I used different rocks for under her feet. Originally I had merged the 2 rocks on the left to create the steps. This time around, I cut part of the rock she's sitting on, and merged it with the larger rock on the left.

 

[Paul]

This is my go at it.

 

[Pebbiez]

oh wow, that background is beautiful!

 

[Vafann]

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This one I'm actually really proud of, even though it's relatively simple as far as work done/time. The woman is a stock photo from depositphotos, the fish are random images from google.

View attachment 8978
Sarah Umbridge.. Not meant to offend any Palin fans, was done in humor, and I apologize in advance if I've offended anyone with it.

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This is a picture of my mom and her dog. After the dog died, she wanted a nice picture of them together, and told me "any background, just not the one that's there". I liked the idea of an outdoor scene, but her feet - I just can't seem to get right. Also, the more I look at it, the more I think the shadows are way off. Buuuut unfortunately I flattened the image to copy it as a solid layer, and forgot to unmerge the layers before saving (D'OH!!).. so I'd have to start mostly from scratch to fix any of it :mad2:

When I am ready to start over on my mom's pic, any suggestions on the feet?

Really good work!

 

[Vafann]

This is my go at it.

VERY nice and clear Paul!

 

[fenix]

This is my go at it.

Nice job Paul!