Cigarette tutorial?

[Alistair]

Any one seen a really good lookin Cigarette tutorial out there? I got the smoke covered, just need the source! Thanks - Alistair

 

[wbiss]

[:I Here ya go...

http://graphicssoft.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.effectlab.com/tutsmoke.php

 

[Alistair]

awesome.. thanks wendy! [excited]

 

[wbiss]

You're welcome, Alistair!

[upset] Just don't let me catch you smoking 'em! [:I

And I look forward to seeing your finished results! [excited]

 

[Alistair]

hehe, yea. Um, im going to have troubles getting a cig in a 2d skeleton's mouth though!!! Well, it's actually 3d.. i guess.

 

[wbiss]

That should be a piece of cake for you Alistair!

BTW... an appropriate image!

 

[Alistair]

Thanks wendy I was thinking of only putting one in the middle skeleton's mouth. What do you think of that?

 

[wbiss]

Yeah, that's what I thought you had in mind, Alistair!

I think that one in each of the 3 mouths might be "overkill" [confused] ... unless you "faded out" the other 2 skinny guys? Just a thought... but then you'll play around with it and try various compositions.

And what I do like about the composition of the finished piece (as I see it in my mind) is the "contrast" between the B+W skeletons and the colourized "cancer stick"!

 

[Alistair]

like that. But, the area im workin in is in grayscale, so should i flatten that, put it into a new coloured window, and then just make the cig coloured? [confused]

 

[Geoff]

hey Alistair i love the idea!!
and by putting only one cigarette in the middle skeleton's mouth, you're also demonstrating the effects of second-hand smoke well thought

 

[Alistair]

and by putting only one cigarette in the middle skeleton's mouth, you're also demonstrating the effects of second-hand smoke

Haha Yea, maybe I can get extra credit in health class for this [sly] [slick]

 

[wbiss]

Yeah Alistair... just turn your greyscale file into RGB! You don't need to flatten your layers, either.

Image/Mode/RGB Color

 

[Erik]

Why not put it inside out, and have the smoke come out of the sockets?

 

[Alistair]

You mean have the cig smoked the opposite side, and smoke comes out of the skeleton's eye sockets and every other hole? I love it!!!