Lesson 4: Blue Team - "Scratchy!"

Now this was a fun one mainly because I don't have a scanner. WHAT? Well, I can't scan a scratchy photo in, so I used my noggin (and Photoshop) and MADE SCRATCHES in a Vinny picture. Then I tried several techniques (Despeckle worked best for me) including a final red eye reduction to take the demon yellow out of his eyes. Enjoy!

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Lesson 4: Blue Team - "Move that EYE!" (further comment)

Holy moley! When I look at the two pix one on top of the other, the eyes looks pretty much the same. Be sure to click for larger images, and you'll be able to notice the change in the lower/lighter image.

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Lesson 4: Blue Team - "Move that EYE!"

My son was squinting with his left eye. I tried opening it wider, less wide, searching for a balance of sorts, and I settled on just moving the top eyelid (WITH his long long lashes) up a tad. The murky picture was also lightened with the curves adjustment.

Lesson 3: Blue Group - colored pencil

This is more oil pastels than colored pencils (I got a real "pop" from the colors manipulating the curves at the end). The original is a cascade that now looks like it's on another planet.

Lesson 3: Blue Group - line art

Now this was both easy and very very cool! I'm not sure which I like better: easy or cool. Having BOTH is even better :)

Lesson 3: Blue Group - not quite a duck

Vinny is again being subjected to my whimsy.

I know! I know! The paintbrush work needs, well, work. I really ought to get a tablet. Still, I was happy to get the technique in general; I can certainly have some fun with this.

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Lesson 3: Blue Group - grayscale

OK, this week's output has been painfully slow and is not inspired. I've got a relentless head cold, and it's making me tired and foggy.

Enough with the excuses already! Here's part of this week's assignment (actually, I'm throwing in the grayscale flowers just because I managed to do them!)

Blue Team: Lesson 2

Here's my banner. I must say I'm not 100% pleased with the logo (it was blown up from a smaller image, and it fuzzed out on me), but the overall design is what I wanted (soft blue surf-iness with the wild eleki-boom (electric guitar boom) of Japanese surf instrumentals. That little Jazzmaster IS my guitar, by the way :)

Blue Team: Lesson 3 (extra credit)

Well, yes, I've not actually done the REGULAR credit assignment, but this one was fun, AND it was quick! This is in honor of my 55th birthday, today :)