For those of you who haven't noticed, I wrote a BUNCH today. Not just on this blog, but my other blogs as well. There's a few things left I'd like to say though, and those things are about...
1. Nature.
2. Polls.
3. Royalty.
NUMBER 1- Nature: Sometime this week or the next, I shall post some of my most favorite pictures of plants that I have taken. Since it's Winter and most everything has died by now, I figured spreading some color wouldn't be such a bad idea.
NUMBER 2- Polls: Every week, I will be posting a new poll for my readers to vote on. That wasn't a very important topic to cover, but there it is.
NUMBER 3- Royalty: Within the next few days(or maybe even tonight if i can get the time) I will be making myself look like some out of this world royalty. I may or may not post pictures on here. Depends on how they turn out. If you can guess who I'll be impersonating, you'll win a cyber prize! ;]
Note: Cyber prizes consist of things that can be obtained only through the cyber world. Examples include cyber hugs, cyber pats on the back, cyber high 5s, and cyber cheers. All of the previously listed are copyrighted terms to be used with permission only by the writer herself, LunaPuma©.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Smile and Wave
I'm a HUGE fan of hands. I love how they can be so graceful or clumsy, tender or rough, old or young. I personally have old looking hands and my pinky is slightly deformed in being much smaller than the average pinky. What do YOUR hands look like?
Here's some of my favorite pictures involving hands.
Here's some of my favorite pictures involving hands.
Winner Pick Number 2
Our Winner Pick Picture number 2 goes to Tyler Gammons, who chose this picture...
Ah, such good times I had with this one! The idea basically came from my teenage fan girl mind; Me + Edward Cullen = Good. Any picture I could put myself in and be with Cullen was a good one, as far as I was concerned. I'm pleased to report that I'm not longer THAT obsessed with him OR his family(or his moody flake of a girlfriend), but I do still enjoy this picture and any others I made with him. Anyways, let's get started!
To do this picture, I first took pictures of my action figure(because that's what it is; an action figure. not a doll.), keeping in mind that I was going to place myself somewhere in the picture. So not only was I trying to get a good angle on this, but I also had to visualize myself into the picture.
After I got the right shot, it was time to take a picture of myself. I set my camera up on my bed and a few books(the days before i had a tripod. such memories...), set the timer, and went to go peak around my bookcase which was in my room. That really didn't take all that long. The only problem I had was trying to imagine where my eyes needed to be looking.
After I got all that done and my makeshift tripod put away, I opened up both pictures on Photo Impact 8. This picture was pretty much the easiest thing to do ever; All I had to do was use Lasso Tool to cut me out, size me down, and use the tiniest bit of Soft Edge ever around my body and hand. After I was in place, I noted how you could see some minor reflections in the plastic containing the moody vampire. I simply traced my hand yet again with the Lasso Tool then inverted and flipped it. After doing that, I had to make it almost completely transparent; Just enough to where you could just barely see it.
And there you have it! That's all there was to it. Is that how you thought it was done, Mr Gammons? ;]
Ah, such good times I had with this one! The idea basically came from my teenage fan girl mind; Me + Edward Cullen = Good. Any picture I could put myself in and be with Cullen was a good one, as far as I was concerned. I'm pleased to report that I'm not longer THAT obsessed with him OR his family(or his moody flake of a girlfriend), but I do still enjoy this picture and any others I made with him. Anyways, let's get started!
To do this picture, I first took pictures of my action figure(because that's what it is; an action figure. not a doll.), keeping in mind that I was going to place myself somewhere in the picture. So not only was I trying to get a good angle on this, but I also had to visualize myself into the picture.
After I got the right shot, it was time to take a picture of myself. I set my camera up on my bed and a few books(the days before i had a tripod. such memories...), set the timer, and went to go peak around my bookcase which was in my room. That really didn't take all that long. The only problem I had was trying to imagine where my eyes needed to be looking.
After I got all that done and my makeshift tripod put away, I opened up both pictures on Photo Impact 8. This picture was pretty much the easiest thing to do ever; All I had to do was use Lasso Tool to cut me out, size me down, and use the tiniest bit of Soft Edge ever around my body and hand. After I was in place, I noted how you could see some minor reflections in the plastic containing the moody vampire. I simply traced my hand yet again with the Lasso Tool then inverted and flipped it. After doing that, I had to make it almost completely transparent; Just enough to where you could just barely see it.
And there you have it! That's all there was to it. Is that how you thought it was done, Mr Gammons? ;]
The First Winner Post and Some Gratitude
Before I start talking about how I made some of my photo shopped pictures, I'd like to give a big "thanks" to everyone who viewed, shared, followed, and commented on my blog! *ahem* Here it goes...
Thank you!!!
Gah, you wouldn't believe how stoked I was when my page views and followers started going up. I'll admit it; I felt a bit like a mini celebrity. ;]
Now, in a previous post, I posted 5 different photo shopped pictures and asked the readers to comment on the one they were most curious to know how was made. Well, seeing as I only had 2 votes and couldn't really declare a winner in that election, I just decided to write about both of the winners. And so, without further ado, so begins eb_fourside's picture pick!
Ok, so I'm REALLY proud of this one. It's nothing majorly special, but I still really liked how it turned out. The first step in creating this picture was to take a picture of my hand holding some pencils.
After taking pictures from a few different angles, I finally had one that I liked. I uploaded the picture to my computer, then opened it up on Photo Impact 8.
Using the Lasso Tool, I traced the entire outline of my hand and the pencils, then right clicked and turned the entire traced image into an object.
The next step was to find a background for the newly created object to rest on. After a bit of searching, I was able to find this nifty little rainbow background.
Still using Photo Impact, I used the Colorize Pen to turn some of the rainbow color into dull gray. To do that and get the effect that the gray was actually getting colored out, I used my Bamboo Tablet to color in the area I wanted gray, making sure to leave the right edge rough.
After I had the backdrop completed, I placed the image of my hand onto it. Before I could merge the images together, I needed something to complete the picture, and that thing was a shadow.
I've been told that I'm big on shadows and I pay loads of attention to lighting. Well, the people who said that were absolutely right! I use shadows a LOT. They really do complete the picture most of the time.
Anyways, to create a shadow, I made a copy of the hand image/object, then placed it on the rainbow background. After turning it black, making it transparent, and then softening up the edges with Soft Edge, I used the Transform Tool to move the shadow around and to make the shadow more realistic.
After a bit of touching up, I finally completed the image! The whole thing probably took about an hour to do, not including photo taking time.
Thank you!!!
Gah, you wouldn't believe how stoked I was when my page views and followers started going up. I'll admit it; I felt a bit like a mini celebrity. ;]
Now, in a previous post, I posted 5 different photo shopped pictures and asked the readers to comment on the one they were most curious to know how was made. Well, seeing as I only had 2 votes and couldn't really declare a winner in that election, I just decided to write about both of the winners. And so, without further ado, so begins eb_fourside's picture pick!
Ok, so I'm REALLY proud of this one. It's nothing majorly special, but I still really liked how it turned out. The first step in creating this picture was to take a picture of my hand holding some pencils.
After taking pictures from a few different angles, I finally had one that I liked. I uploaded the picture to my computer, then opened it up on Photo Impact 8.
Using the Lasso Tool, I traced the entire outline of my hand and the pencils, then right clicked and turned the entire traced image into an object.
The next step was to find a background for the newly created object to rest on. After a bit of searching, I was able to find this nifty little rainbow background.
Still using Photo Impact, I used the Colorize Pen to turn some of the rainbow color into dull gray. To do that and get the effect that the gray was actually getting colored out, I used my Bamboo Tablet to color in the area I wanted gray, making sure to leave the right edge rough.
After I had the backdrop completed, I placed the image of my hand onto it. Before I could merge the images together, I needed something to complete the picture, and that thing was a shadow.
I've been told that I'm big on shadows and I pay loads of attention to lighting. Well, the people who said that were absolutely right! I use shadows a LOT. They really do complete the picture most of the time.
Anyways, to create a shadow, I made a copy of the hand image/object, then placed it on the rainbow background. After turning it black, making it transparent, and then softening up the edges with Soft Edge, I used the Transform Tool to move the shadow around and to make the shadow more realistic.
After a bit of touching up, I finally completed the image! The whole thing probably took about an hour to do, not including photo taking time.
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