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I like Photoshop. I like zombies. So a tutorial on how to make a freakish zombie in 11 steps is right up my alley. This corpse is nice and gritty. And it even makes use of pigeon eyes. That puts it a notch above all those seagull-eyed zombies for sure!
Anyway, when I spotted this page I thought I'd bring it to your attention as if I had made some unique discovery on the web. But then I saw it mentioned on all the big geek portals (I mean, I assume it was mentioned in those places... I don't actually go to geeky sites). And several people emailed it to me. Seems like this is one of those links making the rounds.
Which caused me to pose the question: why hasn't my Photoshop work ever drawn that much attention? I've turned myself into a zombie before. I even transplanted my face onto Gollum (click the small pics to enlarge).
Hmm, I think I know why the high traffic sites haven't linked me. I didn't show my progress in step-by-step tutorial form! That's what people like to see, right?
Reminds me of doing math problems in school, when the teacher instructed us to "show your work." We had to prove that we actually knew how to get to the final solution.
I'll keep this in mind next time I'm turning myself into a digital monster. Anyone have any thoughts on what kind of Photoshop trickery I should attempt next? Or is there anything else (besides photo manipulations) that you'd like a tutorial for?
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| JPT said: | February 09, 2006, 08:24 PM |
| Daniel said: | February 10, 2006, 05:28 PM |
Wow!! You're really scary!! I'll need my Magnun to blow your head like in the game Resident Evil!!! LOL!
| Alyssa said: | February 16, 2006, 05:03 PM |
Honestly? well... I'd love to learn how to make something like this (http://brainstormdesigns.com/img/illo/sisters.gif), but I'd probably have to go to school for that, huh? ;)
| shinywrap said: | February 25, 2006, 05:36 PM |
How do we make stencils for pumpkins? Or is that giving away the farm?
| Ryn said: | February 25, 2006, 10:03 PM |
Alyssa - I do have some files saved that show my progress of that type of photo-based illustration. I'll see what I can do about writing up a tutorial.
shinywrap - Yea, I suppose revealing my pumpkin secrets would be giving away the farm. But honestly, I feel that the process is 33% common sense, 33% artistic license, and 33% experience. Oh, and 1% black magic.
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