Be Creative Week #36

[lisabee]

Hi everyone,

Let’s BE CREATIVE.

Thanks to everyone who took part last week, we were all terrifically dreamy.

The small print for the challenge is ……
Everyone reading the forum is invited to participate.
Please join in, share your images, ideas, imagination and inspiration.

Please post your images (as many as you like) below in this thread.

If you would like to comment or have a question, please post here (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/showthread.php?p=393698#post393698).

Above all, have fun!


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Be Creative Week #36

This week we’re going to try another variation on an arty look

http://tutorialmatic.com/tutorials/photoshop/photo-pop-art.html (http://tutorialmatic.com/tutorials/photoshop/photo-pop-art.html)


As usual it's best to do your ‘general’ edits (levels, hue/sat, shadow/highlights, crop etc) before you start the tut so that you are starting out with your best version of the image.
As usual tweak the settings as you go.

Please try it out, have fun, and as always I look forward to seeing your images.
:D

[lisabee]

to get things started, here's a couple I did ...

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1WSyMjePuRw0IN8dxYBAtRSU3Vfa_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1WSyMjePuRw0IN8dxYBAtRSU3Vfa)

http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/files/1/2/6/4/2/bc-36-clocktower_thumb.jpg (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=6084&c=5)

Lisa

[Aussie Nan]

Thanks Lisa for another very interesting challenge. I tried four, and narrowed these two down as the better results.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/15MDS9H3fJcuKSWFS0wKrUHHUsdiy0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=15MDS9H3fJcuKSWFS0wKrUHHUsdiy0)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1J82u3v4pVKxy26yIezBDtwPQiXPzr1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1J82u3v4pVKxy26yIezBDtwPQiXPzr1)

[des_enzano]

This is an interesting tut! Here is my effort: http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/14WJCMouz8oNpfoQbxbqj4rcVOSKjo_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=14WJCMouz8oNpfoQbxbqj4rcVOSKjo)

George

[Bamagirl]

Another easy and addictive tut, Lisa. I have been looking for something to do with this Hydrangea image. Thanks for all that you do!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1uMoFb3cunQSNtzFs8cBqyhQyq2s_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1uMoFb3cunQSNtzFs8cBqyhQyq2s)

[swalkr]

I tried this on several photos, but found it works well with people as well. My contribution:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1jZGd7XAHFOP8Yix5Vc92V7fZGgxr_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1jZGd7XAHFOP8Yix5Vc92V7fZGgxr)

[rvrbndr]

Here's my go with an Eagle... Thanks Lisa for another great tut!
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1V24r98svQjuBmhYOfpGiJvVWNfkrg_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1V24r98svQjuBmhYOfpGiJvVWNfkrg)

[CarolLHB]

Fun-thanks for the tut!

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1d15G6Ljlqy0Z2NhHV36kUO2SxzV_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1d15G6Ljlqy0Z2NhHV36kUO2SxzV)

[Fish]

Lisa, thanks for not only the tutorial, but for showing me all these great websites. You're like my Photoshop search engine.

-Fish

Here's my try:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1nJL5ASnPlmb1D5gRkRCvr3GR9W9sB0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1nJL5ASnPlmb1D5gRkRCvr3GR9W9sB0)

[Zeria]

Lisa
Thanks for another great tutorial.:) Here's my attempt

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/156EK1DsvJONlEJCMSZXriQ2Vp3uyS0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=156EK1DsvJONlEJCMSZXriQ2Vp3uyS0)

[mljrbg]

Here's my first attempt (not really...it is about my 6th pic!!!). Not sure actually if this is they way it is supposewd to look. Thanks Lisa for bringing out our creativity.

Mary Lou

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ovFHInNOhDqCEkwb0cUNrT1oHMi880_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ovFHInNOhDqCEkwb0cUNrT1oHMi880)

[mljrbg]

Attempt #2!! I like this one better.

Mary Lou

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/13E6s21nEoA56hp7v26s6oG9laMy_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13E6s21nEoA56hp7v26s6oG9laMy)

[Sepiana]

Lisa,

Thanks for another interesting technique. Here are my contributions:

#36-1 - Followed the tutorial and added a frame style (Jodi Frye's The Missing Styles cd)

#36-2 - Omitted the Overlay blending mode; used Soft Light instead of Hard Light.

[billz]

Nice find Lisa! Thanks for hosting.

Toni's tires inspired me to do a whole car!
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1qo2qewZfUfKHC6OLqSHVzHm3ja9FO0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1qo2qewZfUfKHC6OLqSHVzHm3ja9FO0)

Bill

[MassBud]

This style reminds me of an artist named Michael Joseph who used to do painting of street scenes in Boston. Very effective and it works great with people.

[TonyW]

Not sure this church on the shores of Lake Erie is the best subject for this effect but it was the first I tried. Going to have to try it on some more pics. Thanks again Lisa.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1wEieevD82AtayT88haj7zklJHO0DC_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1wEieevD82AtayT88haj7zklJHO0DC)

Tony

[Martha]

Maybe I should stay off the computer at night when I'm sleepy because this is the second time I have posted a reply with my new creation and the next day, discover it isn't in the thread. However, this time I have 2 images in my gallery of the same creation.
Martha
http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/files/8/3/4/0/week-36_snowp232_819318_thumb.jpg (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=6098&c=5)

[Zeria]

I like this technique ---- here's another attempt.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1lI2dUuLinWSis2GQerrpieHaybCn1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1lI2dUuLinWSis2GQerrpieHaybCn1)

[aa6660]

A few quick attempts before I leave work. (Shhhh, don't tell.)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1DvZ3Kx3neEisJuKoNWDdbJTtwCTzz_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1DvZ3Kx3neEisJuKoNWDdbJTtwCTzz)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1VdBblAcVeJ9r5aOsHC2BZor7fai61_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1VdBblAcVeJ9r5aOsHC2BZor7fai61)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/10mhvFt7dKtbLjFntw0vGOZmsDGpI1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=10mhvFt7dKtbLjFntw0vGOZmsDGpI1)

[JulieM]

Thanks for another good Be Creative, Lisa. I like this technique. Easy and fun...

[/URL][URL="http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1SUSICItX9gsEnILecZsIHaa8gWG620"]http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1SUSICItX9gsEnILecZsIHaa8gWG620_thumb.jpg (http://www.elementsvillage.com/forums/%5BURL=http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1SUSICItX9gsEnILecZsIHaa8gWG620%5 D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1SUSICItX9gsEnILecZsIHaa8gWG620_thumb.jpg%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D)

[JulieM]

Nobody's done graffiti yet? :D

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ZlJvo36PedScJPO4jEXUhN08aOm7T_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ZlJvo36PedScJPO4jEXUhN08aOm7T)

I love the way this can bring out detail and contast in grungy subjects...

[GPLarge]

I like this one. Need to play with it some more but here is my entry.

http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/files/2/0/5/2/4/javamooseartpsev_thumb.jpg (http://www.elementsvillage.com/gallery/showimage.php?i=6127&c=2)

Thanks for looking

Al

[Bamagirl]

I really like this tutorial. Thanks again, Lisa.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1tgwRsPy8OSLmlKmnrINNMfoTcmyt_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1tgwRsPy8OSLmlKmnrINNMfoTcmyt)

[vawitt]

Here's one...the original photo was a little dark, so I ended up lightening the 2 lower layers and using the Soft Light filter instead of overlay.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1YdrCo5cHZs7MpVn1kbA3C6Gatmck_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1YdrCo5cHZs7MpVn1kbA3C6Gatmck)

This tut is fun...I'll try another. Thanks for finding it for us!

~Val in muggy IL

[vawitt]

And one more...

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/12m89llTnFrEOtV1hJfYqzi24wHf11_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=12m89llTnFrEOtV1hJfYqzi24wHf11)

~Val

[Bayla]

Like Mary Lou I tried this several times before I came up with one I liked:

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1IZuv1F6xpWrEcwOWPnfNJkRQjCd10_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1IZuv1F6xpWrEcwOWPnfNJkRQjCd10)

Thanks Lisa. Now I have to go back and play catch-up on last week's Be Creative!

Bayla

[kImages]

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1CblRc6nLJhZqWlNTLUZaYVzhD5RP0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1CblRc6nLJhZqWlNTLUZaYVzhD5RP0)

Super easy tut with a nice end result. Thanks Lisa.

[qcocoq]

Ok, I've finally got some new pictures to play with so I thought I'd try this. As always, thanks for all your effort keeping this going so proficiently Lisa.
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1mvmJyqm8abFXVIldq4xZqqzgLvXK1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1mvmJyqm8abFXVIldq4xZqqzgLvXK1)

[emkayess65]

The only half-way decent result out of many tries.
Gotta learn how to pick the right pictures.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1H9joDpyfpbtEnqyTP3AZvKRPjHqS51_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1H9joDpyfpbtEnqyTP3AZvKRPjHqS51)

mks

[atticrose]

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1hHqnrFfag1tYJKE9TUvQdy29z0o1_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1hHqnrFfag1tYJKE9TUvQdy29z0o1)



I wanted to join in so here is my first time, I hope I did the pixentral thing right."] ("http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13x9KHAJjdK0Uy3AiXemGvKgwgVm4)
Kerry

[Bayla]

Kerry,

I took the liberty of reposting your image so that you have a clickable thumbnail. The way to do it is to copy the second url below your Pixentral image (the one marked Forums)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/13x9KHAJjdK0Uy3AiXemGvKgwgVm4_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=13x9KHAJjdK0Uy3AiXemGvKgwgVm4)


It's great that you joined us. I really like your image!:)

Bayla


EDIT: I just saw that whilst I was typing you worked it out yourself!

[Seachelle]

Hope its not too late:-

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1FhLv6F4iiSYhipmhob7DQex4qutYk_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1FhLv6F4iiSYhipmhob7DQex4qutYk)

[victry1]

This is a great tut!! :D It can be used on so many different types of photos. Thanks Lisa! Thought I'd do an American hero. :)