my first ps

Andrea K · Dec 23, 2004

do u think it turned out alright for a first time?
any suggestions?

Andrea K · Dec 23, 2004

my second official photoshop

is this better than the first, i think so

elucidati · Dec 24, 2004

oooh... i like them, both of them...the cat needs abit of cropping and more ears tho i think... but very good work... what camera did you use?

Andrea K · Dec 24, 2004

i used a canon g5

mentos_007 · Dec 24, 2004

I prefer the first one

good job

captobvious · Dec 24, 2004

i like the second one, but go back and color where the light is going through the stone and hitting the wall too, to make it look like its the only thing thats color. also it may be just me, but it looks like you didn't color but a little more then half of the cats eyes

Damian · Dec 24, 2004

2nd was really good...but ooer it would be better if you could reduce the size a bit so we can take it all in by first glance... anyway that's just about the posting... very good work for a first shot...you should see my first ones, I wanna burn them all up right now .. :wink:

Replic · Dec 24, 2004

The shadow on the 2nd one would have also have an orangeish tint on it. Just a suggestion to make it more realistic.

Andrea K · Dec 24, 2004

i made a new one with the shadow orange as well

Hertz van Rental · Dec 25, 2004

The cat is nice but I think the effect would be better if you warmed up the black - just a touch of sepia. The blue eyes with the neutral black leans to far to the cold. Cat's are warm. Try it and see ;-)

canonrebel · Dec 25, 2004

That canon G5 does a fantastic job. Your photoshop isn't bad either. The orange shadow makes the 2nd shot more abstract because there's no such thing in reality as an orange shadow.

Rhubarb · Dec 27, 2004

Great shots! I love the 2nd one especially with the orange shadow and tighter crop.

I also think the cat needs a tighter crop.

whitney · Dec 27, 2004

there's no such thing as an orange shadow but there is such a thing as light shining through a translucent orange object and creating an orange glow on the wall behind it. i really like the one with the stones, especially after the orange was added into the shadow.

canonrebel · Dec 27, 2004

whitney said:
there's no such thing as an orange shadow but there is such a thing as light shining through a translucent orange object and creating an orange glow on the wall behind it. i really like the one with the stones, especially after the orange was added into the shadow.

WOW! That's very perceptive, whitney. I hadn't thought of that. Now that you mention the glow shining through..... I kinda like the way the glow shines through the translucent black objects, too.

chrism · Dec 28, 2004

Because only the bottom prt of the cat's eyes are coloured, it seems that the cat is looking at something blue and the blue something is being reflected in the eyes. It's good.

How do you colour things like that in PS?