Medusa's Garden

I've studied a lot of mythology and more than likely you'll be seeing more mythological posts--not all of it will be Greek and Roman mythology either. That being said welcome to Medusa's Garden.

This was another piece that I was working on when I was first learning Photoshop. I started working on it using Photoshop 7 and then I finished it using Photoshop CS3. I started with an initial sketch and kept building layer after layer. I believe the most difficult part was turning certain elements of the original sketch to stone like textures, for example the pathway and the statues.

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Loves Me Not

I was once told that certain flowers like the African Violet will not grow without a mate, I've been seeing a lot of my friends struggling with relationships lately and the old childhood game of "he loves me, he loves me not," started to bounce around in my head. So I decided to do some "free sketching" and test out my new Android Phone app. Initially it started out as me just scribbling on the touchscreen then it began to take the form of a heart shape, when I liked what I saw on the screen I sent it to my laptop and finished it in Photoshop. Dedicated to all the broken hearted may you truly find the person you are meant to be with, the one that mends your heart and never breaks it.

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Star Self Portrait

I have been picking up various Photoshop techniques through both IMAGINE FX and PHOTOSHOP CREATIVE, both magazines are very helpful. In PHOTOSHOP CREATIVE issue 86 there was a tutorial for creating sparkle text. The step by step process was easy to follow when I used it to practice with text, using Photoshop CS3. However, as I have started the transition to Photoshop CS6 there are some differences, and it took a little longer to figure out how to create a work path and after some trial and errors I was able to apply the technique to my own photo. I think the first attempt turned out well now I'll have to keep this in mind for future projects.

                 

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