10 Make You Think Fantasy Photos

From Denny: Whether it's Photoshopped or not we all enjoy those odd sometimes surreal photos that make us think. We may wonder what is going on in the head of the artist or photographer. These odd photos make us take pause and ponder about the statement. Photos like this tend to linger in our minds long after viewing. Found these lovlies on StumbleUpon at the account of retrit, a woman in Greece. She does have a great eye for unusual photos, enjoy!


















































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Tutorial: Eerie Eye Photo Manipulation

Photo by xerolime at sxc.hu.com

From Denny: Here's a creepy but cool tutorial in PhotoShop to get you ready for Halloween in a few months! :)

This is from a friend over at MyBlogLog, PhotoShop Star.

Here's an excerpt from the easy step by step tutorial:

"Open up the stock photo you’ve chosen to be working with for this tutorial. Duplicate it once (just in case!) Find and get out the Burn Tool, change the range/mode for it to ‘midtones’ and set the opacity to something light-medium.

Using the burn tool now, pass in turn of the pupil of the eye and in turn of the eye. Now get out the Dodge Tool and set the mode to midtones again. Use the dodge tool to lighten up the pupil and also among where you used the burn tool to darken."

That was step one. For the rest of the article just click on the title link to take you there, enjoy and have some fun!

Tutorial: Create Old World Wax Seal

Photo from pshero.com

From Denny: This pshero site is chock full of great and easy tutorials for graphics and photo effects and more!

"Old World Wax Seal

Posted In : Graphic Design

In this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to create an old world style wax seal using just a few layers, layer styles and the pen tool."

Just click on the title link to take you to the easy tutorial.

Tutorial: Create Your Own High Contrast B & W Ad

Photo from pshero.com

From Denny: From one of my friends over at Blog Catalog comes a wonderful blog with practical how-to tutorials in PhotoShop! Take a look at the simple steps to learn how to do this kind of ad.

From pshero:

"High Contrast Black & White Ad

Posted In : Photo Effects

It seems like cool black and white photo effects are all the rage lately. Movie posters, magazine ads and album covers have all sported this effect with great results. In this Photoshop tutorial I'll show you how to create this effect using Channels."

Just click on the title link to take you to the mere 13-step tutorial.

Tutorial: Create the Scrap of Notebook Paper Effect

From Denny: I just love this site and this idea from pshero.com!

"A Scrap Of Notebook Paper

Posted In : Graphic Design

In this Photoshop tutorial we'll be creating a scrap of notepad paper like the ones you've probably seen used in popular websites and blogs. Throughout the lesson I'll also be discussing the things I take into consideration when preparing a graphic like this for the web."

Just click on the title to take you to the tutorial.