Spring Cycle

My walk cycle was more like a spring cycle. I watched a lot of theory videos about springs but it must not have helped much because it still sucks. The sheer amount of erasing makes each frame a different value.

Unattainable, pointless "beauty."

I removed any trace of character from this poor woman's face, leaving behind only a monochromatic skintone that is truly unattainable, and in my personal opinion undesirable because I subscribe to a system of beauty stupid and pointless perpetuated by the media. I also gave her obnoxiously large eyes. For fun I changed her hair and eye color in a desperate attempt to give her some kind of personality. I still feel guilty. I am so sorry.

Hawktopus [newimal]

Obviously the best possible combonation of two animals would be a hawk and an octopus, mainly because of the awesome name that results... "Hawktopus." This is actually the sole reason I picked this combonation. The real challenge was making it work because it turns out a slippery water-dwelling creature and a feathered bird of prey have very different textures. I tried a couple times to make it right, you choose witch one you like best.

Uhggg this one is so unnatural looking, so I tried again.

He looks better, especially if you think of him as an evil genius with a giant brain.

Shiny TOYS

Look at all these shiny toys I made with the gradient tool. This was pretty cool and I can't wait to use them in a more practical application.

Shiny DEATH

I was feeling morbid today so shiny death. The objective here was to make an object look like it was placed on a shiny surface. I copied the layer and then flipped it then applied a gradient to the copy. Mine ended up all awkward looking because the skull was at an angle, but I think it turned out alright.

Colorful Gandhi

This project was all about making a normal image colorful. I started with a generic profile of Gandhi because he is my favorite civil rights activist of all time. Next we used the threshold to make the picture black and white. I was familiar with this technique because I play with stencils a lot. On a layer I inserted above it I colored sporadically. After some blending and bluring I got the finished project. Pretty straightforward.

So Brave

It's election season! I bet you love hearing about these guys.Adding a pattern to an animals skin was actually a fairly easy process. First paste in the picture of your animal and lay your pattern on top of it. Transform to pattern to fit the area you want patetrned, then apply a darken filter. Presto; American flag faces.

SOOOOO BRAVE.

 

I tried really hard not to make political jokes when writing this. REALLY hard. I would have written a LOT more if I could've made fun of Ron Paul more.