J M Ross
Who you calling fat?!
First step was to create a false background. I covered the back wall with a wallpaper texture, then duplicated the back wall and used free transform to distort it for the side wall. I created some parquet flooring in a separate document. First I filled a rectangle with the fibres filter to give me a wood texture, then duplicated the ‘plank’ and ran the fibers filter again, so as no to get a repeat texture. I did this a third time to make a square shape. Once the first square was finished it was duplicated three times and rotated to create a parquet floor tile. I then duplicated the tiles to make up a larger area. I copied the final floor texture back over to the original file and used free transform to resize it into place. Next step was the skirting boards. These are just white rectangles filled with some grey tone.
Next I masked around the man and corrected the hot spot on his leg. To hide the hot spot took two steps. Step 1 was duplicate the good knee then use free transform to distort it and move it over the problem area. I then masked off the areas of this duplicated knee to blend with the skin below. After masking I could still see the hot spot underneath. Step 2 was to create a new layer above the hot spot. Then select the clone tool and set it’s mode to darken, this setting will only effect the lighter areas in the hot spot when you start cloning. Set the sample mode to ‘current & below’. Reduce the opacity of the clone tool to about 10% and start cloning over the hot spot from areas that have the tone you desire. The idea is to build up the cloning gently. If you over do it you can always reduce the layers opacity with the slider. I then gave him a drop shadow.
At this point I was starting to struggle with the picture. I wasn’t happy with the result, it just didn’t look natural. So I resorted to the comic factor. I cut the cat out using the quick selection tool and free transformed him to the floor, then painted a drop shadow. The paw marks were created using the custom shape tool and transformed. I used the type tool to create the words fat cat, then distorted the type again using free transform.
Next I deleted the design of the shirt using the clone and patch tools. I created some shadows on the walls and floor using the dodge and burn tools. And finally added a note over the cat. The note is added in flickr. When you view a photograph, on the top left hand side of the photo is a little icon of a page with the words ‘add note’. Basically click on the icon add your message and move to an area on the photo.
Time taken: too long
Well I struggled with this challenge and I’m not really happy with the final result. From the beginning I didn’t like the photo, no matter what I did to it just looked false. I think I will come back to it again in few weeks and take a fresh look at it.
Who you calling fat?!
First step was to create a false background. I covered the back wall with a wallpaper texture, then duplicated the back wall and used free transform to distort it for the side wall. I created some parquet flooring in a separate document. First I filled a rectangle with the fibres filter to give me a wood texture, then duplicated the ‘plank’ and ran the fibers filter again, so as no to get a repeat texture. I did this a third time to make a square shape. Once the first square was finished it was duplicated three times and rotated to create a parquet floor tile. I then duplicated the tiles to make up a larger area. I copied the final floor texture back over to the original file and used free transform to resize it into place. Next step was the skirting boards. These are just white rectangles filled with some grey tone.
Next I masked around the man and corrected the hot spot on his leg. To hide the hot spot took two steps. Step 1 was duplicate the good knee then use free transform to distort it and move it over the problem area. I then masked off the areas of this duplicated knee to blend with the skin below. After masking I could still see the hot spot underneath. Step 2 was to create a new layer above the hot spot. Then select the clone tool and set it’s mode to darken, this setting will only effect the lighter areas in the hot spot when you start cloning. Set the sample mode to ‘current & below’. Reduce the opacity of the clone tool to about 10% and start cloning over the hot spot from areas that have the tone you desire. The idea is to build up the cloning gently. If you over do it you can always reduce the layers opacity with the slider. I then gave him a drop shadow.
At this point I was starting to struggle with the picture. I wasn’t happy with the result, it just didn’t look natural. So I resorted to the comic factor. I cut the cat out using the quick selection tool and free transformed him to the floor, then painted a drop shadow. The paw marks were created using the custom shape tool and transformed. I used the type tool to create the words fat cat, then distorted the type again using free transform.
Next I deleted the design of the shirt using the clone and patch tools. I created some shadows on the walls and floor using the dodge and burn tools. And finally added a note over the cat. The note is added in flickr. When you view a photograph, on the top left hand side of the photo is a little icon of a page with the words ‘add note’. Basically click on the icon add your message and move to an area on the photo.
Time taken: too long
Well I struggled with this challenge and I’m not really happy with the final result. From the beginning I didn’t like the photo, no matter what I did to it just looked false. I think I will come back to it again in few weeks and take a fresh look at it.