Sometimes we are so used to the regular objects around us, that we could easily tell with the eyes closed what we touch. Your goal in this contest is to get us out of the monotony of such things and by using your creativity and skills, create super-sized objects.
Make sure you place them in a context so that we can easily tell that the object is super-sized. Super-sizing humans is also allowed, but only 1 object/human can be super-sized, all the rest of your picture should have normal size.
Humor is a very welcomed factor in this contest. Have fun!
First contest: http://www.pxleyes.com/photoshop-contest/16083/supersized-things.html
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Image was created by cloning out the bus, adding the snail, adjusting colors and contrast, using some artistic photoshop filters and making a frame using "modify border" and some painting with the chalk brush. (5 years and 875 days ago)
Good blend & mood over all, but the fish tail doesn't work for me.
author says:
Thank you CMYK.
You see, this fish is not any fish but a very special one: a merludine. Unfortunately, you can’t see the part of the body that is hidden in the water. He is able to bend his abdomen swiftly when he sees a prey. Sometimes his back shows a deep curvature which doesn’t last long but is sometimes enough to cause him severe back pain. This is the reason why merludines often end their lives floating beneath the surface, unable to move enough to sustain their existence.
I have made a rough SBS to explain you how this nature’s oddity works.
Neat idea. Maybe brush some very dark color either on a multiply, or hard light layer underneath them where they join the ground. Just a very small amount. This will connect them to the ground and make it look like the are not floating in the air. Look very closely at your source images and you will see what I am saying. You can use several layers if needed. Sometimes I do a very very fine real dark layer of shadows, and then a more spread out lighter one, and sometimes even a lighter one spread out more. Gaussian Blur can be helpful on the shadows but isn't always needed. Better yet, check out some video tutorials on this. Just making nice shadows will increase the believability of your Chops by a lot.
author says:
Thanks BW, I already have added shadows just the way you indicate
But to make you happy, I've put just a little bit more.
The street light seems rather dim, so the shadows would not be too contrasted.
Maybe I said that wrong. I meant some dark color where your subjects touch the ground. Here, I made a gif, using the boy's feet to show you what I mean. https://i.imgur.com/2tfukZe.gif
I used black in this gif, but it's probably best to sample a dark color by the boy's feet using the eye dropper. You can then use PS's Color Picker to make that sampled color lighter or darker. I used a 33% opacity brush, but went over it a couple times or so. IMO he looks more "attached" to the ground now.
(5 years and 881 days ago)
author says:
Thanks for your gif, for your time, for your interest! I understand what you mean better now.
Hi author. I did a few things that I thought would improve it. You did a really good job of color matching the boy, the girl and the cat into the background, but IMO the overall color cast of the image made it look flat. So I did some quick and dirty color/light work on it, and now I believe the chop "pops" a bit more. Let me know what you think.
Made two more images that are sort of a mini SBS. I used Nik filters and Color Balance. Am I allowed to tell you the settings? I have no problems giving you the settings, but is it against the rules?
https://imgur.com/a/fBQpN
author says:
Thanks BigWaveRider, he he now I now what your initials stand for! I don't think it is against the rules to tell settings, on the contrary we are asked to help and give tips to eachother.
The tone balance you did is much warmer. Usualy I do warmer pics but in this case I chose to keep it in colder tones. I like them both, now I'm confused
I added my settings for you in the Imgur album. Yea it's more warm for sure. At first I tried a warming color filter but it was inadequate. Up to you which one you like.
https://imgur.com/a/fBQpN
Haha. Yup, BWR = BigWaveRider . Gonna be changing my name soon. Mods said they can't give me a name change, so I have to make a whole new account.
very good, try to make the regard of the little girl in the right way !
author says:
Lolu!!! so good to hear from you! I've already changed the direction of the eyes of the little girl from the source image. It is something to get balanced between her position, the position of her head and what she is looking at...
Good image...try to match the added shadows to those in the source pic.
TY CM. I can try but I really struggled with this chop as is. Maybe make them less blurred with more color type noise in them?
Great job on the chop. I would feel safer inside a car though. I think they would be more likely to get caught and eaten trying to run away.
This one chews through cars.
In that case I would hide in a reinforced concrete building.
Congrats again BWR
TY madamemonty. Always wanted to do a giant creature Photoshop. Was fun.
Congrats!
Thanks filantrop. Just broswed your Photoshop portfolio. you have some nice PS work.
Congratulations. Well deserved.
Mahalo SA!!
Congrats BW!
Thanks bunny girl.
Howdie stranger!
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