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4 Amazing Avatar Na’vi Photoshop Tutorials

Kelly Anne Wills — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:46:44 +0000

I’m organizing this post with different levels of which you would like to “avatar” your photo.

A Touch of Avatar
f you just want a dash of Avatar goodness to your photo I would go with this tutorial. There’s not any healing or liquifying but does show how to change the color of the skin.

A Deeper Level of Avatar
If you want even more of an Avatar look but don’t want to work much on the markings the Avatars have this is the tut for you. BONUS: Background tutorial!

For Those That Prefer a More Cartoon Avatar
This one steps it up even more with great skin and marking work. Use this tutorial if you want your Avatar to have a more cartoon appearance. BONUS: Dramatic lighting effects!

Whole Hog Avatar
If you want your Avatar to look like an Avatar as much as possible and the most realistic I would go with this tut. The eye work and the dodging and burning is outstanding.

Amazing Actions

Kelly Anne Wills — Fri, 28 May 2010 18:02:29 +0000

Here’s the list, enjoy!

5 Retro Actions
By: kalinsicons

6 Retro/Vintage Actions
By: rocketlaunch

Action Pack 1
By: EmberGFX

Caitlin’s Actions
By: mumbojumbo89

Sa-Cool Actions 1.07
By: sa-cool

Dazzle Effects
By: dazzle-textures

guteCharlotte color o2
By: guteCharlotte

Action’s Gallery by Night-fate
By: night-fate

Polaroid Generator
By: rawimage

I love the Polaroid Generator because it gives you much more control over your photos as an action compared to Poladroid that I wrote about here.

Quick and Easy Light Leak Effect

Kelly Anne Wills — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 03:25:32 +0000

As most of my readers already know I am a big fan of the toy camera world. The Lomos, the Holgas, I can’t get enough! I STILL don’t own one of my own, which is sad, but the good news is that I can still try to get some their signature effects digitally in Phototshop. After seeing this list of 30 Interesting Light Leak Shots from Abduzeedo, I had to try it out. Light leaks happen when light leaks through the camera and causes film to overexpose. The beauty of light leaks is that they are happy accidents. They vary in color, shapes, and are beautifully imperfect.

Click the launch video button below to view.

Roll over image to see original.

PuriCute

Kelly Anne Wills — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 20:27:22 +0000

I’ve been a long-time fan of all things cute and Japanese, but I have never been able to afford to travel to this magical land. One thing in particular I have always wanted to try was Purikura, a Japanese photobooth. Of course it pulls on my camera/photo editing heart strings, but they’re not like the ones in America, which are currently dying a slow death. You can actually edit the photos and they’re everywhere in Japan. If you’re like me and have also been wanting to try Purikura, you don’t have too look far.

This great service called PuriCute allows you to make your own purikura online! To upload a photo is very simple, you just click the “Make a PuriCute Pic” and from there it will ask you to browse your computer for photos. Then you can add frames from the left drop-down menu and stamps on the right. Probably the best part of all is that you can order sticker prints of your creations, which I would personally use for scrapbooking and journaling for an extra fun touch. You can also add friends and enter in contests, which I have already entered in two to win free sticker sheets.

Cute Purikura Online cute

You can embed the photo into your website, save it as a JPG, or upload it straight to Facebook or other social networking sites from PuriCute. That’s my kitten Willow that I rescued last year. She’ll be celebrating her first birthday in June!

Check out this great service if you want to add a little fun to your photos!

PhotoshopGirl Flickr Group!

Kelly Anne Wills — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 01:09:51 +0000

This is a great way to get a community going over here and I am so excited to see what everyone has done with my tutorials! I haven’t added any personal photos yet to my Flickr feed but I assure you I am working on it!

Be back tomorrow for a cute little post!

ALSO, come back not only tomorrow but Friday too as I will have a brand new tutorial for you guys!

Don’t forget to add me as a contact and get to adding those photos to the group!

Photoshop CS5: This is Going to Change Everything

Kelly Anne Wills — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:58:07 +0000

You know my tutorial where I show you how to remove things from a photo? This new feature in Photoshop CS5 called Content-Aware Fill is like that, but magical.

Seriously, I’m convinced there are tiny David Copperfields in there. I mean, the man did make the Statue of Liberty disappear!

If you have been retouching photos for awhile now, you know how time consuming and difficult it is to remove something, because you have to look out for repeating and color imbalances. Now you can make like Thorny from Super Troopers and “enhance” in half the time with the tiny David Copperfield’s tool! I’ll just let the video speak for itself:

Inspiration: Marfa Trip

Kelly Anne Wills — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:32:10 +0000

I have spent the past few days in bed due to being under the weather and I wanted to show you a blog filled to the brim with inspiration that put a serious smile on my face. Last year, 13 brilliant female photographers took a trip to Middleofnowehere, Texas also known as Marfa, Texas. What was created during that week was pure magic. I honestly haven’t been this inspired in a long time. I’m amazed by their attention to detail, really capturing what is all around them. Even the small things, the things I would walk right on by. Not to mention the crazy DoF (depth of field) that’s going on in these photos and the perspectives they chose to shoot the “things” I mentioned earlier. I’m so jealous over here! Though I assume it’s not that hard when you are surround by a place as beautiful and unique as Marfa. Head on over to the Marfa Trip blog for some amazing inspiration!

Free Textures Part 2!

Kelly Anne Wills — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:04:13 +0000

Is this not achingly beautiful?! Find more from Playingwithbrushes on Flickr!

Review: LogoMyWay.com

Kelly Anne Wills — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:38:14 +0000

Well especially if you are a business owner or a designer and want to stand out from the pack. The way to do that is with a truly original logo. Don’t know where to find an artist willing to make your logo for you? Logo My Way is a great service for entrepreneurs to find 4000+ designers ready to create their business brand. It is an ongoing logo contest for businesses and designers from all over the world. If you are a business owner all you need to do is to start your own contest, set a few guidelines and then the designers come to you with their work. You’ll get a number of entries to choose from so you can be sure you’ll find a logo design you’ll love.

For designers this gives you an amazing opportunity to share your work with the world. Your logo could be used for t-shirts, billboards, print, and even TV! If your logo wins the contest you receive payment starting at $200 (can get up to $1000!) within 48 hours of the contest’s completion. The clients constantly provide feedback on the elements they like to allow the logo designer to revise his/her submission as long as the contest is ongoing. Here are some screenshots of a few of the contests that were in progress at the time of this writing:

Free Textures, Brushes, and Actions, oh my!

Kelly Anne Wills — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 19:35:05 +0000

I love this brush set – it makes your photos look like an old photo strip. It seems as though photobooths are disappearing all over and these brushes are definitely filling the void.

One photo trend I am totally on board with is the TTV (Through the Viewfinder) look. Because I don’t have the patience I just prefer to use TTV textures instead of building a contraption.

Actions and more actions! Made by The Pioneer Woman they’re my absolute favorite not only ’cause they are free but they’re easy to use. Let’s not forget to mention her awesome blog with Photoshop tutorials and photography tips.