I've had a couple people wonder why I haven't been chopping lately. Long story short is that I just got too busy between work and personal life. That and switching from GIMP to CS2 meant that quite often I've started a chop and then not finished it because it was just taking too long or I plain didn't know how to accomplish the chop. Most recently I had an idea for the "
Fountain Statue" contest but I couldn't pull it off for the comp (for the above stated reasons). </end excuses and whining>
Now I've come up with a thread idea that I think will benefit not only my "chopping rebirth" but should also benefit all the other self-confessed newbs too (and possibly some of the gurus here). The idea is fairly simple. I will use this thread to cover the evolution of what
would have been my entry in that contest (had I finished it and entered that is).
I'll start my chop and show the work-in-progress throughout the creative process. When I hit a spot where I don't know how to pull off an effect I want to achieve I'll solicit my fellow choppers for advice, tips, tricks, suggestions, etc.. I'll keep updating and posting links to the .psd and externals used as the chop progresses. I'll continue until the chop is done to the point where it would have been a solid entry.
I'm hoping that the other beginning-to-intermediate choppers will learn something along the way and even share things they've learned in the process. I'd really like to see this thread be about technique and how to utilize the tools available in Photoshop. It won't quite fit into a tutorial category but should help people anyway.
If others choppers want to post their own chops-in-progress please do. But
DO NOT POST STUFF YOU'RE DOING FOR AN OPEN OR UPCOMING CONTEST! That's a form of vote-whoring in my opinion and is the reason I
specifically waited until the
Fountain Statue contest was closed before I started this thread.
Enough talk. My next post will contain details about my chop idea and the first set of links to the files.
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