Time to git yer chop on!
Slight variation on our previous forum chopping games. There's nothing to win but there is much to gain. My hope is that knowledge will be shared here so that members and visitors will learn some cool techniques from the participants in these challenges. I'm also hopefully people will give pointers and tips to one-another on how to make their submission better.
Here's the dealio. Chop the image below (link goes to a higher-res version). BUT
you have a theme and some guidelines to follow when participating. There is no official end-date to this challenge but I'll be posting a new challenge every Friday until either my ADD keeps me from it or the forum hordes make it plain that nobody wants to do this type of thang. Feel free to submit more than once if inspiration strikes!
The theme:
Fill this drinking glass with your beverage of choice but you must use the glass supplied. Milk, beer, kool-aid, wine, blood, whatever. Heck even keep the water but add ice. For this round let's stick to liquids only (so don't use the glass as a coin holder, flower vase, fill with dirt, etc.). Just do your best in going for photo realism.
The Guideline "Do-Not's":
1. Do not alter the
perspective of the drinking glass
2. Do not alter the
size of the drinking glass from the original source. You can crop but the glass has to be the same size as the original source.
3. Do not alter the material of the glass. In other words don't turn the glass into pewter, ceramic, etc. You can change the
color of the glass though as long as you leave it transparent.
The Guideline "Do's"
1. Do pay attention to your details. Condensation drops, ice cubes, refraction, specular highlites, internal shadows, etc. Again we want to see realism here.
2. You may change the color of the glass.
3. You may add elements to the glass itself (i.e. metal rim, painted on flowers, lipstick marks, etc.)
4. Do feel free to fix the lighting and/or color.
5. Do feel free to put items
behind the glass if you wish (hand, tableware, etc.). Just keep the backdrop and table pretty much as is.
6. You can "break" the glass if you want (cracks, missing pieces, holes, etc.)
7. Last, and most important, When you post your chop please post your PSD (box.net or other type of host) and/or a description of how you achieved your final product. The whole point of these challenges is to help one another learn some cool chopping techniques.
The Source Pic:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Glass-of-water.jpg
Shame on you, Splodge! 
