Thursday, September 22, 2011

Maya tutorial

This is a wide shot of the whole alley.
This is a less wide shot of the alley scene.

This is a close shot of the alley scene, only with a different perspective and a lamp.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Monday, September 12, 2011

Spooky House

In order to create the image above, I used several Adjustment Layers, including the final Levels layer to finalize the creepy look, brightening the light areas while darkening the shadowy areas.  The lightning bolt was created using a brush tool, although it could have used some differences in thickness to look more realistic.  The clone tool portion that involved the missing windows was the hardest part;  I still hate how that window and roof looks.

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Pinning Locations






This image was made using various Adjustment layers, moving the settings to create the appropriate feel, along with tools such as the Burn and Dodge tools to adjust the shadings on the tack.  The selections for this tack proved to be a nuisance with excess white pixels surrounding the image, along with the color changes via a Hue Adjustment layer due to the green sky that surrounded the originally green tack.  The shading on the tack from the Burn and Dodge tools had more of a subtle effect than anything else.