A couple of "smudges"

[RKnecht]

I've been messing around with the smudge brush in CS3 lately and It gets quite addicting. After searching the web for tutorials, I decided to do a couple to see what I could accomplish. Here are a couple of my first attempts:

#1
http://www.richknechtphotography.com/photos/315118467_neeaZ-XL.jpg

#2
http://www.richknechtphotography.com/photos/315818396_4f6mz-XL.jpg

[Tanuki]

#2


The second one reminds me of a polaroid manipulation. If you don't haven't heard of this, do a Google search on "SX-70 manipulation" and you'll see what I mean.

I like your result. My only nitpick is that the eyes seem a bit too sharp compared to the rest of the image.

Mike

[black mamba]

The process certainly produces a different look. I think the sharp eyes are what makes the picture. It's not my style but I like what you've done here.

Tom

[Skippy]

I've been messing around with the smudge brush in CS3 lately and It gets quite addicting. After searching the web for tutorials, I decided to do a couple to see what I could accomplish. Here are a couple of my first attempts:



I love the dog shot, it looks more realistic, more like a photo, than the Lion.
I like the Lion shot too, but it looks more artsy, graphic like.

The results really do look great RKnecht, they put a smile on my face when I saw them....... I tell you that dog is wayyyyyyyyy cute :lust

Was there one tutorial in particular you decided to follow??
Thanks for sharing :thumb .... Skippy :D
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[Raina.Rae]

I love the dog shot.

[weronika]

Wow, very cool! Love the weird effect with the lion. I have to try this sometime!

[Gale]

Very very nicely done. Both
I see on my monitor blown white though. Perhaps a bit to bright.
Might be my monitor
Keep up the good work