Photoshop Tennis

Round 5 Sign

2006-05-12T09:26:00.000-04:00

Text: In a riotous upwelling of pure joy and color, the faeries come forth from their long wintry sleeps, filling the farm with a different sort of song. The sounds of children of all ages laughing, singing and clapping in happiness.

The colors featured are multiple shades of red, pink and peach combined for a cheerful palette.
The red shades paired with a combination of green is also symbolic of a joyful season (for example: Christmas). The imagery is influenced from an adventure to the fairy festival, more specifically pottery created by Feywood, The Faerie Garden.

I hope the bright, cheerful colors evoke feelings of happiness, love and freedom. Kubiando!

Round 5 Zissou

2006-05-12T08:39:00.000-04:00

Sometimes you have to go half way around the world to go full circle.
- Lost in Translation

the color scheme of purple/lavendar and orange portrays a feeling of transition, nostalgia, and mystery. The movie "Lost in Translation" is about 2 people who are in transition in their lives. They are in a strange place, feeling lonely and wanting companionship. During their brief, mysterious encounter they realize that everyone just wants to be found.

Add a splash of Color Blender

2006-05-09T18:10:00.000-04:00

ok so the color quiz got you thinking... now check out this Color Blender to inspire use of other colors you might not have thought about mixing with your choice.

Round 5 - rules

2006-04-28T18:58:00.000-04:00

Take this Color Quiz
Formal Requirement:
Choose one color to focus on with the next piece. Make sure that your color choice is reflective of its interpreted meaning within the artwork. This does not mean your work must be monochromatic, however utilizing all colors in their relationship sense is a must.
Feel free to explore further to find out color meanings. The quiz is just a fun get ya' going type of start (First time I scored a failing 50% so don't feel bad if scores aren't 100% right from the start :)

Conceptual Requirement:
Utilize your colored elements within the context of a fictional story conveying the same emotional content as their underlying meanings. Make sure to have a brief (VERY brief) statement of story to post with your final piece.

Phew! That was rough, ntrphoto you're definately making up all the rules for the next round. I hope this makes sense and sparks some new creative inspirations for Round 5

Round 4 Sign

2006-04-28T08:50:00.000-04:00

Artist: Amanda Moeckel www.myanimalart.com
Quote: Animal Liberation - until every cage is empty
Typeface: Base 02 & Frumpten

Round 4 Zissou

2006-04-28T08:25:00.000-04:00

Artist:Andrea Cobb
Typeface:Air Conditioner
Quote: Ballet dancer and frost (Its in Andrea's bio about her cats)

I wanted to mimic her use of color and expressions through pattern. I'm also reading memoirs of a geisha right now so I think thats where the japanese influence is coming from. Oishii!

Round 4 rules

2006-04-18T16:55:00.000-04:00

1. download a very cool typeface that you probably will never find a real world use for and use it
2. mimic an inspirational artist of any media
3. use a quote in the cool typeface with relationship to the inspirational artist

wow 3 rules are we feeling ambitious or what. from now on lets try and develop rules on Friday so that there is time over the weekend if need be to squeeze in some p-shop time.
looking forward to the next amazing creations.

Round 3 Sign

2006-04-14T11:34:00.000-04:00

Its carnival time! A set of kalidescope brushes and the most adorable/borderline sexual monkey make this piece a fun free exploration of color and space. one ticket admission please and then you can fully explore this round of our photoshop tennis.

Round 3 Zissou

2006-04-14T08:28:00.000-04:00

Layer styles and transformations made this piece what it is. And of corse Zissou is still keeping an eye on things... for now. I just couldn't give him up so early in the game.

Round 3

2006-04-14T08:14:00.000-04:00

Finders Keepers
This week we decided to include a found object. Just any ordinary object we could find around the office... like custom made brass knuckles and a blue monkey.

Round 2 Sign

2006-04-07T10:01:00.000-04:00

Yummy sea creatures! Okay... so time slipped away faster than a slithering sea creature. I am learning more about masking and layering, more keyboard shortcuts, ways to move a little faster... but alas I am a snail. What can I say... bon appetit ... enjoy!

Round 2 Zissou

2006-04-06T22:10:00.000-04:00

15 minutes with a splash of gaussian blur, hue saturation colorizing layers and some selective pieces from the previous round. Oh yea and some spicy coloring of Zissou himself... and then since a certain someone spent way over 15 minutes I changed the layout, added some 3D planes, a little sparkle and voila Round 2 is here

Round 2

2006-04-06T18:00:00.000-04:00

Ok, better late then never ntrphoto and I have decided to make this rounds creation in only 15 minutes. However, the piece must look dramatically different then the original. Results are in tomorrow, I bet you're itching to get at them right?

Round 1 Sign

2006-03-31T10:19:00.000-05:00

In both of these images we used a hand coloring technique utilizing Hue/Saturation and Level adjustment layers, the results are dingy, low contrasting and kind of grunge.

Round 1 Zissou

2006-03-31T10:14:00.000-05:00

Standard Welcome Post.

2006-03-31T10:07:00.000-05:00

Welcome to our photoshop tennis blog. ntrphoto and I are participating in an intense Photoshop Tennis match. Two matches are running simultaneously and the bell has rung for Round one on each. DING DING!!