Photoshopping

It's sorta late right now, but I'm gonna be out tomorrow in the morning for a few hours, so I thought I could do this now and save me the trouble of remembering.

I had some free time today, so I created a small Photoshop project for myself. I've done this in the past, but I haven't in a while, so I thought I'd try again.

In the past I took a few pictures of myself and composted them into a combined photo. I'd take individual shots of me with different clothing on, cut me out of each picture and put them all together. One time I even used NERF guns in the photo.

But this time I decided to quit with the clones and do something more dramatic-sorta-looking. I used a NERF gun, but in a different pose as last time. Last time I posed with the guns in a normal looking pose. This time, I used a wide-angle lens. The wide-angle lens distorts the photo more and makes some things look elongated. I used this to my advantage and made my gun barrel look really long.

It took me probably over 20 tries to get it just right, but this is how my favorite one turned out.


Notice how the barrel looks really really long. It took me forever to get the angle just right, with the barrel looking just long enough. I personally think the photo looks pretty good. But, I decided to try to Photoshop it to look slightly edgier.

My product is done as of now. I'm not sure whether or not it looks too dark, but I (being my own biased self) think it's pretty good. I spent a good 2 hours on it, the first hour focusing on the precision of my cropping. Here's how it looks.

I spent a good deal trying to make the cut-out as normal looking as possible, using a lot of zoom and a soft eraser. I blurred the edges of my body to make it less jagged, and then I sharpened the edges. I also played with a filter that made the whole thing look dark, and I liked it honestly. It looks intense to me.

Tell me what you think of it, any criticisms of any sorts. I like it, but I have a feeling it's a bit dark. I added the lens flare behind me to make me look brighter, but I'm debating whether or not it's enough. I also sorta think the muzzle flash is a bit too big, but I sorta like that kind of thing, so yeah.

Well, post later.