Archive for January, 2009

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TDP – Make it Old

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

Hi. Todays little experiment was to take a photo I had and make it look like one of the old photos your mum or dad might get out and its been ravaged by time. Here is my result:

I got a photo I took on a digital camera. Messed about with the colour balance to make it look a bit ‘greeny’. Then added an Alpha channel with an image of crumpled up paper, to which I added a lighting effect to give it a slight ‘crumpled’ shadow. I then added a gradient of yellow to the top of the image to make the top look more exposed than the other. Then added a few coffee stains with this brush.

Old

Here is the original Image:
New

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Sun, Stag and Shape

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

drunk

This will be me

In a few months 20 odd guys and myself will be hitting Benidorm for Andy’s Stag Doo. I’m really looking forward to it. It will be absolute madness no doubt. I really can’t imagine being on a plane with 20/30 guys and then being in an all inclusive hotel.

Lets just think about that. Free drink, free food and several rowdy blokes. OUCH! There going to need to stock up for us coming.

So. On April 17th we hit the Flamengo Benidorm Apartments. And, inevitability, when you’re going to the sun you start to worry about the prospect of your belly hanging over your swimming shorts. As of tomorrow I will be on a mission to lose pounds and get in shape. Not just for the stag do, but also for the forthcoming year. I am generally fit and healthy as I go to the gym 4 or 5 times a week, but my problem is that I binge eat and drink at the weekends. My requirements are that I will reduce the beer intake (Or drink more low calorie beer). No more Chinese or Indian Takeaways at the weekend. I’m going to push myself way out the comfort zone when going to the gym. If I stick to this for the next few months I’m sure I’ll feel more at ease in the sun.

Speaking of sun. Here is weather details for Benidrom.

Bring it on!

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TDP – Headless

Saturday, January 17th, 2009

Asked in the office yesterday: “Someone give me a challenge for TDP tomorrow.” The reply was “Do a picture of someone without a head”. So here is the result. The picture is of me and the other half at a wedding. Background could have been fixed up a little better but didn’t want to spend too much time on it as I am a busy man!

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TDP – The Eighties

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

A wee experiment for today’s ‘daily photoshop’ was to make an attempt at a 80′s look…

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TDP – Me In Tall Grass

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

For todays daily Photoshop I used a recent picture of me taken on an iPhone. Cut out the pic, matched the colour map (Image > Adjustments > Match Colour) then used a ‘Grass Brush’ on my eraser tool to cut out the bottom of me.