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Winner of the June 24th, 2009 Contest: Photo to Drawing

 

I used a combination of layer masks, smart blur, color range and gradients that I learned from Corey Barker’s tutorial, Photo to Drawing, to create my own original piece. I experimented with a few layers of color and gradients as well as with the aid of the pen tool, to create the design shapes in the picture.

Photo to Drawing

6 Comments

  1. Karen said on — July 10, 2009 @ 10:34 pm

    I am extremely happy!! Right now I am at a loss of words. I had a great deal of fun working on this picture. When I saw the picture, I said “Mirrors Edge” and I was drawn to it and the creativity really flowed from there. These tutorials helped to expand my creativity and knowledge of the different tools in Photoshop. I can’t wait to enjoy the prizes and congratulations to the other winners!

  2. Macarena said on — July 13, 2009 @ 3:38 am

    cool! i love it! :)

  3. Bobby said on — July 13, 2009 @ 3:33 pm

    its a beautiful piece of work. congratulations

  4. Sascha said on — July 15, 2009 @ 9:16 am

    Awesome!! Great work! Would give a great tutorial :-)

  5. Karen Bowen said on — August 8, 2009 @ 5:27 pm

    Thanks for the comments! I am still excited I won :-)

  6. Abraham said on — July 22, 2010 @ 2:17 am

    This is a great design. Im still learning photoshop basics and I cant wait untill I’m able to create a wonderful design like this. Very very impressive, no wonder you’re the winner!!!!

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