Dark Mask

This tutorial at abduzeedo was hard to follow, and as a Photoshop novice I had to wing it most of the way, but I turned out a pretty cool picture. (I think, anyway.)

It was frustrating but I'm glad I ended up with something I (and the subject matter) like.

kitsune

I had fun once again with the simple tip shown a couple posts ago...

Euphoria Dreams

This is a picture of my kitten (who is now a very fluffy cat). I took apart 3 elements in the picture through careful but not that meticulous erasing (mostly using the selection tool, but goodness knows that's not perfect). I then added a glow to each element. The glow is harder to see on a plain white background, but it is simple and sweet.

Then I added a background of dreamy swirly lines. 

Which do you like better?

piano impromptu (from April) (click me)

I play around like this all the time, but this is the only time I've recorded it. It's also one of the few times I seemed to remember my central theme (melody). Mostly.

Cool effect!

To really easily create a really cool effect in Photoshop, try this Planet Photoshop Tip.

Basically:
"Duplicate a layer with a subject by press- ing Command-J (PC: Ctrl-J). Desaturate the new layer (Command-shift U), then adjust the Levels dialog (Command-L [PC: Ctrl-L]) to create a strong contrast. Now, apply a Gaussian Blur (Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur) to the new layer and set its blend mode to Overlay (Shift-Alt O)..."


This:

Turnout as this:


That is all I did to the image!

Butterfly

Created in Illustrator.

Cat in Purple

I love this picture of my sister's cat. All I did was give it a black and white filter, then add a mask to keep the color of the harness. I also masked in a little color for the paws.

Adorable.