tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7863853198184628033.post-24483175289971006202008-05-30T20:49:00.000-07:002008-06-19T09:39:18.056-07:002008-06-19T09:39:18.056-07:00<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here's a couple of fun and interesting-looking </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">photoshop </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">tutorials I found while browsing the web recently, instead of doing my work.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><li>How to Make a Color Photo Look Like a Black and White Sketch</span></li><br /></span><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bAeT8DcJyJY/SD97Q2r_uZI/AAAAAAAAAAo/xmkFqNxaW0g/s1600-h/marco-weirdscience.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_bAeT8DcJyJY/SD97Q2r_uZI/AAAAAAAAAAo/xmkFqNxaW0g/s320/marco-weirdscience.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206015223751752082" border="0" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This one is quick and easy (two of my favorite things). </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">I used it to make</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> the picture for my blog profile, transforming this handsome visage...</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_bAeT8DcJyJY/SD9_UGr_ubI/AAAAAAAAAA4/6-2fW3FVmmk/s1600-h/weirdscience-sketch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_bAeT8DcJyJY/SD9_UGr_ubI/AAAAAAAAAA4/6-2fW3FVmmk/s320/weirdscience-sketch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206019677632838066" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">...into this! </span></div></div></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Excellent! I am now ready to be in</span> <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=-P_TV-gierM">that video by A-Ha</a>.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The tutorial for this was provided by the fine folks at wikihow.com:</span><br /><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Color-Image-Look-Like-a-Sketch-in-Photoshop">http://www.wikihow</a><a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Color-Image-Look-Like-a-Sketch-in-Photoshop">.com/Make-a-Color-Image-Look-Like-a-Sketch-in-Photoshop</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The second tutorial is a bit more labor-intensive, and I haven't actually tried it out myself, but it sure looks cool.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><li>How to Create a Spectacular Grass Text Effect</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"></li><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Here's the final product: </span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bAeT8DcJyJY/SD-Agmr_ucI/AAAAAAAAABA/nHHTxjdHsDk/s1600-h/earth-grasstext.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bAeT8DcJyJY/SD-Agmr_ucI/AAAAAAAAABA/nHHTxjdHsDk/s320/earth-grasstext.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206020991892830658" border="0" /></a><span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">And, the tutorial can be found at the psdtuts.com website:</span></span><br /><a href="http://psdtuts.com/text-effects-tutorials/create-a-spectacular-grass-text-effect-in-photoshop/">http://psdtuts.com/text-effects-tutorials/create-a-spectacular-grass-text-effect-in-photoshop/</a>Marcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07418479035656200150noreply@blogger.com