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**tamlin** · 12-11-2007

OK...let's see:

I think that Chica's picture (and I'm sure she'll correct me if I'm wrong) is a straightforward photo of a glass marble placed on a CD with Xmas lights in the background. A wide aperture has been used to give a shallow depth of field and throw the lights out of focus. The lights haven't been "placed" in the globe - you can just see them through the glass.

There are lots of ways to turn a photo into a painting/drawing. Here are a couple of suggestions:
http://forums.biorust.com/adobe-phot...html#post46513 (Oil on Canvass Effect?)
BioRUST.com :: Tutorials >> Pencil Sketch Techniques

To get an effect like VancolleyS's "My Village", I'd suggest using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and beefing up the colour saturation. You can add the "frame" effect by increasing the canvas size of your original image and filling the extra canvas space with black.

Another thing you might want to try is cutting the people out of the photos and putting them on a totally different background. Photoshop provides a multitude of ways of extracting objects from an image.

Hope this gives you a few ideas.

12-11-2007	#6 (permalink)
tamlin Janitor of Lunacy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Sitting in the Wishing Chair Posts: 5,094	OK...let's see: I think that Chica's picture (and I'm sure she'll correct me if I'm wrong) is a straightforward photo of a glass marble placed on a CD with Xmas lights in the background. A wide aperture has been used to give a shallow depth of field and throw the lights out of focus. The lights haven't been "placed" in the globe - you can just see them through the glass. There are lots of ways to turn a photo into a painting/drawing. Here are a couple of suggestions: http://forums.biorust.com/adobe-phot...html#post46513 (Oil on Canvass Effect?) BioRUST.com :: Tutorials >> Pencil Sketch Techniques To get an effect like VancolleyS's "My Village", I'd suggest using a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer and beefing up the colour saturation. You can add the "frame" effect by increasing the canvas size of your original image and filling the extra canvas space with black. Another thing you might want to try is cutting the people out of the photos and putting them on a totally different background. Photoshop provides a multitude of ways of extracting objects from an image. Hope this gives you a few ideas. __________________ Religion: It's all fun and games until someone gets burned at the stake...