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Above The Clouds

© Donna J. Eaton

Above The Clouds

Uploaded: September 07, 2003 15:57:11

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Fun in Photoshop, 6 layers, paint brushes, filters, and 1 photograph

Comments

Cathy Barrows September 07, 2003

great job with PS #57652

Murry Grigsby September 07, 2003

Mystical work, Donna!! #190675

Evy Johansen level-classic September 07, 2003

Very beautiful work, Donna! #190728

September 08, 2003

Fantastic! I love the way you painted the water in..awesome..
Marianne #190862

Kathleen Clemons September 08, 2003

Beautifully done, Donna! #190863

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic September 08, 2003

Excellent work, Donna!! #190898

Theresa McCloskey September 08, 2003

excellent ps work - love this shot #190909

Leanne M.E. Boyd September 08, 2003

I love the fantacy. Excellent image!!! #190911

Suzie Strasburg September 08, 2003

Ditto with all...wonderful job!:~))) #191300

Sherrie H. Penny September 09, 2003

Donna, this very nice work and very beautiful... what did you do on the little girls back/wings... did you paint these in or did they come from a filter? Like the Flood filter????

Sherrie Penny #192617

September 09, 2003

Hi, you should give a tutorial on this..it is really good..I do a lot of this and not sure at how you did some of the things in this montage..Bless, Marianne #192675

Donna J. Eaton September 09, 2003

Thank you so much everyone. I'm so thrilled that you liked this piece. I had it in my head all weekend and was finally able to get it to work out like I wanted. I have very little PS skill and most of it is self taught. Here's what I did. First I opened the pic of the little girl and cut her out. I then opened a blank file and filled it with black. I moved the girl onto the black and created the reflecton with the flood filter. I also added a slight smart blur to the girl and cloned out her shoes. I added the dry brush filter to her and adjusted it according to taste. In the next layer I played around with the filter>render>lighting effects until I had a glow coming from the "moon". In a new layer I added the cloud horizon with a paintbrush downloaded from Walrus. I then added a new layer and added the moon with another paintbrush from the same collection. The wings were done with a paintbrush from dani3dfraxwings1 collection on a separate layer. I then adjusted the outer glow, bevel and emboss, and satin under layer styles just on the wings. The final touch was to add the stars to the background layer with assorted paintbrushes. I know this may be confusing. It was a lot of trial & error. I am uploading the original photo so you can see my inspiration. I'll be glad to answer any questions that you may have. Thank you again for taking the time to comment! It is most appreciated! #193989

September 09, 2003

You did a wonderful job, now that I see the original a lot is clear to me..wonderful idea! Where do you get the brushes? Are they free or do you buy them? That's a new one on me..I've never used a brush like your speaking of. Again, wonderful work..I love it!
Marianne #194023

Sherrie H. Penny September 11, 2003

Donna, more questions... I know about the flood filter and I love it... I looked for WALRUS... found a site... not sure what you downloaded? and as far as the moon... is that a filter or an image you took?

http://perso.club-internet.fr/cacou1/liens.html

Thanks for your info... you did a wonderful job on your creation. #195738

October 01, 2003

Very, Very nice. Top notch. You are very skilled, and I am very impressed. One of the best I have ever seen!!!! William #218370

Oksana Oksamit October 16, 2003

Bravo, Donna!!! #234580

Adam T. Cowart October 17, 2003

YOU WIN!!!!! You could sell this picture w/o a problem. #235351

Murry Grigsby October 17, 2003

Congrats on your SUPER creative image, Donna!! #235472

Debbie S. October 17, 2003

Congrats Donna!! Beautiful PS work...gotta love that flood filter! ;>) #236148

Sherrie H. Penny October 17, 2003

Donna, CONGRATS! this is wonderful! Sherrie #236369

Evy Johansen level-classic October 17, 2003

Many congratulations and good luck, Donna! #236920

Susana Matos October 19, 2003

This is a beautiful PS work,
Congrats and good luck,
Cheers from POrtugal, Su #238332

Philip Pankov September 24, 2005

Truly beautiful PS work,I wish I knew PS that well!!!

Regards,
Philip Pankov
Pictures of Ireland - Fine Art Photographs of Ireland
#1879274

Tracy Reehal September 28, 2005

I've been fooling around with PS for a short time...this is what I cant wait to learn. Amazing!! #1897409

Donna J. Eaton September 29, 2005

Thank you so much Philip & Tracy! It was a lot of fun creating this. It was a lot of trial & error! :-) #1898142

Michele Wassell October 16, 2005

This is beautiful.. I just love it and hope to one day be able to do this.. Your an inspiration to a lot of us.. :)Michele #1959164

Donna J. Eaton October 17, 2005

Thank you so much Michele! What a nice thing to say. You made my day!
:-) #1960259

Donna La Mattino Pagakis October 30, 2005

What you have created is so outstanding!! You really did a great job with your photoshop techinique. Creative and beautiful, congrats! #2016066

Donna J. Eaton October 30, 2005

Many thanks Donna! #2016153

H. Scott Wallis November 04, 2005

WOWOW your a very creative person must have lots of patience too!!!! #2036585

Donna J. Eaton November 05, 2005

Thank you very much Scott! I appreciate your nice comment. :-) #2037257

January 24, 2006

You are an absolute creative genious! Love the work of art! #2330515

January 24, 2006

You are an absolute creative genious! Love the work of art! #2330537

Donna J. Eaton January 24, 2006

Wow, thanks so much Genevieve for your kind comment! It is much appreciated! #2332152

Kylie M. Winder March 02, 2006

WOW! This is great Donna!!! I am fairly new to Photoshop and recently found a website that I subscribe to get photoshop tutorials!!! This looks sooo good!!! And thank you for sharing how you did it!!! It helps us all to learn more....... :) #2489675

Bob Chance March 29, 2006

Absolutely inspiring. Makes me want to sort through my images and find something to use to manipulate and create something entirely new.
This is true artistic work. Wonderful!

Bob #2588865

Gena L. Talbot April 10, 2006

Beautiful Work Donna

Gena :) #2630459

Loyce Hood May 11, 2006

Gorgeous work and very creative, Donna. You are very skilled at PS. One day, I hope to be able to do something like this. For now, I'll be content with just my little experiments. #2753035

Jesse C. Plummer June 13, 2006

I generally use PS for making color corrections and simple alterations and adding copyright text, but I have to say, this is one of the best photoshopped images I have ever had the pleasure to view. Great Job, Great Concept!!!!

--Jesse
www.jesseplummer.com #2892389

Jim A. Carlson July 07, 2007

You did a great job you should be proud. Great Photo.. I bet it took some time.. but the reward was great! #4482405

Robert D. Proctor June 01, 2010

Excellent image, lots of work, I like it. #8657531

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