Photshop Class 2, Project #5: HOT! Flaming Text Effects

Well, as Paris Hilton would say, "That's Hot!", LOLOLOL

OK, Anyway, this is an example of how to use text effects in Photoshop to create really cool stuff. Our professor walked through this example in class, but it is mentioned in Photoshop reference texts like the "Photoshop Wow" and "Photoshop Text Effects" series.

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Photoshop Class #2, Project #4: Bicycle Race Gradient Montage

I used the stock images provided to the class by the professor to create a montage from three distinct photos. This uses the concept of layer masking plus the gradient tool to create seamless blended transitions in Photoshop.

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Stock photos provided by professor as per assignment.

Photoshop Class 2, Project #3 El Gecko Guellco

This Photoshop montage is a tongue-in-cheek homage to the Geico insurance commercials which feature a clever British gecko. Here I have pasted the mosaic from Antoni Gaudi's Parc Guell in Barcelona as a layer over a stock photo of a gecko and layered both over a standard televsion image.

Reference photo of chameleon mosaic status from Parc Guell:



Reference shot of the famous but elusive GEICO Gecko:



Stock photos from the internet used for class homework assignment.

Photoshop Class 2, Project #2: Film Poster Montage

The professor mentioned that one of the key uses of a shall we say, "disjunctive" montage in Photoshop is to create movie posters that are montages of disparate images. I decided to crate a petit homage (petit fromage if you think it's cheesy!) to one of my favorite silent films, The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. The film is a prime example of the German expressionist movement which later heavily influenced all of the film noir genre. One could even argue that it was the Rocky Horror Picture Show of its time, complete with a crazy doctor and a possessed zombie.

The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari (Germany, 1920)
Director, Robert Wiene
IMDB Page:

Montage done as a tongue-in-cheek homage to the classic silent German expressionist film The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari. Photoshop layers and effects create the montage along with text effects. Stock photos from internet

Photoshop Class 2, Project 1: Turtles Underwater

This is from the second class from University of the Arts , Photoshop for Web and Print Design.

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Photoshop example of layers plus drop shadow effects to combine 3 different files. Stock photos from professor used as per class assignment.

Ilustrator Project #2: Stairway to Eternity

Stairway to Heaven? Well...no, not really. It's a montage of a stone stairway and red covered bridge, both found along Forbidden Drive in Fairmount Park.

This is an example of using a clipping mask in Illustrator versus masking in Photoshop. I was really drawing a blank on this one in class that evening, so I know that it needs a lot of work. I will re-upload a better shot at a later date.

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Photos from Forbidden Drive, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. All images c. 2008 by Fiorilla Designs.

Illustrator Project #1: Fairmount Park Postcard

Test using Adobe Illustrator to combine photo with superimposed colored bitmapped images. I need to fix the trees on the right, but did not have time to do so in class. I will fix and upload a correction later.

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c. 2008 by Fiorilla Designs.

Photoshop Project #4: East Coast Penitentiary Postcard

The assignment from our Photoshop professor was to create a postcard, albeit a cheesy one. I chose to work on one of my favorite urban naturescape subjects, the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

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Postcard collage example of the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, PA done in Photoshop CS3. Central image at 50% luminosity from internet source. Right inset pictures c. Fiorilla Designs 2007.

Photoshop Project #3: Coney Island Postcard

This postcard was made as an homage to my father, Albert Belfiore, who used to be a ticket seller for the Cyclone roller coaster in the Coney Island amusement park of Brooklyn, NY. The photos are unfortunately undated. I used posterizing and a warming filter on the roller coaster image at left. I used general warming filters and text effects to add to the montage.

Albert "Abbie" Belfiore selling tickets on the Cyclone Roller Coaster, Coney Island, NY, circa 1947. Photos undated. c. Fiorilla Designs Manipulation in Photoshop CS3, 2008.

Photoshop Project #2: Dude, Where's My Eucalyptus?

Photoshop manipulation of disparate images to make a convincing final image. Example of masking in Photoshop CS3. Sources: internet

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Photoshop Project #1: Wolf Baying at the Moon

Collage of three independent images in Photoshop CS3. Background by Ansel Adams. Photos of wolf and moon from internet.

New Design Postings

This blog is being modified to include lots of interesting new subjects. We will expand the urban naturescape series to include a Fairmount Park, Philadelphia series. In addition, we will be featuring some works from photoshop class being undertaken at University of the Arts in Philadelphia http://www.uarts.edu.

Please be patient as our previous posts will be updated to our new Photobucket account.

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