Made Up Stuff: minniev recently put together her Dam Bird Folly, which I enjoyed very much. My grand-daughters regularly ask me to put a fun image together for them, and it's along the...

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

minniev recently put together her Dam Bird Folly, which I enjoyed very much. My grand-daughters regularly ask me to put a fun image together for them, and it's along the same lines as minniev's effort.

I got to thinking about all my Halloween images and an idea hit me. So, using the masks/faces that the little goblins show up wearing, I've used up my morning putting together Halloween Hell. It's not as elegant as Dam Bird Folly, but I had fun. Hope you can enjoy!

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RichardTaylor Loc: Sydney, Australia

Scarey!

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

brucewells wrote:

minniev recently put together her Dam Bird Folly, which I enjoyed very much. My grand-daughters regularly ask me to put a fun image together for them, and it's along the same lines as minniev's effort.

I got to thinking about all my Halloween images and an idea hit me. So, using the masks/faces that the little goblins show up wearing, I've used up my morning putting together Halloween Hell. It's not as elegant as Dam Bird Folly, but I had fun. Hope you can enjoy!

Indeed, I enjoyed studying it, and I'm sure they love it. What I also like about this stuff is how much fun it makes skill acquisition. Copying lessons from video tutorials is SO boring. But Halloween monsters that you actually know stacked on top of each other? Wonderful. Print a poster for each of them!

My little guys love Halloween composites too - mine were not collages like yours but I will definitely steal your idea! What I did for them this year was take a photo of each in their costume and drop it into a backdrop scene from whatever the character came from (eg "Harry Potter" wanted to be standing in front of the Hogwarts train).

Thanks for sharing your creativity!

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

This is delightful! Is each mask on a different layer? Did you use a selection tool to choose what you wanted of the images, then copy/paste? Are all in normal blend mode at differing opacities or did you try various blend modes?

In my own morning playtime, I noted that with one version of the dream Trixie had (the kitty), if I changed that layer to hard light blend mode, it made her visage even scarier

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

minniev wrote:

Indeed, I enjoyed studying it, and I'm sure they love it. What I also like about this stuff is how much fun it makes skill acquisition. Copying lessons from video tutorials is SO boring. But Halloween monsters that you actually know stacked on top of each other? Wonderful. Print a poster for each of them!

I have learned much more about PS doing stuff like this than anything else!! :-)

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

Linda From Maine wrote:

This is delightful! Is each mask on a different layer? Did you use a selection tool to choose what you wanted of the images, then copy/paste? Are all in normal blend mode at differing opacities or did you try various blend modes?

In my own morning playtime, I noted that with one version of the dream Trixie had (the kitty), if I changed that layer to hard light blend mode, it made her visage even scarier

Yes, Linda, each mask is on a different layer and many of the layers use different blend modes. I simply tried each until I got what I wanted. My base images were a bonfire and a bush (blended), then each mask was selected, copied and pasted. On some of them, I flipped the direction they were facing. Made some layer adjustments to get radical results. Just tried different things.

MWojton Loc: Yardley, PA

That is really cool!

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

MWojton wrote:

That is really cool!

Thanks for taking a look, Mike.

nanaval Loc: Cornwall

Very good...

NJFrank Loc: New Jersey

Certainly looks like a fun project to under take. I think you did a fine job. Plus it helps you hone your PS skills.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

nanaval wrote:

Very good...

Thanks for looking, Val. Thank you.

brucewells Loc: Central Kentucky

NJFrank wrote:

Certainly looks like a fun project to under take. I think you did a fine job. Plus it helps you hone your PS skills.

In another thread, I explained that we have over 200 trick-or-treaters every year. We set up in the garage and I get shots of as many as I can. I usually get 300-500 images each year. Some years (i.e. 2018), you get rained out. Nonetheless, wanted to do something with them. I appreciate your kind words. And yes, it’s like most other tools, the more you use it, the better you get with it. I still have a long way to go!