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peteryoungPhotoshop is 20 years old today. Its creators first thought it might appeal only to a very small number of users, maybe a few hundred of the world's top ad agencies, but today probably tens of millions worldwide find it indispensable (including myself) and it's also one of the world's most pirated pieces of software. So far I haven't really used Photoshop in any way that approaches the full kind of range it's capable of, but I still find it invaluable when editing photos and I probably use it for a few hours almost every day of the week.
This was created for the back cover of my fanzine Zoo Nation #5, after attending Ploktacon.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
hawkida had misread the white poster to read as it does in the second image, which was then the jumping off point for the rest of it. This one was harder work than it looks as it involved some very fiddly type manipulation.
Created for the cover of Sue Jones's fanzine Tortoise #19, adapted from an image in a book of public domain magazine/advertising illustration from the 1950s. Finding the perfect source material often goes a long way to making the end result work well – all I had to do was add the aeroplane and the flying tortoise, and changed the title of the magazine.
This was created for the cover of Zoo Nation #2, to illustrate my article 'Kitchen Appliances in Zero-G'. When I gave a copy of the fanzine to the SF illustrator Chris Moore at Eastercon in 2003 he first thought it was a kind of weird Gollancz publication to promote their SF Masterworks list. An early effort, and it shows.
Adapted from the 1927 poster for Fritz Lang's Metropolis by Boris Belinsky, Zoo Nation #5's subtitle and theme was 'Being There'. Belinsky's grandson René wants to include this in a planned book on his grandfather's work.
A real photograph taken in flight, with stuff added, created for the cover of Zoo Nation #6, the theme for which was 'Lights in the Sky'.coalescent very kindly nominated it for a BSFA 'best artwork' award, but it didn't make the shortlist.
Digital illustration created for Orbital, the 2008 UK Eastercon, requested byalex_holden and only recently used on the cover of the convention's Souvenir Book. This was Benji's idea (and that's her hands and arms), I just created the artwork and the convention's logo.
This was created for the back cover of my fanzine Zoo Nation #5, after attending Ploktacon.
hawkida had misread the white poster to read as it does in the second image, which was then the jumping off point for the rest of it. This one was harder work than it looks as it involved some very fiddly type manipulation.Created for the cover of Sue Jones's fanzine Tortoise #19, adapted from an image in a book of public domain magazine/advertising illustration from the 1950s. Finding the perfect source material often goes a long way to making the end result work well – all I had to do was add the aeroplane and the flying tortoise, and changed the title of the magazine.
This was created for the cover of Zoo Nation #2, to illustrate my article 'Kitchen Appliances in Zero-G'. When I gave a copy of the fanzine to the SF illustrator Chris Moore at Eastercon in 2003 he first thought it was a kind of weird Gollancz publication to promote their SF Masterworks list. An early effort, and it shows.
Adapted from the 1927 poster for Fritz Lang's Metropolis by Boris Belinsky, Zoo Nation #5's subtitle and theme was 'Being There'. Belinsky's grandson René wants to include this in a planned book on his grandfather's work.
A real photograph taken in flight, with stuff added, created for the cover of Zoo Nation #6, the theme for which was 'Lights in the Sky'.
coalescent very kindly nominated it for a BSFA 'best artwork' award, but it didn't make the shortlist.Digital illustration created for Orbital, the 2008 UK Eastercon, requested by
alex_holden and only recently used on the cover of the convention's Souvenir Book. This was Benji's idea (and that's her hands and arms), I just created the artwork and the convention's logo.
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Date: 2010-02-20 01:35 pm (UTC)I rarely use Photoshop for anything other than tweaking photos, and when I do try, I realise just how much I lack patience.
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Date: 2010-02-20 08:13 pm (UTC)These days I'm more likely to use Lightroom, unless it's something specific that only Photoshop can do.
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Date: 2010-02-21 04:07 pm (UTC)Those are very skilfully done images.
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Date: 2010-02-22 01:51 am (UTC)i've never done anything quite as good as the above (mainly cos i don't know how to) cos i've never needed to.
congratulations on the metropolis cover, btw.
:)