#photohsop

[h50europe]

Tommy Kinard - I miss him (them). Buck's hot firefighter pilot

[throway444]

prehistoric works

[aylameridiandrawsstuff]

some studies

I want to get better at drawing castles...

[coffeenuts]

Chaffinch by Palms59 https://flic.kr/p/2jncY68

[stylewishstudio]

Summer Festival Flyer. Download the Poster Design on Graphicriver.

[m--bloop]

Swan Song (2021) dir. Todd Stephens

[taeslovehandles]

Me: "I have drawn dicks before, I have not drawn an alien butthole before. Watch me."

In a discord call with @pudgecuddles a lot of interesting conversations can happen.

[0ystercatcher]

[elvenbeard]

2077, November

"Heeey... All good? What're you doing out here, so early?"

"Couldn't sleep... Wanted to watch the sun rise."

"Well, here I am!"

2077 was a hell of a year. It left its marks, mental and physical, trauma and scars alike, memories and lack thereof. A year ago Vince was working at Arasaka, desperate to stay in the corporate world despite it slowly destroying him from the inside out. A year later Arasaka is only a shadow of it former self - and in a way Vince felt like a shadow, too.

Six months had been Alt's prognosis, at most... then he'd die. For good this time. Vince knew the drill. But he also knew he would try everything in his power, utilize all means possible and necessary... Because yes, 2077 had been one hell of a year, of loss, despair, betrayal and pain... But also of hope, trust, friendship and love, and connections, however unlikely they may have seemed.

The road ahead is still long, and it will be far from easy. But he is at peace knowing he won't be walking it alone.

Vince through the years (9/9)

Aaand the series is complete! ;A; Ending it on a somewhat bittersweet note with a few of more pictures this time cause look at them looking at each other ;___;

Vince has always been a deeply lonely person trying to find his place and purpose - as you'll surely have gathered reading along this far. By 2077 he finally finds his people, real friends in the most unlikely places, that he cares about and that care about him. And after how badly his previous relationship with his Arasaka-coworker Shou ended, he wouldn't have expected to get another shot at love, too. I definitely feel like he found a soulmate in Kerry, very scared in the beginning that his feelings for him were only brought on because of Johnny, and should he get rid of Johnny he'd also lose the connection to Kerry. He didn't though, thankfully. Vice versa, Kerry found someone who really understands his loneliness and struggles and takes them seriously. They really match very well on many levels and bring out the best in the other (on most days at least :P), something I neither planned for nor expected, and probably why I'm so obsessed with them at the moment XD They really are each other's sun, driving away shadows and doubts, a light in the darkness.

But yeah, Vince has a lot to lose really, and together with Kerry and everyone else they try and find a way to solve the Relic-problem so now that he found his place and people he can stay with them, live the balance of quiet and exciting life he deserves and always wished for.

The scars I gave him here (and damn, it hurt me to make them 😭) are not 100% canon yet... I'm gonna explore and explain what they are and how he got them in my post-ending fic soon-ish.

But yeah... V gets his happily ever after with his loved ones, in one way or another, and CDPR can take my headcanons from my cold dead hands xDD No but really, I get it. In a world like Cyberpunk there's no such thing as a sunshine-and-rainbows happy ending with world peace and all... and even mine is gonna come at a certain cost. But if anyone, V deserves some peace and love after that shitshow :D

That being said:

Before and after! The scars are drawn on, and I used the relief layer effect in Photohsop to give them some dimension. Was really a matter of playing around with colors and layer modes to make them somewhat convincing looking, but I'm really liking the result a lot!

Once again it gets me how different Vince looks without his iconic hair and makeup 😭 Believe me, he had a really really hard time when he was told "we gotta shave your head for this procedure" cause throughout his life his hair has been a really important part of his self-expression. From dyeing it blond as a teen to rebel against his parents, to going completely wild afterwards, conforming to Arasaka, then slowly finding himself again... With everything gone he felt like yet another part of him was gone and yeah... wasn't a good time, that time in late 2077.

If you've read along all the way: thanks so much!! I hope you enjoyed this series as much as I enjoyed creating it and sharing a bit more about Vince's background and how he became who he is. When I'm done writing my post-ending fic I might go back to writing and sharing his background story fic, detailing everything from this series a bit more, and you'll get to know some of the people I only mentioned in passing (his mother, his first real boyfriend, his coworkers, etc.) a bit better, too.

So... Thanks for sticking around!! :D

[lavellun]

Hi, may I ask how you edit your edits that you publish, such as the house of the dragon? I would greatly appreciate a tutorial ♡

hi there! thank you so much for you ask! 🤍 i already answered a similar question last year so i'm gonna go ahead and just copy-paste part of that reply here, because the process is pretty much the same ✨ 3, 2, 1... here we go!

i do all of my edits/graphics on photoshop. i have a base coloring already done that i usually use and then i’ll just play with the adjustments for each screencap that i choose. it’s all very trial and error, really! but, in this ‘first coloring’, i just try to make the image as 'even’ as possible, using tools like: brightness, curves, selective color or even a few gradient layers, to make it a solid base to work on.

there are 3 things that i do pretty much everytime:

i use a 'color fill’ layer with a dark red color with the 'luminosity’ blending mode (and then adjust the opacity to my liking, usually between 50% and 70%);

a 'photo filter’ adjustment with an orange color (to give the final image a bit more of a warm tone; then also adjust the opacity to my liking);

and, after doing all this (meaning: after i finish ALL the editing i need) and saving as PNG, i open this new image on photohsop, go to the 'filter’ tab and select 'noise’ and then 'add noise’. i think it ties everything together and i really like how it looks in the end (i select around 2.5/3).

now, for the house of the dragon edits you mention (and to add some more info to that previous reply i gave): i use pretty much the same steps above but i also play around more with 'symmetries', overlays/transparencies, different blending modes and opacities, and also different gradients too!

for example, i like to duplicate the same screencap i chose and then 'invert it' to create a 'mirror effect' on top of the base. after that, i play with the blending modes until i find something i like. sometimes i do this same process, but instead of duplicating the same screencap, i chose another one that works (usually it's a screencap from the same scene that is only slightly different). there are also times where i don't 'invert' the image, but i simply move it to a different space of the frame depending on what i'm trying to achieve. again… there's A LOT of trial and error when i do these edits/graphics! to me, that's also part of the fun when i create! 🤗

experimenting with different blending modes is also fun! we get really cool effects by trying different modes and opacities. i usually do this like i mentioned above (in actual screencaps/images) or… with gradient layers! using gradient layers and playing around with the colors and these blending settings, gets you really intersting results too! i really like trying this 'negative effect' kind of thing, where i have a gradient layer with two colors and i then 'reverse' it to create this effect (but it doesn't work with all types of images). these gradient layers also help me get a more 'even' look to the whole edit. i usually try to stick to a certain 'color palette', so that all of the pieces actually work together when i post them here!

sooo... yeah! i don’t know if this is a bit vague, like i said, it really is about trying different settings and adjustments and finding something to your liking. that is literally how i came across this coloring and this 'editing style' and i’m always tweeking here and there! but i really hope this was somewhat helpful! 🤍✨

[lime2342]

From the alt text

[Image description: Portrait illustration of a woman smiling at the viewer and holding up her hand to finger paint. There are streaks of paint on her face and hands, and paint is magically flowing from her fingertips. She is wearing a top bun updo with a few loose rainbow braids. Lime green background. Illustrated in photohsop, 2024.]

Fingerpainting

[h50europe]

Buck/Tommy (fake spoiler)

BUCK/TOMMY

Buck: "Did you know that eye contact for longer than 6 seconds without looking away or blinking reveals a desire for either romance or murder?" Tommy: "Evan?" Buck: "What?" Tommy: "Shut up and sleep with me."

[throway444]

escape

[mcheung]

noooo photohsop OPEN!!

[elinordash]

hi! i have a quick question regarding gifs: my gifs seem to be super blurry when i upload them even tho i used 540px and sharpening etc. (it looks good on photoshop and on my laptop but does not look good on tumblr when i upload it. :<) did i do something wrong?

I'm afraid I don't know what could have gone wrong! Perhaps it's got something to do with your saving preferences on photohsop?

(if you want, you can send me a gif that looks blurry and maybe I can offer some better advice, but then again I've only been making gifs for a couple of years and I'm no expert)

[taniushka12]

help my photohsop heard me complaining and it deleted all my brushes................................

hello?

always make small notes in your art for which brushes you're using, Specially if you're not finishing that pic that day, bc im trying to finish/edit a wip from last week and its taking me everything for it not to look like Shit bc i cant find the textured brush i used originally Q_Q