photoshoppers/photographers (other thread has too many pictures)

[ksuno1stunner]

fwiw the NCAA 08 cover has the cool effect.

[FBWillie]

 

[ksuno1stunner]

http://www.ksufans.com/forums/index.php?topic=16699.0

my browser froze up

[FBWillie]

yeah, I meant to delete that; I saw the other thread just after I hit post.  I'm working on it... will post them shortly.

[FBWillie]

[FBWillie]

These are sloppy; but I know the technique they use.  If I had spent more than 30 minutes on them, I could have done much better.  I need to get back to work though. :(

[ksuno1stunner]

this is similar

[FBWillie]

I'll keep trying.

here's another:
Original

Worked

[FBWillie]

this is similar

That was most likely shot in a studio w/ controlled lighting.  What's making them seem more like illustrations is the vivid colors and the highlights/shadows in the muscle definition has been... "burned and dodged" 

Sorry, I don't know of a different way of explaining it; that will prob. only make sense to studio photographers, but it's not the same as saturation or contrast.

[ksuno1stunner]

[Pittcat]

Hey Stunner, try this one if you'd like. 




I would, but I got no photoshop.

[ksuno1stunner]

I tried to keep it look half real and half fake like the husker illustrated pictures.  The previous one I overdid the contrast.

[ksuno1stunner]

It looks better up close and with their faces IMO







still a ways to go though, when the players are in uniform in the hi pics it looks really sharp