If I put these off I will never ever post them, ever.

no eyes, negative space, fire, boxes


hair, texture, blend



No Eyes


This is pretty simple, simple coloring, simple photo. The only thing not simple about the original pic was Andrej's eye make-up. Which I dislike, so I think covering the eyes for this prompt was a brilliant idea.


Negative Space


This is also very simple, and this is a picture I've edited a thousand times before, I just love this shot. The vulnerability of Andrej's face, Andrej's hair, his outfits, everything. This is a PERFECT picture to rotate this way. And I've actually done it for an icon challenge. This time though, the prompt isn't rotate and is negative space so I created this 'space' below him. I think it works, but I've made this a while ago so it might lost its charm for me :p


Fire


I got the prompt 'fire' for fandom365days and it was not easy. I went with a photo of Andrej wearing red-orange shirt with his hair flying, which I thought was 'fire-y' without the actual fire. There's this shot for helmut lang, in which Andrej is holding a jacket that is on fire. I thought it was pretty cool. I don't really like the shot because of Andrej's hairstyle and pose (and also because he is topless), but I still think the fire made the shot looks great. I wanted to use the pic and do something about it, but it just won't work. I ended up with just a touched up pic of it, but you know, it's not interesting or exciting or anything. So I went to look for more pics when I found this picture of Andrej wearing a wicked outfit by Yuima Nakazato. I just thought it was perfect for this prompt, I edited it, added texture, added text, and here is the result.


Boxes


Now this, is one of my weakness. I don't do boxes/blocks on my graphics and when I do, it's usually very simple. I forgot how I ended up with this, but partly because I was in love with that fashion magazine spread and the bra ad, lol. I think it looks okay, I mean it took a lot of effort to make, and it looks great, I just wish I could do something better, but boxes are just not my thing. (I challenged myself by picking the prompt)


Hair


Hair, hair, hair. It sounds like a super easy prompt, but I really struggle to fill it. I have concepts, but they don't really work out at all. Finally I gave in and use this set of pics, they are made for this prompt. The only problem that made me hesitate to use this was it came from magazine scans, and not digital data so the quality isn't perfect.


Texture


Well look at me, trying to do the trend everybody is doing on tumblr, lol. This is a piece I am proud of :) I've tried the technique on a million different pics but this one is the perfect match. To save you some time if you're trying this technique : close-up pics of a dark haired person works better. Trying to make this work for blonde haired person's pic is hell. Anyway, it's a cute thing to try. I know slayground made this popular on tumblr and her post got hundreds of notes, but I found her tutorial really hard to read because of the nature of the site & layout, so I use the original one as reference. It's really easy to follow and understand.


Blend


Aaaand blend. It supposed to be as simple as blending two (or more) pictures together, but this wasn't easy to do either. There are blends I felt more successfully made in the past, especially of this runway show.

With that, I officially have made half of all of the prompts for this challenge :)