Since GFX is not all I like doing… I have started a fresh site, hope you can leave comments there now and  I will see you there. This site will no longer be used CLICK HERE

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Sorry for the long absent but exams kept me busy, almost finished now but let me update you on what will be going on soon. There will be much more than my avatars but what I am trying to do, is get hold of some top artists and place thier outstanding work on here, keep an eye out on that. More tutorials will also be placed after 5th June so stick about but for now .. thats it from me.

Have fun!

NEW Totorials added for Photoshop

I promised that i would place tutorials for the visitors and here they are, please do not rip or distribute without my permission and the respected owners. Don’t do it … it is pretty sad to be honest, and please do not claim the tutorials as yours! Well i will be posting new tutorials every week and for now, it is a simple render tutorial and if they are useful to you, then i might even post a few more today!

To view the tutorials, please click “Continue reading ‘Tutorial Number 1″ then click the image to enlarge.

Tutorial Number one

1. Ok, firstly cut out your image and place it where you want it on your sig.
2. Duplicate the render layer (right click >> duplicate layer)
3. Make three duplicates of the original render layer, you should now have 4 render layers (1 original, 3 duplicates)
4. Select the original render layer then go to Filter > blur > gaussian blur and do a gaussian blur between 1.5 and 3.
5. Select the first duplicate layer then go to filter > blur > smart blur and do a smart blur of radius 3 and threshold 25.
6. On the 2nd duplicate layer desaturate it (ctrl+shift+U) and set the layer style to ‘hard light’
7. On the 3rd duplicate layer desaturate it and set the layer style to ’soft light’
8. (Optional) (On the 2nd or 3rd render layer) If your render looks too dark go to Image > adjustments > brightness/contrast and move the bars until your render looks better.
9. This is an additional step, i reccommend you do it though. Now we add some colour, select the 3rd render layer and go to image > adjustments > colour balance. Play about with the bars until you get something that looks good. Try to make your render colour similar to your background for better blending Do it on all three sections (midtones, shadows and highlights)

YOUR RENDER SHOULD NOW BE COMPLETE!
***CHECK LAYER ORDER!*** should look like the following…

To finish it off blend your render in by using the soft round 65 px brush to lighly blend the bottom of your render in. Set the layer to either lighten or linear dodge and on an opacity of 70%.

Thanks for reading

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[off Topic] What is going on?
Long long time since I have posted, looking back at this blog there have been quite a lot of hits, specially when I have created some icons weekly. Well I have explained that exams have been keeping me really busy so for now I will be posting off topic subjects and in between some work when I have time.

Bullbearings - A Site for the Business & Economics students
Firstly, are there any Business or Economics fans out there who enjoy Stock exchange markets and all that? Well I am not sure if you already know but there is a site called Bull bearings which is brilliant. I have set up my own league (there are 1000’s of others) and it is called The Economist League. Basically you start of with £100,000 and you buy into stocks and try to top the table. Well if you are interested why not take a look. I am a new member and it is very realistic like the real Stock exchange market. Registration is free! http://www.bullbearings.co.uk

Once you join you will need to browse about, if you want to join my league with a few friends then click on Your League Options > Click on the letter T > Find a team name called The Economist League, join up in there! It is fun for those who study Business & or Economics.

For now that is it, later on I will post some tutorials for you to use and some pre cut renders from artists with permission, so watch out and get lost now

Just a few icons here when I had a spare bit of time on my hands. I was meant to make a few more however my Photoshop kept crashing so I could not be bothered to start all over again. These icons will also be placed on the ‘my graphics’ page found here. To place your comment which I would appreciate then click the comments box or simply click me.

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Hello, I would like to share my last few avatars before I announce that from now on, my work will not be as much as my studying is more important. I will try to make 2 to 3 icons a week but that is not a promise. My exams are soon and I have lots of work to do. Anyway a mixture of work here! These icons will also be placed on the ‘my graphics’ page found here. To place your comment which I would appreciate then click the comments box or simply click me. Comments will be much appreciated. Some were done for a request so yeah I hope you like. The Jessica Alba picture was taken from some fan website, so basically I just added some light effects and colour fill.(I do not really like it). I like the Ronaldo + Nani, Owen and martins one the best, I also like the number 7 Ronaldo one. I was trying some different things and it is a bit late and I was tired so do not be too harsh.

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May I  thank all my friends for supporting me and my visitors. I will be back after exams and during to make a few stuff as I  also need some free time! I hope you keep visiting as usual as I am sure I will make a few icons weekly. Adiós!

Mainly English players this time but I made a Henry one. The Torres one was a request from Arvin and yeah, I was a little bored so I shall let you comment on what you think. These icons will also be placed on the ‘my graphics’ page found here. To place your comment which I would appreciate then click the comments box or simply click me.

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Here we go, this was really just testing time, I was trying some new things on these icons so I am not sure if you will like them or not. Anyway I will still post them. These icons will also be placed on the ‘my graphics’ page found here. To place your comment click the comments box or simply click me.

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Today, I was in a creative mood so decided to make some more icons for you all to use. I hope you like them. Please leave comments. These icons will also be placed on the ‘my graphics’ page found here. To place your comment click the comments box or simply click me.

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I though I should share some cool sites where you can find yourself some brilliant stocks and some high quality renders. Check it out:

Link: http://www.sweetandtalented.com

About: The site includes some top quality stocks of women (music, models celebrities etc.), men, Tv shows and Movie galleries. Its worth taking a look as there might be something for you.

Link: Sams Photobucket renders

About: This guy is pretty popular and kindly uploaded his pre-cut renders onto his photobucket gallery. Includes football players and women renders and they are good quality.

I will also post a link to my Photobucket account where there will be lots of pre-cut renders from other artists with there permission.If you have any links to good images, renders, psd etc please post them in here.

Thank you.