"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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I've been creating photoshop art for a couple of months and I've put two of my favorites on deviant art. I thought I would show them to you guys.

Showdown: Good Vs. Evil
This one started out as just a picture of one of my friends walking up a hill near my house.

Lilith
This is the eye of a young woman that I got from deviant art's stock photos section.


I'd appreciate your critiques and If anyone is interested in learning some of the techniques for photoshop just let me know.
 

"I just moved here from Florida."

That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?

She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."

She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.

I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.

Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.

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This is cool... I've always wanted to learn photoshop, but its hard to understand and i dont own it, plus I don't have a digital camera so I cant just get wierd pics and mess with them.
 
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It's really not that hard, it's more about knowing in what order to do things and what different parts of the program can do. The "Lilith" photo is probably one of the easiest kind of photos to do because it's mostly textures.
 
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Im gonna try it out. Im gonna get a trial version or download a torrent of it (Yes I download stuff illegally, Bite me)

Also where did you say you got those pics?
 
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I got my version from LimeWire :D . You can find tutorials on how to do just about anything on line. Deviant Art has a lot of stuff and you can get a lot of photos to use from there. It's also a good place to look for inspiration. Oh, about the pics I took the one on the hill myself, the other came from deviant art.
 

"You'll Never Feel READY to Walk Over"

Next Monday you'll feel more confident. After the gym you'll feel more confident. After one more drink you'll feel more confident. After you get a better haircut, a better jacket, a better job.

You've been "getting ready" for two years.

She's standing ten feet away right now. She'll be gone in four minutes. No amount of preparation will manufacture the courage that only comes from moving your feet.

Walk over. Stumble through the first sentence. Let it be clumsy. Let it be imperfect. You will feel more alive in those ten seconds than you have all month.

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Thanks. Im gonna look into this as a weekend hobby. I cant draw or paint worth ****, but this is just as good of a way to express in a creative way.:up:
 
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ZBrush looks awesome. I'm glad you told me about it. I hope I can use it though, I find wireframes frustrating.
 
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Originally posted by Epic
ZBrush looks awesome. I'm glad you told me about it. I hope I can use it though, I find wireframes frustrating.
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It's a lot of fun...and you'll enjoy it alot. Download the demo and play around with it. You can actually re-shape things you've made and it's 3D. Very cool...
 
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I'll do that. I've tried experimenting with 3D Studio Max and Maya but it was way too complex. I've been wanting to create 3D art for a long time. That's why I work with photoshop.
 

"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"

You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.

For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.

Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.

The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.

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Originally posted by Epic
I'll do that. I've tried experimenting with 3D Studio Max and Maya but it was way too complex. I've been wanting to create 3D art for a long time. That's why I work with photoshop.
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ZBrush is pretty easy to use...just play around with the brushes and other stuff and you should find it pretty easy to use.
 
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