AzA in Talos :: photo-manipulation

Katana/Regen AzA: 800x640 ScreenShot in Talos

How I kind of see her in my head (Finished work): AzA in Talos Island - photo manipulation

I would like to dedicate this of sort to Gill Bates, I was inspired to do this after my first stop at his website; looking through all the wonderful toons he did I was taken back at his awesome work.

NOTES:
100% done in photoshop 7.0 (No 3rd party addon filters)
16+ hours (lost track)

Ref material used:
http://photos1.blogger.com/img/160/1811/640/smmf032.jpg
http://karatetraining.org/store/imag...orms/3029l.jpg
http://phj.at/Chrom/chrome1.jpg
http://www.joot.com/dave/vacation/20...tyscape-02.JPG
http://mimi6cu.free.fr/sabres/katana...e-kozuka61.jpg
http://mimi6cu.free.fr/sabres/katana...une-mura21.jpg
http://www.partyreflections.com/user/Red%20Velvet.jpg
http://www.gmtee.com/php_pages/desig...raiSymbol1.jpg
http://www.bridalfashionmall.com/images/shim-shim.jpg

Fine job on this one man.

Very nice!

It looks just like your character in all her superheroic glory in a real life Talos Island!!! I am amazed....I love working in photoshop, but don't have it on my computer currently. (can you believe it, and I'm a graphic design major!)

I just love how clever and resourceful this piece is. It really evokes the senses and shows what kind of untapped potential there is in making our heroes come to life. Way to go _AzA_!!!

This looks really cool. Is it all manipulation, or was some drawing done on the costume pieces?

Excellent job. When I see "photo manipulation" I usually cringe, fearing what's to come...(a photo with one filter applied to it? Often) So I was pleasantly surprised to see the excellent quality and the hard work that went into this one.

<O_O> OMG! <^o^> that rocks my non-existent socks!

Juggertha, Katfood, thank you!

Reiko, I like PS it is very resourceful you can do something 10 different ways to get the same result. Thank you for commenting!

Celsia, Nothing is hand drawn in the traditional sense. The body was done in parts, sculpted using the Liquefy tool. There is 46 visible working layers. I used the parts of the chrome car for the pieces of the body. HERE is a working cut with some of the layers turned off (I.E body lighting, belt, katana).

PMD, Thanks for the kind words, I was interested in what you would say. I have read your other posts on others work's.

CuppaSquirrels, LOL, my new catch phrase

Where do you people find the skill to do things like this. You did a great job and If you ever need a new insperation check out my sig

p.s. Dam thats good!

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Where do you people find the skill to do things like this. You did a great job and If you ever need a new insperation check out my sig

p.s. Dam thats good!

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Thanks Man!

As for your hero, I can give it a go.

I need a few things from you.

A) who do you think your hero looks like in RL (aka someone famous would help. Only need it for the face detail.)
B) Tell me more about your suit. is it tights or metal/crome type like mine? ScreenShots would help. Do you see the head wings as one piece in your minds eye?
C) Anything particular your looking for in the event?
D) Anything else you can tell me about your hero helps. The more I understand how you would see him in RL the better he will come out and be personable.