I never understood how to use PhotoShop to make artsy-type stuff. Is it difficult? I'm not even sure if my version of the software is capable of it. The extent of my PS abilities is merely altering photos for a slightly humerous effect.
ZOMG WHAT IS HE GOING TO DO WITH DA BANANA!!!!! !
ghetto edit, to sound more in character:
BA BEWM!
those were awsome! I thought all of them were extremly cute. Except the humans with the animal faces were a bit disturbing.
oops darn, i pressed one button too many which made the last post. Sorry.
Anyway, here is a favorite one for cute
http://photos.commongate.com/10/23835_elv527bfkb_l.jpg
This is one of a caterpillar-chewed leaf where I played around with the colours to get an unusual effect:
About a year ago, I was taking apart an old CD-ROM drive (with very sharp edges) and I accidentally sliced open my thumb. I let the blood drip onto a piece of paper, let it dry, scanned it, and after a couple hours of photoshopping... voila!
The extent of my PS abilities is merely altering photos for a slightly humerous effect.
It may not be much of an alteration, but it is very 
funny
Natalie, my boys would like you to go through the whole Matrix trilogy, replacing all the weapons with fruit!
No textures or other special effects. All I changed was the colors by inverting them and varying hues, saturations, etc. It is actually a combination of two edited versions of the original image, though I don't remember exactly how I did it. The original "document" is 8.5 x 11 inch white printer paper with the blood being reddish dark brown.
Within each large drop of blood, you can see how the blood's moisture initially caused the paper to swell and wrinkle. That caused localized pooling in each drop. As the blood slowly dried, it pulled in on itself and the surrounding paper, hence the tiny cracks in the drops and the faint stress marks on the paper between the drops. That's what blood is supposed to do to help heal wounds. If you've ever gotten a thick scab on thin skin, you may have noticed tiny stretch marks on your skin surrounding the scab.
Wow! really interesting effects.
