Night Fighter

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Some simple embossing of a Raven I captured in Fry's parking one day. First embossed it in ACD 14, opened in CS5, copied BG color, clicked File>New, made finished size,> background color>resolution 72. Took BG into free Fotosketcher >Oil Painting>Strong texture>no frame. In CS5 I moved textured Raven on to new BG, fiddled with Edit>Stroke and added border in ACD14. First time I ever toned down the glint.

Comments welcome and always appreciated

Keep smiling

Gus

BTW: I sure admire the great posts submitted redently, especially the effort to hike up to the Buddist temple - Awesome :c3:

[Dennis Bishop]

I like the embossed look, and the coloring is effective and appropriate. The variations in the background are nice. Thanks for explaining how you produced it.

[Cheryl Slechta]

Gus, I love ravens and I really like your embossed treatment - it has so much depth to it. Thanks for your workflow:S3:

[Indranil Sircar]

This is beautiful, Gus. I like the embossed effect and the bg texture. Thanks for sharing the workflow.

[Brendan Dozier]

Very cool effect you created, Gus. Looks like a metal engraving or mold. Very creative and definitely OOTB!

[denise ippolito]

Gus, Excellent processing for a different look. I love the textured background and your border. I wonder if the eye got moved a bit when embossed- it seems a bit high. Nice job and thank you for sharing your workflow as always.:S3:

[John Ippolito]

Gus, you have captured a unique look at the raven, one of my favorite birds. I like the rough weathered look on the textured surface. I think this would look very nice printed on canvas. TFS the workflow here:S3:

http://www.adn.com/2011/12/05/2203811/ravens-are-even-smarter-than-we.html

[NathanBeaulne]

Turned out nicely, love the highlights on the edges of the wing, thanks for the detailed workflow