Fine Feathered Fish

[Patti Edens]

What a way to fritter away a morning. :p

Here's what I did:
Several flips and moves to construct eyebrows and mouth.
Spherize to get rounded, fishy look to face.
Boost to Saturation and Vibrance
Added layer below, expanded canvas and filled with a pattern created using the iris of the eye.
Opened in Fotosketcher and did an oil sketch and a frame.

[Jim Bridges]

Patti this is a fantastic re-creation for me...I'm awed by your skills at doing this type of work!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Hi Patti, this is an awesome re-create. Very, very well done.

[Kerry Perkins]

I love it Patti! You say it all so "matter-of-factly" but this is excellent work. Re-using elements of the image in the background is very artistic. Good show! :cool:

[Mark Fuge]

Very nice re-creation Patti.

Like the image and the frame. :)

[Ken Childs]

Great job, Patti! Not only does it look like a fish, it looks like a happy fish! :D

[Patti Edens]

Thanks all. I appreciate the comments. Kerry, creating the pattern was new for me. I had never done that before. I wanted a background that would bring out the eye color, but the plain blue just wasn't what I wanted. I wanted to use the pattern of colors in the eye. I googled it and found that the Pattern Maker that was in CS3 is no longer in CS4 or CS5, but Adobe has a plug-in for both CS4 and 5 that has the discontinued filters. So, I loaded it up and made the pattern. Cool to learn something new.

Here's where I found out about how to use Pattern Maker and here is where I found the plug-in. I just selected a small portion of the eye and tweaked the settings until it was a nice smooth pattern. There might be an easier way to do this? I thought the Pattern Maker was pretty easy, but I don't know how good it is for making seamless patterns when the pattern selection area has lines or other elements that are difficult to match up. I will play with it some more.

This is a crop of the area before I blended in the edges and before I put it through Fotosketcher.

[denise ippolito]

Patti, Very creative. I really like the way you thought OOTB for this one. It does look like a fish. Great job. :)

[Cheryl Slechta]

Patti, very creative and well done. A happy fish indeed:)

[Indranil Sircar]

This is really OOTB thinking! excellent re-create and executed.

[Nancy Bell]

Wow!! Very creative, and very organized in your thinking to go from pelican to fantastic fish!