Shuttle Launchpad Ornament

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Not exactly sure how I got to this image, but just started doodling...Bg needs something but this is all I had time for for now.

General methods: glass distortion filter, spherize, stroke-gaussian blur trick, elliptical marquee tool and gaussian blur for shadow, flips, opacity and transforms...



Thanks for looking...

Cheers,

-Yamo-

[denise ippolito]

Michael, I love it! The shape is great and the "glass" look turned out wonderful. I agree that the BG could use something. Nice ornament!!:)

[Anita Bower]

Nice! The reflection is especially excellent. I like the bg as it is. Well done.

[Paul Lagasi]

Background still may need some work, I'm working on one and also having problem with background...I am trying gradient tool...but I like the what you've done with the ornament, reflection and shadow...Nice work

[Ken Childs]

That sure is OOTB thinking....I never would have thought to use the space shuttle as part of a Christmas ornament but it works here!

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Denise, Anita, Paul, Ken,

Thank you all very much for your comments.

Ken, it is kinda funny about the shuttle... I was just poking around my photos looking for something tall to try out some of the techniques on - I was originally thinking of a bubble around it. But one thing lead to another and there you have it.

Cheers,

-Yamo-

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Michael,
Perhaps clouds in the BG?.......rest was very well done and the shadow is a very nice bonus!

[Andrew McLachlan]

Nicely done Michael. Love the glass look to the ornament, the reflection and the shadow.