Starry Eye Surprise

wishing
Sketch '05

~~>my first real attempt at photoshop, as you can see the stuff i used are pretty basic. i've "dabbled" with it occasionally but never really bothered with it but since i'll be trying to get into graphic design as a career.

anyone who knows photoshop can obviously see what i used but for any of those who have no idea here's the head's up; i used the brush tools' grass, leaf, fuzzy for the stars and charcoal (i think) to make the stars run across the sky. i also used the gradient tool; green to black on the grass (can't really see it huh?) then overlapped it with blue to black (that's why!). used a lens flare...or was it spotlight, maybe it was spotlight to make it seem like you're really there staring at it, giving a cone of vision type of sense to it. as for the person and log i actually drew those then scanned in, cropped it and pasted it, then darkened it to make a silhoutte look of it. wanted to highlight the top of the head and shoulder and the top of the log, to separate the night sky from the guy's head, i know i'll make some more adjustments to it and hopefully get it done before school starts again.

a friend of mine knows the meaning but hopefully he won't say anything to anyone if pressed upon this matter (right buddy? ;) ) and another person knows, hopefully....

i'll try and do another piece as well using photoshop before school starts, really need to get the hang of it for next semester, i'm sure of it. keep you all updated.