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Ken Huizenga Junior Member Registered: January 2004 Posts: 4 users gallery	I was trying this make this look like a particular type of embroidery my mother used to do. I searched the web for Photoshop/tutorial/embroidery and saw the idea of using lines to represent threads. Cut out a single petal. Used eye dropper to select colors from the petal to draw the threads. Used 10pix paint brush to paint individual threads...didn't take that long since I only did one petal. I also used the click/shift click technique to make the lines straight and speed up the drawing somewhat. Cut & pasted the petal 3 times, then rotated petals to create one entire flower. Added bevel and drop shadow to threads. Cut & pasted the flower several times. Rotated and resized the flower to create some variety. Applied various HSB corrections to individual flowers to create some variety, while still trying to stay with a realistic number of thread colors...not sure if I succeeded at that Cropped the flowers to get a single square section of flowers, suitable for framing. After flattening the image I realized there were a couple of colors which were sticking out too much in a few places and disturbed the mellow look that I was going for. I used the red eye removal tool to change the colors I didn't like to ones I liked better. Added the frame because my mother used to frame her embroidery and give them as presents. Ken Huizenga
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ExclamPt

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Registered: January 2003
Location: St. Louis, MO
Posts: 92

1/24/2004 10:04am

Outstanding concept and execution!

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themanda

Senior Member

Registered: December 2002
Location: Texas
Posts: 135

1/24/2004 10:09am

excellently done! it looks truly authentic.

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Amanda

Xaran
Senior Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: East Sussex, England
Posts: 533

1/24/2004 2:04pm

Beautiful - very realistic.

Christine

TwinbNJ

Senior Member

Registered: February 2003
Location: NJ
Posts: 375

1/24/2004 5:17pm

Perfect! That was creative problem solving and worth the effort!

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Jill

Doug Nelson

Janitor

Registered: August 2001
Posts: 6,165

1/27/2004 10:14am

My word! That is remarkable!

Good job!

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Imhotep

Junior Member

Registered: August 2003
Posts: 19

1/27/2004 3:01pm

Exellent work
Vanglorious!!!

khuizenga
Junior Member

Registered: January 2004

1/27/2004 5:35pm

I would like to thank everyone for their nice comments and encouragement. This was my first challenge and I've only been using Photoshop Elements for about a month, so I still have a lot to learn. For this particular project I was inspired by my mother who passed away several years ago. Thanks Mom!

Leah

Senior Member

Registered: August 2002
Location: London, UK
Posts: 518

1/28/2004 12:17pm

I'm glad this isn't the Critiques section where we're not allowed to just say "Wow! Outstanding!", because all I can think of to say is:

Wow! Outstanding!

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grafx

Senior Member

Registered: April 2003
Location: Northeast Florida
Posts: 229

3/24/2004 2:26pm

This is just awesome!

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johnc

Junior Member

Registered: March 2004
Location: auburn, maine

5/30/2004 9:51am

awsum work

Neve

Senior Member

Registered: July 2004
Location: Australia
Posts: 836

7/23/2004 5:10am

Superb and just got to try this, thank you for your efforts, much appreciated.

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Cheers
Pauline

Judiartist1
Junior Member

Registered: September 2005
Posts: 1

9/30/2005 11:21am

This just "blows me away"!! I have been working on a stitching effect for a while
and could have just read yours....love it........

Brash
Junior Member

Registered: July 2006
Location: Leeds, England
Posts: 10

9/15/2006 3:11pm

Great job! You've overcome a technical challenge to produce a superb piece of work.

Indigo
Junior Member

Registered: June 2002
Location: Wallasey, England
Posts: 28

1/8/2009 3:49pm

Well worth the effort you have put into the image. Nice that you have worked your project up from basics and not simply run a bunch of filters.
indigo

Janet Petty

Senior Member

Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 2,025

8/30/2009 6:24pm

I can't believe I missed this thread (literally speaking). It is quite simply put...OUTSTANDING! Very well done.

Janet

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