[Neve]

Photo by "stenstrom" at http://www.sxc.hu/browse.phtml

There are no usage restrictions for this photo.

[Xaran]

Xero Line Art on dark blue background and Photoshop Craquelure.

Christine

[Legacy~Art]

Gorgeous, Gorgeous picture!!!

Christine thats a really nice picture!

[philbach]

Not difficult to do. I selected the leopards and made multiple copies. The leopard pattern interested me.

[keepemcomin]

Here is my take on the

[kiska]

Uh, oh! Similar to Phil's. Selected leopards, copies to transform. Perked them up with h/s and b/c.

[keepemcomin]

Originally Posted by kiska

Uh, oh! Similar to Phil's. Selected leopards, copies to transform. Perked them up with h/s and b/c.

That black frame with a touch of orange works really well with your picture.

[Swampy]

Spectacular Tiger photo, Neve!

Nice texture, Xran, but the blue halo around your tiger selection needs to be reduced so that the edges are cleaner.

PhotoShop CS

I didn't want to manipulate these guys too much. I only added a slight "big fur" texture (which I faded a lot after applying). I made a layer for just the eyes and sharpened them a little. I added the background and made a copy of some palmetto fronds that were in the forground, duplicated and distorted them. Desaturated the background bayhead slightly with a GBlur.

Sometimes we treat effects and art filters like fonts. We think the more fonts we use in a document the more creative we appear. Sometimes a good photo can be enhanced but too much "art" can spoil the picture.

[philbach]

Hey I like that putting the grass in the foreground added some excitment and made it more interesting. Like you said; just because you can mess with something doesn't mean it should be done.

[SWEngineer]

A very late welcome to Swampy and KeepEm.

Mine ended up plastic w/o the wrap...

First image:
BG color corrected to fight off the blues.
A: BG copy. Decolor. FindEdges
B: BG copy. Decolor. NotePaper. Invert. (Difference)
C: MergeVis (A,B)
D: BG copy. (Color)
E: MergeVis (C,D). Diffuse_Aniso
F-G: Curves & Hue/Sat Adj. Layers

Second image (just adding another layer to the first)
H: MergeVis (E,F,G). Render>LightingEffects - Omni,Shiny,Plastic,BlueChannel4Texture. (reduce opacity to 60%)

-Mark

[CJ Swartz]

I Love their expressions -- she's looks a bit nervous, and is leaning tight against him, and he's showing his "Don't worry, I'm here" look... Wanted to retain those expressions, and just enhance it a bit.

Thought the cyan background was too distracting, and chose to replace it with a subdued green.

[Swampy]

Thanks for the welcome SWE!

[raniday]

Hi
Some beautiful leopards y'all have created.
If leopards could change their spots, they'd probably choose designer colors Just playing w/ gradients, textures, and blending modes.

http://www.pbase.com/catbounds/image/39878761

[Swampy]

Radical, Rainy! :-)

[catia]

Used PSP9 to enhance and run Art Media Paintbrush. Used PS7 to clone a few areas and add texture.

Catia