Metal

[nobody]

In yet another one of my expiriments in photoshop I came up with this metalic like thing that I'm pretty happy with. Needs some tweeking but I just thought I'd show you guys.

[Soul]

Oooo *strokes it*

[mdipi]

oh thats sweet! i havent really experimented trying to do stuff like that in a while. that came out really nice though!

[nobody]

lol
soul - knowing you, I'm just going to assume that's a compliment
dippy - you should always expiriment, it's fun

[TheOrangeOne]

very nice. so how did you acheive that effect? was it just some custom brushes with bevel/emboss type effects added, or there more to it than that?

It looks super cool btw :thumb:

[asphaltcowboy]

it looks cool, but I reckon you should tone down that lightsource in the bottom left - it's kind of overpowering! nice work - would love to see a tutorial :)

[Soul]

Originally posted by xxviii
lol
soul - knowing you, I'm just going to assume that's a complimentYes, I only stroke nice things ;)

[nobody]

This is what I did, I set up a gentle gradient from light gray to white on a layer. Then I did a new channel and made an x with a spikey lookin brush. Then I went back to the gradient layer and applied lighting affects to it. I used an omni light and and set it to shiny, metallic, and fully mountainous. Then I went through and added my own blue details to it and used different blending effects.
=)

[mdipi]

*cough* like kit? *cough*

xxviiiiiiccxxixcxcxixvchz: yeah i know but lately i have been, just not like that, more into the photography side, thats where my heart is at. thtas fun!!

[DDD]

yeah that render lighting effect is pretty cool started using that recently......nice work btw

[nobody]

thanks.. yeah render lighting effects is a huge lifesaver for 3d-esque stuff

[replode]

that looks good 28, and btw, your footer/avator is cool too. =)

[nobody]

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