Shocking work

Probably not a photoshop illustration, but I really wanted to include this artists work. I don't think he has a website, but you can visit his myspace at
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=68280501

There are tons more images like this one. I highly recommend giving his profile a view.

Punchy illustations.

There is no limit to the depth, impact and detail one can add to a Photoshop illustration. Just look at this piece by John Lean. Very impressive. I love the glow and flames created in the background.
http://www.johnlean.com/

Japan Image

Clock image

A breakdown showing how I construct an image with layers.

Focus point

Always check where the focus point is when choosing an image. Zoom right in there to make sure the part you want is in perfect focus.

Cropping and License removal

Cropping and License removal. This really was the first video I made with the screen casting software, CamStudio. Something I have learned about blogging here. It is far faster to upload videos via Youtube and then embed them to blogger. I am not sure why, but the blogger upload is sooooo slow.

Auto contrast Vs Auto Levels

In the case of this photo, auto levels is not the way to go. But in many other cases, auto levels works perfectly. Experiment for yourself, and see what works for your image. A side note, I didn't mean to say sepia in the video. Rather, I just meant to say, ugly blue tone.