Fantasy Art Photography by Margarita Kareva
Photos by Margarita Kareva
With the help of photoshop, beautiful models, and a creative imagination, Russian born photographer Margarita Kareva, specializes in fantasy art photography. What began as a hobby just 3 years ago, she says that she finds her inspiration through fantasy books and fairytales, thus transforming carefully selected models into witches and princesses. With adding surreal elements and the right location and she brings these fantasy worlds to real life in a very unique way.
In just 3 years of work, Kareva's portfolio is full of whimsical and vibrant portraits that stretch the imagination. Definitely keep tabs of more of her work here, as it continues to grow and evolve into very respected artwork, spreading around the world. Check out some of our favorites before, they may make you consider starting a new hobby of your own.
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Creative Photoshop Manipulations by Martin De Pasquale
Photos by Martin De Pasquale
Photoshop is an essential tool for any professional photographer, it helps nip, tuck, smooth, and transform any digital image in any way you want. But Buenos Aires-based digital artist, Martin De Pasquale, took creative photoshop manipulations to a whole other level. In combining different elements and multiple images, he creates new realities, and mostly with self-portraits. Whether it's in transforming his skin to water, or creating a miniature him to mow through his facial hair, the images are pretty impressive.
Luckily for us, he shares how he creates these images through a quick tutorial video on YouTube. Below are some of our favorites, but definitely click here for more. Also follow him on Pinterest to see what he comes up with next.
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Adventures of Miniature Star Wars Characters by Zahir Batin
Photos by Zahir Batin
In tribute to the legendary cultural phenomenon that is Star Wars, Malaysian photographer Zahir Batin created miniature scenes with stormtroopers acting out their adventures and everyday lives here on Earth.
To make this happen, Zahir arranged various miniature stormtroopers and other Star Wars figurines, and shot them up close to make them seem like actors in his very own Star Wars-themed adventures. Some of them are dramatic or suspenseful and others are even humorous, like R2D2's run in with a baby chicken.
On Zahir's facebook page, he goes even further by sharing the behind-the-scenes work that goes into each image, including some of his techniques. Aside from photoshop, his use of strings, wires and twigs to position his characters makes it all the more entertaining.
Check out some of our favorites and find more here.
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Artist Aliza Razell Brilliantly Combines Watercolor and Photography
Photos by Aliza Razell
Through photoshop, Massachussetts-based artist Aliza Razell brilliantly combines the art of watercolor and photography to create abstract self-portraits. In the past year, she created a two-part photo series, as part of a 365 photo-a-day project. The first series is titled Anesidora deriving from the explorations of the Pandora's Box myth, and the second titled Ikävä, which is the Finnish word meaning the feeling of longing. The combination of the two art mediums feels poetic and beautifully surreal.
Check out the following photos and find more of Aliza’s work on her Flickr or follow her on Facebook.
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Iconic Celebrities Photoshopped with Tattoos by Cheyenne Randall
Photos by Cheyenne Randall
Imagine classic beauties like Audrey Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor fully inked with tattoos. In the popular Tumblr blog Shopped Tattoos, Seattle based artist Cheyenne Randall, features an extensive collection of celebrities, famous athletes, musicians and even world leaders, with very realistic looking tattoos, photoshopped onto their skin. The idea is done so well, and for some it genuinely suits them. There are even some that can change your personal opinion about them. Think about it, would Marilyn Monroe still be considered a iconically sexy while covered in ink? Would Barack Obama be President of the United States if he had full tatted sleeves?
Take a look at some of our favorites and be sure to check out the ongoing series here.
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The Power of Image Manipulation by Dariusz Klimczak
Photos by Dariusz Klimczak
Through the power of image manipulation in Photoshop, Polish photographer Dariusz Klimczak creates dreamlike images, unique from anyone else. From playful to dreary, he manages to combine both human and animal subjects to defy gravity or even any simple law of physics. Furthermore, he prefers to keep the majority of his images in black and white to add a deeper, thought-provoking, and surreal effect. It's hard to believe that out of 30 years as a professional photographer, Kimczak has spent only a few creating photo manipulations.
Allow yourself to get lost in the following photos and check out more of his work here. Each image is abstract, original, and nothing short of brilliant.
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Surreal Photoshop Creations by Caras Ionut
Photos by Caras Ionut
Elephants walking a tightrope, umbrellas shielding meteor showers, a toddler walking a buffalo... these are unfathomable scenes made real by Digital Artist and Photographer Caras Ionut. With an expertise in photoshop, Ionut manipulates combinations of his own photography, to create surreal and dreamlike imagery that is nothing short of amazing. Besides sharing these remarkable photographs, Ionut’s website also offers tutorials and classes on using Photoshop.
Check out these photos and see more of his work here.
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Adobe Announces Amazing Creative Cloud Update
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It is no secret that Adobe Photoshop already has the most powerful manipulation tools available. And right when you think it can't get any better, they announce the release of their latest update to Creative Cloud for Design. The update is live now and has a few very exciting features like Perspective Warp, Linked Smart Objects, and 3D Printing. By paying $49.99 monthly for Adobe's Creative Cloud Model, you'll have access to all major updates, as soon as they come available, and you could even try it for free here to see if you like it.
A quick description for the Perspective Warp tool is that it allows you to adjust the perspective of your image by placing a grid or individual lines within images, so you can tug and pull wherever you please to warp the image.
The introduction of the Linked Smart Objects tool is exciting because it allows you to efficiently change a smart object in just one document; whereas before, you'd have to apply the same edits over again within the document, or replace them with new versions. This is especially good for creating promo material and editing logos.
The 3-D Printing tool is the newest with tons of potential growth. Here, you can create, edit, preview and print a 3-D design and bring it to life.
Of course, explaining these features just won't do as much justice as seeing how it works in action, so be sure to check out Adobe's overviews and tutorials here to learn more. Also be sure to check some of these photos they released to preview.
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