Comic Book Style

Last year, I was in need of some Christmas gift ideas for a friend of D's, Mr. P. We had all gone up to his favorite lake spot for Labor Day with his family (looking forward to this year!) and had taken hundreds of photos of water sports, scenery and sunsets. I decided that for his present that I would blow up one of the lake shots and then make a smaller poster size photograph for him to hang in his garage with the rest of his recreational gear. The lake shot was just a standard color fix and blow up, but for the poster I wanted it to look unique. Like it came from a magazine. So I took one of the best shots and went to work in Photoshop manipulating the image until I got the look I was going for. Of course I added in a little inside joke to it as well. We exchanged our gifts and when he opened the poster and I told him it was for the garage, he exclaimed "Oh no! This is going in my loft!" Shortly after Christmas Mr. P asked me if I could create another image like that one, so he would have a pair to hang in his home. We went through the shots and he selected one of himself carrying his wakeboard. I went through Google until I found an appropriate Comic Book style tutorial and away I went. 30 minutes later we had another great looking stylized piece of art.

He proceeded to buy frames and hang them along with the enlargement of the lake in his loft as a ode to his favorite spot on the planet. After a recent trip up to the same lake, he got a great group shot with him and his cousins. He then asked me if he could trouble me to do another poster to hang up for his housewarming party. I was a little apprehensive of how the photo would turn out, since it was taken at night, but with a little splash of brightness and some other minimal photo editing, I found I had a good base to put on the comic book style. I sent it to be printed and then the hubbs and I helped him hang it in it's rightful place in the LDP room.

Of course while doing all this fun stuff with photos I had to do one of the hubby and me too! So I took an old photo of us from a friends wedding and edited away! I love doing this stuff! Especially when I can see how the person responds to my creations and truly appreciates it!

DD!

What do you like to do with your photos?