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We really like how Chris had approached the images, creating a stylish and eye-catching illustration.

Hong Kong skyscraper (left)

Colin used his love of science fi ction art to create this decidedly futuristic view of how Hong Kong may look in a few years’ time.

Skyscraper illustration (above)

“I had no idea how this image was going to end up – like all my work it’s spontaneous. It was only near the end that I decided to try my own take on the Custom Shapes tutorial. The background was created from layer upon layer of brush strokes. The brushes themselves were custom-made from scanned-in paintstrokes.”

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“The stained glass tutorial was great, and layering the lily above a layer with the woman’s legs and blouse put in, then merging them before applying the Glass Effect filter meant that the background got distorted too. The cat was fun, adding the tail and using a fine Smudge tool to get the fur appearance.”

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Lilipuss

“Inspired by the tutorial on stained glass, I produced this picture using the kitten and lily images supplied, plus my own photo of the bee. Selections were made with the Pen tool and various filters applied to different layers.”

Issue Sleven (above)

“The title is similar to the film. For this one I chose to make it more like a collage, which was my favourite technique before using Photoshop. So there is no real composition – this is more like freestyle technique and all resources are from the disc.”

Fame

“I created this image using Photoshop CS2 but also used Illustrator. When I saw the image of the young woman I felt she was trying to say something. I decided she was a little like me – trying to get on the first rung of the ladder!”

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HOW TO ENTER

Access the Readers’ Challenge folder from the side panel on our CD and copy it to your desktop. Once you’ve completed your masterpiece, send it to us on a CD along with your name, address and a few words about your creation, to:

Readers’ Challenge

Photoshop Creative

Imagine Publishing

Richmond House 33 Richmond Hill

Bournemouth

Dorset, UK

BH2 6EZ

Readers’ Challenge

Look to the sky, as this issue’s challenge invites an intergalactic viewpoint

e do try our best not to push a challenge into any particular theme, but after getting our hands on some photographs from Kennedy Space Center, we simply couldn’t resist dropping them in, to see what you might do with them. So if you’re always gazing up at the stars and wondering what may really be up there, you’ve now got some images to use to re-create what’s in your imagination.

But it doesn’t matter if you haven’t got the slightest interest in di erent galaxies, because there are still plenty of other images to use in whatever way you may fancy. Try out some techniques learnt in this issue, or just mix them up with your own images and go crazy!

As always, we want you to have fun with this challenge. The most important thing is that you take part – so don’t worry if you haven’t used Photoshop for very long. Send us what you come up with, and maybe you’ll see your e orts in print.

Working with colour

You need to get colour right if you want to get the maximum impact from your images, and Photoshop has loads of tools to help you do this. This issue we cover what these tools are, how they work, and how to use colour theory to get the best images you possibly can