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6. "Skully"
6. "Skully"
Art Roflmao


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Collection: Vessels And Containers - MAY08
Location: my Office
Galleries: Horror
Date Uploaded: May 7, 2008

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Comments: 18
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 This is my Skull Mug I use it for beer on occasion. I don't recall how or where I got it, but it has become a close friend - telling me who my enemies are and what I should do to them-- oops, I've probably said too much. He doesn't like it when I talk to others about him - he says they won't understand. He did sit quietly and happily for this photo shoot though.

I filled it with water, placed it in my home made light tent and dripped in two drops of red food coloring and shot about 6 shots as the red liquid descended down the mug.

Processing was not too much since the original shot came out ok. I used a diffuse glow filter, some dodging and burning, put an overlay on and erased the overlay from the mug, leaving it just on the background.

Here's a previous shot, posted awhile back of me and Skully and also the original (just cropped).

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 10/12/2009 08:45:19 PM
Cool mug. Great pp.
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 05/13/2008 10:29:54 PM
Great job, alot of nice ideas from the dream box. This is so cool, good work.
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 05/13/2008 04:04:36 PM
I'm gonna guess you got it at Treasure Island in Las Vegas. I'm pretty sure I have one just like it lying around somewhere.
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 05/12/2008 05:32:07 PM
I should have borrowed this for the grateful dead shot. lol Really nice how you name your beer mugs. Hmmm!!!
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 05/09/2008 11:26:46 PM
WOW excellent processing thats for sure.....
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 05/09/2008 12:34:34 PM
Glad to see the blood washed out with the beer... It's amazing how you got the 'blood' to look so fluid in the final shot. Great job on the texturing, too.
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 05/07/2008 11:39:03 PM
That's freakin' awesome! I love what you did with the food colouring!
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 05/07/2008 10:45:29 PM
Ok - now that's just WEIRD! But good weird - GRIN!
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 05/07/2008 10:39:21 PM
What a great conversation piece at parties! Love the work on the overlay, looks like it could used as a label. Possibly a warning label :)
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 05/07/2008 09:55:20 PM
Red dye really makes the shot and processing definitely pulls the looks off. Very nice!
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 05/07/2008 09:19:37 PM
very dramatic and intense! I would love to see how he looks after a few bloodies!!
hhehehe

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 05/07/2008 05:04:47 PM
I love the processing! It almost looks like the skull is encased in ice. The food dye makes it though, it runs in perfect tears from the eyes!
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 05/07/2008 03:46:58 PM
Art, when do you find the time to think up all of these things? Cool image!
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 05/07/2008 01:02:57 PM
This rocks! Very creative - I never would have thought to go through that, but it paid-off. Great shot.
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 05/07/2008 12:14:33 PM
Yowzaa - creepy. Cool shot though.
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 05/07/2008 08:02:45 AM
EEEEEEUW!!!! I'm afraid now.
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 05/07/2008 06:35:22 AM
I love the effect you got between the red food coloring and the pp. I envy you for such s cool mug too.
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 05/07/2008 03:09:56 AM
Great shot, that is an awesome glass :)
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