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Motivational Poster
Yo_Spiff


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Collection: Shoehorns (Non-challenge)
Camera: Canon PowerShot S5 IS
Location: My kitchen table
Aperture: F7.1
ISO: 80
Shutter: 2 Sec.
Galleries: Humorous
Date Uploaded: Jun 3, 2008

Viewed: 2269
Comments: 14
Favorites: 2 (view)

 Day #4 brings a cheap shot at sales.

Technically it's a DE-motivational poster, however, there were plenty of the genre in the motivational posters challenge. Besides, it's a shoehorn anyway!

I'm pretty pleased with this one. It took a lot of work to get the dark blue background to look the way I wanted. Since I used blue posterboard as my background, it had a mottled appearance that I got rid of with multiple techniques to blur and soften the detail and create the smooth blend. In the meantime I had to keep the shoehorn deselected to maintain it's sharp appearance. There was probably an easier way to do it with layers, but I have not gotten to that level of editing skill yet.

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 06/13/2008 10:48:57 AM
Really well done!
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 06/07/2008 12:47:24 AM
Well, I'm a sucker for the colour and design. Somehow I want to tie this to the DP Challenges - maybe turn it into the Shoehorn Award. Beauty job.
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 06/05/2008 07:39:33 AM
This is excellent the background is stunning it really would make a great sales poster. Really nice work well done.
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 06/04/2008 11:23:49 PM
Sweeeet!!! I love it. Could not be any better.
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 06/04/2008 11:06:35 PM
Ha Ha Ha this one made me smile after I had such a blah day. Very creative.
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 06/04/2008 10:51:24 PM
You did a wonderful job with the blue background. It's a gorgeous color! I cannot believe you did not find a way to work these words in "if the shoe fits..." hehe.

Excellent looking poster.
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 06/04/2008 10:06:56 PM
a beautiful blue BG, definitely worth all the work you put into it!
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 06/04/2008 10:06:55 PM
Bravo - well executed!
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 06/04/2008 08:54:49 PM
Excellent!
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 06/04/2008 08:37:29 PM
Looks really good.
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 06/04/2008 08:02:04 PM
Brilliant , and excellently executed. Loved them all so far. Your creativity amazes me.
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 06/04/2008 02:54:01 PM
Bright and clear. Wonderful! Candidate for the "advertisement" gallery?
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 06/04/2008 12:31:37 PM
Very nice execution of a concept. The fading blue is great.
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 06/04/2008 01:30:03 AM
EXCELLENT..... and definitely worth going into 'my favorites' right now..... My only suggestions is, what are you going to do for an encore..... I really do like this very much.....

Message edited by author 2008-06-04 01:32:50.
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