Showcase : Digital

© Elaine Chua (rayvolvez)

The Musical Layers - Bev & em'Boss, One Night Stand

© Elaine Chua (rayvolvez)

Visual representation of Layers, which is simply a tool we cannot do without (hear without) in Photoshop.

Vibrant & Loud



This image was present in version1_css. Did not use it as wishing to keep simplicity to only The Ideas Flowering Glass as main and only corporate element on the site :)

This is my final entry #2 for PhotoshopCafe Design Challenge. Ideas association came from "Blending Modes" to "Food Blender".

The conceptualisation and link up between blender and blending modes was the key. Searching for a blender picture proves to be the hardest possible task which led to me posting a photo request for the blender shot on SXC.hu. Mark Anderson (4score) took a great photo of a blender and gave it to me for the work. So kudos to Mark that this piece was finally made and done. Over 200 hours of work in tweaking, ideas, making and everything in it.

Have actually created a Blender entry previously, as you can see below, but decided to redo it, for a more game-ish and impactful feel.

This is a quick 10 minutes for a friend who loves my works.

This was originally my 2nd Entry for Design Challenge 8. The conceptualisation and link up between blender and blending modes was the key.

Have since abandoned this work for "Legend Blender" for a more game-ish feel.

This is my 1st and already submitted entry for PhotoshopCafe's Design Challenge 8. Sponge Achromatopsia, idea came "Sponge Tool", giving a tool a life of a character. "Achromatopsia" means total and complete colourblindness which is the association with Sponge Tool's desaturation abilities.

The Work


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The Details Grid

This is my latest work "What Lies Beneath?".

Thanks.

Many instances contributed to the eventual idea, i.e. The Shopping Cart, MK and etc... It was a battle with Barry Downard, a.k.a dogtrombone, to digitally story tell and do something with our individually chosen 3 images (total 6 images).

Gruelling battle project because Barry gave a high bar to match. Then again, its good practice for someone returning to photoshop after months.

My skills have not rusted yet, fortunately.

Stock Images provided by Crestock.com for a Photoshop Competition. The idea is "You don't need the crox to rule better than Mr Pseudo You-Know-Who.

Its a colour/tuning adjustment job. Simple yet gruelling.

Can the Toilet be art? To me, angles, lightings, arrangements, typography are all forms of art.

Its a wait, withered. You are not coming. I left.
Our memories, all etched in the back of our heads.

How does it feel when the one you value the most no longer trust you and chose to trust someone who tried to make you the scapegoat? It feels simply like this, a colourful world eaten up by darkness or the bland black and white world dominated by untruths.

Which side are you on? Not on mine I knew it.

"Which Side Are You On?" won in Amateur Photoshop Club's audition for Creativs Magazine and would be published.

Where am I suppose to go? Without you. Apparently, You don't even give a damn.

There was just so much sadness within me at one particular point in time where all my artworks were based on loneliness.

I have to say that I'm not emo (Well, there's only 1 emo lord and I don't wanna fight with him over the much coveted title). But there are times that you can be this sad, when you lost someone you really care for.

Like I always said, I am different. Don't tempt me with the colourful deceptive world. I stand out from the crowd.

My designs too. I'm born for art and language.

Part of the 4 artwork series of Total Eclipse of The Heart.

This was the first ever collaboration between me and Sven Jenssen.
Photomanipulation based on the idea of being "stranded" & "helplessness", "all alone" on Sven's Basel Street photo.

One of my very first manipulation artpiece too.

A simple coloration & tuning work based on Sven Jenssen's Run.

PhotoshopCafe Halloween Project
Pumpkin Base by Philip J Neal http://www.pneal.com

Manipulation by me, of course!

A last ditch entry for PhotoshopCafe Design Challenge 7. Worked on this on last day before deadline. Simple concept, just stare at the eyes and be mesmerised now.

Didn't submit this for competition in the end, but I did like this piece still.
It will not work for a billboard, but imagine a time with no Photoshop. That's sad.

This entry was awarded a Finalist Place in the competition.

To read about details of the artwork, click Read More :)
Its really a lot to read and maybe that will help you in understanding the work better.

A series of 4 pieces of artwork inspired by Westlife's rendition of "Total Eclipse of The Heart".

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I could do
A total Eclipse of The Heart

Photo Manipulation based on Sven Jenssen's motorbike photo.
I'm so tired of being tied down, being houndered, being disturbed, being harassed day in night out, so let me tell you, you can stay but I'm moving on!

!-------------a1 No More-----------!
Stop telling me you need more time
Tired of the same old line
Better make a move or you are
Gonna find
I ain't taken it
Cause You know its wrong
Better let him know its time to go
You are MOVING ON!
!-------------a1 No More-----------!

Just a photo retouch on myself. Give it a punky look, smooth skin, red hair and hostel neighbour thought which cool guy it was. Oh man, please, I'm "Elaine" and a girl!

I sure look suave, I never deny that.

Frankie say we will make a poster with body parts and theme can be freely interpreted for the rayVScfire challenge.

I took a wicked and gruesome approach. So Love can be murder. A jaded jilted man is cruel. If you can't have her, take her (life).

iMeow is based Optical Delusion artwork based on a zipper challenge - affix zipper and zip open.
Original Cat photo, zippers, and various chrome metal parts photos from SXC & MorgueFile.

And yes this metal scrap piece buildup is yours truly. Its always fun to see me in the other light.

Extension from Fantasia Version 1. I personally preferred this version more :)

An piece of old work revisited and enhanced. Fantasia Version 1.
Wait, "Version 1"? Yes, that means there's a version 2 too :)

An old piece of work from March 2007 revisited and Pedro M added a lighthouse to the composition. More colour tuning and additions.

Photo Manipulation based on SXC NikoDella's Womb 4 Doll Photo.

Photo Manipulation based on SXC NikoDella's Womb 4's Doll Photo.

A photo manipulation to illustrate the feeling of loneliness, heartbreak when one decides to make the move ahead.

The text : "I wish you did not make the move ahead."

A series of 4 pieces of artwork inspired by Westlife's rendition of "Total Eclipse of The Heart".

A photomanipulation based on Sven Jenssen's photo to portray the feeling of loneliness, all alone by oneself on a cable car.

A simple challenge with emm based on theme of Adventure.