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Something for the Weekend - Part 172 - Toss a coin

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September 30, 2022
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Hi

There were some excellent ideas and images in our last, 'Misty Nights', challenge. Thanks to all who took part.

This week we have something different. There are countless coins around the world. In the UK alone, according to the Royal Mint, it is estimated that there are around 29 billion coins in circulation. So I thought we should have our own SFTW coin.

Here is the blank coin. What will you put on it? Also feel free to show it in use.

A quick tip for anyone new to Photoshop, Layer Styles - Bevel and Emboss can be your friend here.

The “rules”:

* Anything goes, as long as it meets the forum rules on decency, copyright etc

* Anyone, and everyone, is welcome to have a go, whether you are a complete beginner or a Photoshop expert. This is not just for our forum "regulars".

* There are no prizes apart from the chance to practice, show off, or bring a bit of humour and fun. Don't be shy, join in and have a go!

* The starter image is made available for you to use in this forum challenge only.

To download the image below at full size, hover over the image and click on the circle with the arrows at the top right. Then, when the image opens in its own window, right click and choose “Save Image As/Save Target As” (or similar depending on your browser).

When posting back your image – please use the blue reply button in this first post. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

Have fun

Dave

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DeanUtian

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I was still caught up in Misty Nights but found my way here 🙂

davescm

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Good use of the statue from SFTW85 Dean. She is still looking out to sea but only seeing the inside of someone's pocket 🙂

Dave

Jumpenjax

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A motivational pocket coin.

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer

Trevor.Dennis

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That's very cool Lee. I'm guessing you used Illustrator to make that nice spiral?

Jumpenjax

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Thank you but I use Photoshop. I thought about illustrator first but I remembered this new feature in photoshop.

Lee- Graphic Designer, Print Specialist, Photographer

Trevor.Dennis

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The eyes have it.

Chuck Uebele

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Very cool, Trevor. I need to spend more time doing fun stuff like this.

War Unicorn

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davescm

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An original take on the starter image, as always James 🙂

Dave

Trevor.Dennis

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Tonight, we have King Charlie 3, on a background of baby cheetah.

davescm

Author

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Mesmerising Trevor !

That's a nice job with the head but I'm not sure what is coming out of his ear!

Dave

jane-e

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If you look closely, you will see Dave is made out of type. On his face. Making him "Typeface Dave".

Photo Credit: @davescm when he defined "typeface" for us in a forum post. 🙂

Jane

Trevor.Dennis

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I love it Jane, but is Dave looking a bit like Gandi? 🙂 Or Gandi who has eaten all the pies? Sorry Dave.

That reminds me. We had a news article on the TV tonight about a company called 'Fat B@stard Pies' Only in New Zealand.

Ten minutes before that, Dan the Weather Man was telling us about a cold snap coming up from Antarctica, and he points at a weather system saying 'Look at this bugger here!'. That is not quite only-in-New-Zealand, because those Ozzies also talk like that.

jane-e

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@Trevor.Dennis wrote:

I love it Jane, but is Dave looking a bit like Gandi? 🙂 Or Gandi who has eaten all the pies? Sorry Dave.

Trevor, you made me go and look for the original post where Dave created the image. It came right up — once I figured out the right search terms:

https://community.adobe.com/t5/account-payment-plan-discussions/what-do-i-get-if-purchase-photograpy-plan/m-p/10705087

Jane

Peru Bob

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I'm not skilled enough to create the relief that others have shown, but I'm going to try to find some tutorials for that.

In the mean time:

Trevor.Dennis

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Indent effects like lettering, footprints in the sand etc. are easiest done by using layer style Bevel & Emboss with fill opacity set to zero [EDIT] I forgot to add that direction needs to be set to Down (depending on light direction)

You can enhance the effect with some Inner Shadow with a 45° or 135° light angle.

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Daniel Kramer

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Trevor.Dennis

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Daniel that's a bit mean, but also clever. I've never seen that effect before. It's only working on my main screen which is 32 inch 2560 x 1440. It's not doing anything on my 24 inch 1200 x 1920 screens.