Something for the Weekend - Part 198 - Spanner in the works!

[davescm]

We had some great images and interpretations of our last Loch Ness challenge. Thanks to all who took part.

This week, rather than a scene, we have a spanner, or wrench for those on the western side of the atlantic ocean.

How creative you can get with this spanner?

The “rules”:

• Use the starter image as at least part of your own image entry.
• 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. Sorry to emphasize this, but the image is not for use elsewhere.

To download the image below, 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 and use the 'Insert Photos' icon at the top of the reply box. If posting a comment on someone else’s entry, then please use the grey reply button next to their image post.

Have fun!

Dave

[davescm]

Haha - very good didier 🙂

Dave

[Abambo]

I never find the right tool for my bolts and nuts.

(the nuts are from Firefly)

[Suzanne Mathia]

love the look of this

[Jacob Bugge]

Lucien, I wonder whether it takes a nutter to sort out the nuts, or nut, sorry not.

[Suzanne Mathia]

[Abambo]

Great.

[davescm]

I like that a lot - and it prepares us for Halloween !

Dave

[Trevor.Dennis]

Suzanne, I spent ages looking at this trying to work out how I would do it.  I'm looking at the taper and necking effect towards the outside.  Polar Coordinates has the opposite effect, and I tried variations without success

I am wondering if it is a Filter Forge effect like kaleidoscope?  I could do it by building a segment and using Step & Repeat, but I can't think of an easy way to do it.  

[Suzanne Mathia]

For the background I created a brush out of the spanner the used it to create a Mandala

https://medialoot.com/blog/how-to-easily-draw-complex-mandalas-in-photoshop/

[@mj]

Spanner at workSpanner at work

[davescm]

A multi-tool then 🙂

Dave

[Sabine Hamann]

Best Regards,

Sabine

[Suzanne Mathia]

So cute and imaginative

[davescm]

Welcome to SFTW Sabine. I like it a lot, the metal parts work well and now we know where we get steel wool from ... 🙂

Dave

[Chad Chelius]

[davescm]

That's what comes of buying cheap tools 🙂

Dave

[happie_97]

In honor of the 50 Years of Hip Hop, AdobeMax musical guest, Rev Run of Run DMC! Back in my youthful hip-hop day, I was down with the king. Here, on this mature-aged day, I am down with the wrench. 

[Nils M. Barner]

Sometimes things get wrenged-up...

[Abambo]

I suppose you did hire George Christen for this job! At least he does such things without Photoshop. http://www.georges-christen.com/images27.shtml

[Nils M. Barner]

Actually it was Uri Geller back from the 70ties:

https://youtu.be/uULD35iTGuI 

[Abambo]

No, it didn't break. You did bend it! 😂

[davescm]

That's what happens when the nut gets rusted on solid !

Dave

[Nils M. Barner]

And you don't use WD40 😂👍🏼

[Trevor.Dennis]

Oh well done.  You've made a cracking good job of that.  I am seriously impressed!

[Trevor.Dennis]

I am trying to work it all out.  I love how perfectly you have changed the perspective of the the ring end.  It reveals detail not there in the original, so you'll have had to create that from nothing.  It's not easy to keep detail like the '25' and even the shouldered edges when warping that much.  I think you'll have had to composite the 25 back in after warping, but — just maybe, as it is right in the centre of the bend — you might have been able to warp that tightly without distorting the text.  I'm just not sure! 😞  I think I'd have had to illustrate a lot of it from scratch.

I would be be very interested if you wouldn't mind sharing?