Hi,Thanks to Trevor for creating our last 'Smörgåsbord' challenge, and thanks to all who took part in it. There were some very clever, and imaginative, images. For this week's starter image, we have these pebbles on a beach. You could use them as a background, a pattern, a texture, or cut them out and use them as indidividual objects. How far will your creativity take you? 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 your skills, or bring a bit of humor 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 starter image, 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

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Something for the Weekend - Part 243 - Stoned!

Forum|Forum|9 months ago
June 20, 2025
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Hi,
Thanks to Trevor for creating our last 'Smörgåsbord' challenge, and thanks to all who took part in it. There were some very clever, and imaginative, images.

For this week's starter image, we have these pebbles on a beach. You could use them as a background, a pattern, a texture, or cut them out and use them as indidividual objects. How far will your creativity take you?

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 your skills, or bring a bit of humor 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 starter image, 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

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Mccoy37528449r64v

Participant

Sorry, know I'm a bit late. Made this in a couple days. First time messing around with adding shadow and adding the weeds infront of the rocks so those took a bit of time to understand.

davescm

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Community Expert

I like that @Mccoy37528449r64v , using both this starter image and a previous starter image. You've done a nice job with it.

You might also want to join in the current SFTW challenge which is here: https://community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/something-for-the-weekend-part-246-holding-pattern/td-p/15439068

Dave

Greg_S.

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From little acorns (or stones?) . . .

The Devil is in the details.

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Matthijs-Clasener

Community Expert

Burger time. I just saw a whole pile of burger buns in this image haha

davescm

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Haha - the flaming charcoal is a nice touch to go with the burgers.
Dave

creative explorer

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Where Is the Super-Hero: Ant-Man?

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davescm

Author

Community Expert

Haha - I see him. 🙂

Dave

Anna_Lander

Community Expert

necklace 🙂

davescm

Author

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Nice job Anna, I like it 🙂

Dave

davescm

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Stone age man:

Created using :
A head mesh from Fuse (remember that?).

Substance Sampler to build a material from the pebbles image (using AI image to material function them make it tile filter).
Substance Painter to apply the material to head model and background.
Blender 3D to light and render.
Photoshop to finish.

Dave

Brad @ Roaring Mouse

Community Expert

Noice!

christianot40873293

Community Expert

Does anyone else receive PDFs in zip format?

davescm

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The message in the bottle. I wonder what it says? A nice idea Christiano.
Dave

Colby Clites

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Hey everyone, for my approach on this challenge, the rocks reminded me of substrate that you would use in an aquarium. So I started by taking the starter image into Photoshop, expanding the canvas size, and using generative fill to add more rocks into the scene alongside some fun sea animals. I next found a good water texture image from Adobe Stock, and adjusted the transparency and blending modes back in Photoshop to create this underwater scene.