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Something for the Weekend - Part 252 - Double, Double Toil and Trouble!

Community Expert ,
Oct 24, 2025 Oct 24, 2025

Thanks to all who put forward their interpretations of last weeks Lemon and Lime starter image. There were some great ideas and great translation of those ideas into images.

During the two week period of this challenge, we have Halloween coming up. I got to thinking of Shakespeare's witches in Macbeth chanting 'Double, double toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble'. So, I've built a cauldron scene in Blender 3D using a fluid simulation for the fire and smoke, textured it in Adobe Substance Painter and finished the rendered image in Photoshop adding the moon surface from a NASA image.. What can you now do to bring it to life? For those that enjoy some realism, it poses challenges with the lighting, from the fire, and also the retention of the smoke and steam in front of any mid ground subjects. For other styles - just go for it. 🙂

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”.
  • The challenge is not limited to Photoshop. Any Adobe software can be used. 
  • 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).

 

SFTW252_Cauldron.jpg

 

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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Community Expert ,
9 hours ago 9 hours ago

Crazy eye!

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Explorer ,
Oct 27, 2025 Oct 27, 2025

SFTW-shuttle-animated.gif

 

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I used Gemini to make a background based on a sketch and a sentence. All I'm saying is that the standards are at an all time high for drawings being put on the fridge over here haha.
Animated inside the PS timeline window.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

Looking at this, I thought if the Space Shuttle is going to fly across the screen, it should at least take out a bunch of Starlink satellites, so I created this as the first frame and wasted 900 credits asking Firefly to make the shuttle crash into the satellites and make them explode into tiny pieces.  I'm not even going to share the result as it was beyond pants.  The lesson I learned here is to test your first frame and prompt at 540p with one of the lesser video models, and only waste 100 Premium credits.   Of well.  Serves me right for borrowing your idea @Turtle.PSD   BTW  The cauldron rocket motors are out of frame on the right. 😉 

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Explorer ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

Ha, I enjoy the Elon Odor hologram. I understand the feeling of "wasting credits" and frequently use Grok to negate the stress of credits and sometimes get really good results. But this was as good an excuse as any to use the shatter effect in After Effects.
sftw shuttle AE.gif

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

That is a clever use of the cauldron, Turtle, and a nice smooth animation.
Dave

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Community Expert ,
9 hours ago 9 hours ago
Nostalgia! 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 27, 2025 Oct 27, 2025

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Community Expert ,
Oct 27, 2025 Oct 27, 2025

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

That did make me laugh, a modern day problem for those ancient witches! 🙂
Dave

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

You always have the best gags Leslie, and that's on top of your amazing artwork.  If you ever get to MAX I am definitely going, because I bet you are hilarious face to face.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

Hee! Thanks, Trevor! I actually was voted Best Sense of Humor in the Senior Class in high school ha. My sister got "Best Legs," "Most Beautiful," and "Hardest to Get a Date With" and I got Class Clown haha!

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Community Expert ,
Oct 29, 2025 Oct 29, 2025

Making people laugh is a hard quality to beat Lesley.

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Community Expert ,
9 hours ago 9 hours ago

That's too funny!

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

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 A jellyfishoon on halloween

 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

I think that must be the red-eyed monstor out of James' upload.  

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Community Expert ,
Oct 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2025

The grayscale works well for this one, and I was waiting for the jellyfish to put in an appearance! 🙂
Dave

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Community Expert ,
Nov 02, 2025 Nov 02, 2025

Great work @Oh.N8 🙂

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Community Expert ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

Global Warming 😞

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Community Expert ,
Oct 29, 2025 Oct 29, 2025

things have gotten a bit warmer for sure. very creative.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 29, 2025 Oct 29, 2025

That's clever John.  Nice one.

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Community Expert ,
Oct 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2025

A nice, unusual, take on the theme John. I like it - even if the forum won't let me click the 'like' button. 🙂
Dave

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Community Expert ,
Nov 04, 2025 Nov 04, 2025

Good call!
Nicely done!

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Explorer ,
Oct 28, 2025 Oct 28, 2025

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Community Expert ,
Oct 29, 2025 Oct 29, 2025

Okay... this is fun. 

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Community Expert ,
Oct 31, 2025 Oct 31, 2025

There is a lot going on in there. Enough for us to make up our own hallowen story! Nicely done, Yss12345.
Dave

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