Those of us who have tried mixing a bunch of photos together know that the process isn’t quite as easy as it might look. Blending different elements to form a single convincing image requires a very diverse skill set. Composition, color theory, the need for a solid concept and the technical know how to blend the elements together often come in to play in one piece.
The following 10 artists and studio’s definitely know what they’re doing though. So enjoy the work and be inspired.
01. Emeric Trahand | Emeric’s site
02. Allesandro Bavari | Allesandro’s site
03. Quentin Shih | Quentin’s site
04. David Waters | David’s site
05. Partners Portugal
06. Lauri Ahonen | Lauri’s site
06. Sullivan & Lane | Sullivan & Lane site
07. Heiko Klug | Heiko Klug
08. Dave Hill | Dave’s site
9. Anthony Harmon | Anthony’s site
10. Impossible is nothing campaign
11. Usefull recourses
If the above has gotten your creative juices flowing but you don’t know where to start when it comes to photo manipulating the following links will help you out.
Making good cut-outs and extractions
Refine edge
Defringing hair on Computer Arts
Interresting making offs from Eagis Strife and some usefull tips
Eagis Strife tips and tricks
Making of Venus
Making of Hidden Place
Random usefull tutorials
Vivid color effects on Computer Arts
Blur effects on Computer Arts
Bottle as lens on Computer Arts
A bunch of tuts on Psdtuts
That’s a wrap! Let me know if I missed any great artists/studios or tutorials.
May 28th, 2008 at 4:30 pm
This is simply amazing, I only knew of Takeshi’s amazing moodboards, but your spoilt for super choice here :).
May 28th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
Beautiful selection!
May 29th, 2008 at 7:10 am
Great Collection
June 1st, 2008 at 5:22 pm
Superb !!
June 1st, 2008 at 9:51 pm
This is simply amazing. I was very interested in to include this awesome post in Best of web in May 2008 for my blog but unfortunely this site was in moving process for new host. But anyway the post is great.
June 1st, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Wow, what a great selection. Very inspirational. Thanks to Smashing Magazine for getting the word out to me.
June 2nd, 2008 at 9:50 am
You Smashed :O
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:19 am
We smashed? Is that good or bad?
June 3rd, 2008 at 3:49 am
great! you smash us!
it means greats! :D
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Thanks . So great!!!
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:37 pm
I’m not quite shure about the “impossible is nothing” campaign. Not sure if it has the right message…
Does it sound odd, if I think it seems a bit fascistic? Isn’t that wrong in an ad for Olympic Games in a country like China?
June 4th, 2008 at 9:31 am
hey….
i am not able to get great effects in photos but now u have given very good resources.
not still confident to do that. please help me.
great!!! thanks
June 4th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Awesome work…
June 4th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
great coletczzzion.
June 5th, 2008 at 2:58 pm
I am really impressed….
June 5th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Awesome - very creative .
June 5th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
Reminds me somewhat of David Lachapelle, especially the more sexual themes
June 5th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Those are great, thank you that taking the time to compile a great selection of photo manipulation work
June 6th, 2008 at 7:28 pm
great images! the quality of the images is surprising!
June 8th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Wuau ! Good Work… Congratulations
June 9th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Nice choice.
June 12th, 2008 at 8:37 am
what an expert technique. and the adidas campaign is the best for me
June 12th, 2008 at 9:33 am
perfect …
thank u very much ..
June 13th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
very nice selection, great pictures ;)
June 16th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Such beautiful pictures
June 19th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Why isn’t Taylor James here? http://www.taylorjames.com/cgi-retouching/index.html
Check out their retouch case studies, mind blowing.
June 19th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
@Chris Lind : Wow Taylor James is good indeed…sick stuff. He’ll be on part 2, no doubt. Thanks for the link Chris.
June 20th, 2008 at 1:52 am
Completely awesome manipulations !
mOsk should be here as well: http://www.mosk.pl/2d_graphics.php -> Just fantastic :o
June 20th, 2008 at 2:27 am
other illustrators great work here :
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2007/08/21/creativity-spark-from-masters-of-graphic-design/
June 26th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Hello,
This is a shot in the dark, but I found this site because I am looking for someone to composite two characters in a short film i am directing into one photograph.
IT’s a mother and her child, and I have a handful of high-res pictures of both of them at the appropriate age. I just have to combine them into a “snapshot”-looking photo of the two of them together.
Can anyone recommend someone to me? What I need is FAR LESS INTRICATE than the beautiful samples here.
Many thanks
Jesse
July 8th, 2008 at 12:59 am
That is a great collection! Beautiful photo manipulation!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:30 am
Reading between the lines here?Pearls!
August 8th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
Really Great and Inspiring. Powerful collection of inspirational photos.
August 12th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
stumbled here…
and shiiit.. awesome awesome pictures…
*thumbs up* I like it!
August 14th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
These just re- enforce the painfull fact that our sense of reality IS BEING VERY VERY ALTERED!!!.. and that the coming generations.. are up for GREAT CHALENGES!!
Never the less… the BRAIN always RULES over the HEART I guess!!
Nice WORK!! to all involved!!