The truth behind Six Zero's "The Speed of Shoelace"
So, yeah, it's time to come clean-- I felt a little bad after everyone started applauding my watercolor skills. In truth, it's all Photoshop. This piece was created in about fifteen minutes during a Pattern Stamp tutorial; in truth I hated Watercolor class back in school and haven't done one since.
Thought y'all might enjoy it, and if nothing else it displays the power of Photoshop perhaps in ways some of you didn't know was possible. Granted, Shredder, yes-- I know it's not as awesome as MS Paint, but that's another story...
Also, a quick apology to Brian if I actually misled him into believing that I was sending him a painting...
September 21st, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^
I dig the watercolor and would love to add one to my basement wall. But I think the watercolor morphing into the real photo is even cooler.
(I'm a simple man, easily awed by shiney nickels.)
September 21st, 2010 at 2:05 PM ^
NOOOOOO!!!!! This is disappointing.
Oh well, Six Zero I still love your t-shirts.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:06 PM ^
Trippy.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:22 PM ^
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH MAKE IT STOP
September 21st, 2010 at 8:58 PM ^
Hit the Escape key, and it will stop.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:13 PM ^
If you could make a t-shirt that switched like that, that would be glorious. I'd buy that.
EDIT: If it's honesty hour, I must confess, Six Zero, i almost stole your Mich Samba sneaker design. (And by almost, I mean, I still think I'm going to do it. It was pretty sweet.)
September 21st, 2010 at 2:18 PM ^
They should be at that price. Sweet, that is.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:31 PM ^
What are these UM Sambas of which you speak? Pics or it didn't happen.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:36 PM ^
From this thread:
http://mgoblog.com/mgoboard/ot-sweet-adidas-kicks
I said they almost look like bowling shoes, but it was in a jealous rage.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:11 PM ^
I will never believe in anything again
September 21st, 2010 at 2:15 PM ^
Six Zero...you sly dog.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:21 PM ^
I could tell it was a shop from the pixels and by having seen a lot of shops in my time.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
now thats quite an interesting reflection of michigans program as a whole: looks nice at first, but when you get down to finding out the details about it -- its not all that great after all!
September 21st, 2010 at 2:50 PM ^
How is it that you haven't gotten the banhammer yet?
At least troll with some measure of nuance. It's a scalpel, not a bludgeon.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:01 PM ^
Ha, with those sparty's comments gone now, it looks like you're saying that to MGoTarHeel.
Wow, that was some good entertainment for the afternoon.
September 21st, 2010 at 5:50 PM ^
Well shit. Sorry MGoTarHeel! Not you!
September 21st, 2010 at 2:37 PM ^
...you're not an accomplished watercolorist. Happy you're an accomplished Photoshopper. Nice work regardless.
September 21st, 2010 at 2:54 PM ^
I'm more of a pen-and-ink guy. But that's just me.
September 21st, 2010 at 6:28 PM ^
show some stipple skills.
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September 21st, 2010 at 3:15 PM ^
Denard Robinson doesn't even have the interweb.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:02 PM ^
Wirelace?
September 21st, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^
newspaper in which all sports photos are printed as watercolors like this. Why? Mainly because I often end up with sports photos that caught a good moment but are imperfect enough to make me put them aside, and this would let me use those shots.
September 21st, 2010 at 4:06 PM ^
Send some to Six Zero/learn how to do it, and share some of them!
September 21st, 2010 at 4:38 PM ^
Nice work man. Even if it's photo shopped it's still cool.
September 21st, 2010 at 6:16 PM ^
Nice Photoshop skills! Now, the question is, have you mastered the X-ray filter trick? Because that is the most important of all photoshop tricks