I played around with GIMP a little today

[giza]

And created this:



It's based on the picture seen at http://data.tumblr.com/2TdG78uXThtowyrikxVnfESNo1_500.jpg

I'm not too happy with how my manipulation of the background around Dolph's head turned out (I copied and pasted chunks from elsewhere in the picture, then blurred them), but it's also my first ever attempt at manipulating a background, so I suppose it didn't come out too bad.

Comments

[furahi.livejournal.com]

I prefer using GIMP's clone tool for that, though sometimes I copy/paste and then fade out the edges :)

[searedice.livejournal.com]

Not bad at all :D I didn't even notice the background stuff!

[film2edit.livejournal.com]

Now he's infamous.

[athauglas.livejournal.com]

It's good for a first attempt. Nothing jumps out as terribly wrong at first glance :)

Sometimes the clone tool can help to conceal the stitch: