Lounge Cat, originally uploaded by ghostmonk.

Even the most annoying noisy cat on eart has to take a rest.

Lucas, originally uploaded by ghostmonk.

I have resolved to take more photos… especially of Lucas.

Building in Den Haag, originally uploaded by ghostmonk.

Standing at a busy intersection of a major city, allowing the light from the bright-red flashing advertisements to assail my retinas. What goes through the minds of each tunnel-visioned pedestrian as he or she scurries through the crowd?

The cacophony blur of roaring motorists trickles through the mind. Brief snippets of cell phone conversations, emergency sirens and the general din of the city shivers through my physics. It’s a rogues gallery of pungent meat vendors and inconvenient beggars. (more…)

Creating a fantasy world in Photoshop couldn’t be easier if you have a few tricks up your sleeve, and lots of resources to work from.

This 3 part tutorial will show you how to create a world like the one featured here. The techniques described are detailed, and are great ways to manage and manipulate all of your assets. In the end, you will have an adjustable Photoshop Document that allows for multiple edits, additions and potential enhancements with other software programs like AfterEffects or even the all mighty Flash!

Creating fantasy worlds is likely one of the most enjoyable activities for a creative professional, and after completing this tutorial series, you will have all the tools necessary to explore and expose your deep and hidden psychological ghosts. (more…)

Here’s a neat little pattern generated after messing around in photoshop for just a few minutes. It was made by using an adjustment layer, that allows you to map a spectrum of colors to existing art work. The command is call “Gradient Map”.

Very simple to accomplish.

1. In a new document, release the background layer (double click this layer in the layers pallet and select ok)
2. Use filter > render > clouds from the menu bar (this will fill your layer with clouds). (more…)