Ike Mulberry arrived a bit late in his Aladdin costume!
-Sorry guys, I was looking for an oil lamp but I only found this old teapot in my grandma’s attic! Yikes, this place is creepy!
-Cool outfit Ike! That rusty teapot is alright, maybe a genie can live in there too, haha!
-Maybe if I rub it, it pops out, haha!
-Hey look! Some kind of blue smoke is coming out!! It can’t be…!
-….!!!!
-Hello master! I am the genie of the teapot!
-Wow, a real genie!!!
-Yes master, and I can grant you three wishes! What would they be?
-Wow! Cool! Could we each one have a wish?
-Certainly but they will last only until the day light!
-Ok guys! Let’s make our wishes…
Yay! My wish came true! I can actually fly on my broom!!
I can't believe I'm on a real magic carpet! Thank you genie!
Wow! I am a real ghost now! I will scare everyone at the party! Booooooo...!
The best Halloween night ever!!
The house is real but...small! it is actually a small 3d paper miniature of the house in the Pixar movie 'Up', ( u know the house with the balloons!). I made this some years ago (found it in a crafting site) and I thought why not use it in the photo ( I used the back side of it). The bright windows are photoshoped!
I made the pavement from foam board ( if you mean this) or else the path is a piece of a brown paper bag with some foliage on the sides. The autumn leaves are real yellow leaves which I broke into very small pieces! The trees are real little branches that I glued together with glue gun!
Here are two photos of the original set. As you can see most of the job with the lights ,colors and the sky in the final product was made with photoshop!
Chill82 wrote:
ReplyDeleteOh wow!!
LadyLollipop wrote:
I LOVE THEM!!!! That little ghost is perfectly ghastly. :love:
bloem wrote:
Perfectly done! Love your background. The ghost is adorable
Terra wrote:
How cute! You did a great job!
Thank you! I am preparing some more pics with them. Yes the panda's face is perfect for a ghost! :eh:
Webbedflipper wrote:
BOO tifil picture Sylvanako. I hope there is more to come
cutata wrote:
What a lovely picture! I love the background, the autumn leaves on the ground...it really feels like Halloween night!
Looking forward to more pics!
CandyMulberry wrote:
Awesome picture! That ghost costume must be SUPER hard to make! :lol:
sylvanako wrote:
CandyMulberry wrote:
Awesome picture! That ghost costume must be SUPER hard to make! :lol:
Believe it or not it was easier for me to make the broom, cape and hat for the witch! :!: I though the ghost would be easy but the white fabric was quite thick and it gave me a hard time to put it around the panda (clever me I tried to do it with one single piece of fabric without cuts)! I remade it three times so to look decent enough! :eh: It's all wrinkly at the back but it's only for the photos! The witch's red dress is from the "Spain, around the world" cat figure( the cape hides the yellow rose brooch on the dress)! :razz:
cutata wrote:
You made the little broom and some of the outfits!! I recognized the red dress and I thought you also bought the rest of the items. They are so well made!
Terra wrote:
ReplyDelete!!! Your photos are beautiful - can't wait to see what happens next!
Chill82 wrote:
WOW!!
:-o :shock: :clap: :thumbup: :<3:
bloem wrote:
Hahahahaha :lol: genie of the teapot! Brilliant
Piffle wrote:
Awesome!!!
LadyLollipop wrote:
I love the teapot genie!!! I can't wait to see what these critters wish for...
:think:
Webbedflipper wrote:
Oh my word, Sylvanako! You have outdone yourself!!! Love the little costumes (you're a man of many talents!) and the photo story is so clever and funny. Love it!
cutata wrote:
Absolutely amazing!! AWESOME!! Such a good story so far! I love the setting so much, the costumes and that little genie coming from the lamp is just brilliant!! You´re great, sylvanako!! :clap: :clap:
GSnail wrote:
Wow, these photos are amazing! I love the dark and creepy ambience and the effects are just perfect. And I love the costumes too, the genie's is especially cute.
Thank you for the most fantastic comments everyone! :dance: Glad you like the photos!
Let's see what they wished for..
Chill82 wrote:
ReplyDeleteHAHAHA!! Wow! Awesome!
pika wrote:
Eeeeeeeeeee! :love: The flying photos are the cherry on the cake! Great Hallowe'en series & i ADORE the flying ones in particular.
Your photos are such gifts to fellow Sylvanian lovers, i really appreciate how much love, work & creativity you put into them.
Thank you so much!
LivvyBramble wrote:
Such spooky gorgeousness! Pika is right, your pictures are a gift to us all, thank you :clap:
LadyLollipop wrote:
This is just TOO MUCH!!! :dance: love: :lol:
Sylvanako, this is amazing... Just WOW!
What awesome wishes all around.
Terra wrote:
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these photos! Wonderful and so very perfectly Sylvanian. I keep going back to look over and over again.
Webbedflipper wrote:
Oh this is MAGIC, Sylvanako!!!!!! :clap: :twisted: :twisted:
Absolutely loved it
You are quite the GENIE-us with your pictures!!!! :lol: :lol:
cutata wrote:
I´m speechless , sylvanako!! :-o I can´t find the words to describe how much I like your pictures and your story! :<3:
Truly amazing!! You are a real genius with your camera! :clap: Thank you so much for all the time you took to make the outfits and editing the photos. Your photos are always a gift !!
kirsty corntop wrote:
Wow! So amazing! U should write and take photos for the club magazine! Ur pictures r just awesome!
I love all the scenery as well.is the house just an image u found or a real house? And the path is fantastic, did u make it?
Piffle wrote:
These photos have brought a smile to my face during a difficult time. Thankyou for sharing your talent.
Thanks everyone for being so kind and supportive! Your nice comments and positive feedback are greatly appreciated! Makes me really happy ! :love:
DeleteChill82 wrote:
ReplyDeleteOh wow that's cool!
I thought it was the silhouette of a Beechwood Hall!
LadyLollipop wrote:
:<3: :<3: :<3:
WOW! I am seriously impressed Sylvanako! Your house really did look like a Beechwood hall when I first saw the photos too...
This is just too darling all in all. Your photos are so magical!
GSnail wrote:
Once again the behind the scenes photos make it even more amazing. Excellent forced perspective with the little house. And the photoshop job is incredible, that must have taken a long time to do for each pic.
Yes the small size of the house helped for the distance illusion. The sky effects were also very challenging! My favourite part is when I work on photo shop and try to bring the best out of the original photo. This may take 2-3 hours on each picture depending on the changes I want to apply but I can't actually feel the time pass while doing it! :!:
DeleteTerra wrote:
ReplyDeleteThanks for the behind the scenes view Sylvanako! Really fun and interesting to see how it came together.
Piffle wrote:
Sylvanko I enjoy photo editing very much - I use Lightroom. But I'd like to get into more creative things such as what you do. I am interested in greenscreens for backgrounds etc. Would you recommend photoshop? What about photoshop elements to start (as full photoshop is so expensive) or any other cheaper programs? Any good tutorials that you know of for the basic tools?
Love seeing the setup thankyou so much. Hope you don't mind me picking your brain. :)
Terra wrote:
I'd be interested in learning more about greenscreens and backgrounds as well. While taking photos over the weekend, I noticed far too much of my living room showing in the photos. Need to figure out some sort of backdrop for the next go.
Terra wrote:
I'd be interested in learning more about greenscreens and backgrounds as well. While taking photos over the weekend, I noticed far too much of my living room showing in the photos. Need to figure out some sort of backdrop for the next go.
Piffle wrote:
Sylvanko I enjoy photo editing very much - I use Lightroom. But I'd like to get into more creative things such as what you do. I am interested in greenscreens for backgrounds etc. Would you recommend photoshop? What about photoshop elements to start (as full photoshop is so expensive) or any other cheaper programs? Any good tutorials that you know of for the basic tools?
Love seeing the setup thankyou so much. Hope you don't mind me picking your brain. :)
I only have an old version of Photoshop (Cs3). I am not familiar with any newer versions or PS elements. I don't even use exactly the greenscreen technique. What I most use is the 'layers' function where you can simply erase all the parts of a picture you don't need and then merge different pictures together. I do it using the erase tool very carefully and in zoom mode around a certain item and then you can use it just like a sticker on every background photo you want. Also I play around with hue, lighting, sizes, opacities of images, adding various filters like blurring, sharpening, glowing, etc. You can find many tutorials on youtube if you type 'photoshop layers, masks'
There is an online site with many photoshop functions you can try: https://pixlr.com/editor/
Webbedflipper wrote:
That's just amazing, Sylvanako. I love it how you use the simplest things, like crushed up leaves and sticks for trees - just using what is ordinary and available, with extraordinary results.! Fantastic!
Piffle wrote:
Thankyou very much for the tips! :)
Terra wrote:
Thanks for the insight!
cutata wrote:
I always love your photos but I also like to see what´s behind the scenes. Thanks for showing!
MoMcBurrows wrote:
Awww I love the 'Can you keep a secret?' one! ☺️
Random Faerie wrote:
Sylvanako your pictures are always alive and beautiful! I hope one day I can take photos as well as you do! ^^