Photoshop Tennis
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Gray and I have been playing Photoshop Tennis. You may ask, ‘What is that?’ Well, good Xangan, I will tell you!
We got the idea from Gray’s brother, Chap, and used the web to find a few sites with more info. Here, from coudal.com, are the rules in short:
“It’s a pretty simple idea really. One player emails a photoshop document to the other containing a single layer. Each player progressively adds a layer until the match is over, either by time, withdrawal or mutual consent.”
We decided to not adhere by the layers rules so much as to keep one element from the previous image in the new one we created.
Gray started by doing the following thing in Photoshop and lobbing it over to me:
I had to respond with an image that used at least one element from his, but was changed somehow. I replied with:
Back to him:
You get the idea. The game is over with ten serves or if someone calls ‘Match!’ You’ve seen 1 – 3 already, so far, not really pushing the graphics envelope. I decided to change the pace with #4:
On his next turn, he took my work and kicked it up a notch. This image has a tad bit of nudity, so just know that before you click on it … This is serve #5:
My reply was a to take the theme, twist it a bit and toss back a slightly different version with new images … my 6th:
That’s the story thus far … more to come soon with this!
What a cool idea! I wish we had something like that going when I was an art major. Photoshop Tennis kind of reminds me of an animated film that worked in a similar way. 11 animators from different parts of the world each constructed pieces of an animated short (each segment follows themes and styles of the artist’s choice). When one worked out his storyboard, he or she would send a copy of the last sketch to the next animator. No other communication occured. When the circle was complete, the animators pieced together their segments and the result was a really cool animated short. I have a copy on tape, someplace…
That sounds like a great idea, Axey! I’d bet that could work with music, too. Hmmmmm …
An interesting and fun way to stoke and stir the creativity…
Very very cool and creative