Zanda? Pandra?

The original tutorial was of paint splats on an elephant, but I thought it'd be fun to do zebra print on a panda bear. I like how it turned out! I tried out different textures added on to the zebra print to make it look furry, but none of those looked natural enough either. The most difficult part of this project was making the pattern blend/fade into the black fur.

Frog Tongue

This was a really intriguing project. I still have a little more work to do on it. The edges of the frog are really sharp and need to have more shadow on the tongue itself to make it more look three-dimensional as well as making the drop shadow look more natural. It was also really tedious to have to switch between layers on the clone stamp tool, but there's not way around it without merging the two layers. The reverse select tool was also really useful for moving the frog onto the face. I'll be coming back to this project!

Update: I went back and made some minor changes.
Now I need to fill some of the frog shape back in.
Also, is there some way I can get rid of the drop shadow at the bottom while keeping the rest?

Surprise!

This was an interesting assignment that covered a lot of ground in Photoshop. This was my first real time working with this program versus Corel, so I guess it was pretty successful. The liquefy tool was difficult to work with at first without completely distorting the picture. It was also hard to make the jaws and the pancakes look cohesive, and they still aren't at the point that I'd like them to be. There's still a big color difference between the two. I would also make the mouth bigger. The most important thing in this project was using shortcuts to make the work more efficient.