Do it your-selfie

I'm not exactly into so-called selfies, but my course required me to take one and then work in Photoshop to produce versions that looked like different Hipstamatic filters/lenses.

So here's one that emulates the Salvador 84 lens, with its surreal look in the style of the eponymous artist.

Actually, while I might not be a fan of selfies, the exercise itself was extremely valuable. I ended up using layer styles, layer blends, opacity, colour balance, colour mode, layer masks, vector masks and so on and so forth.

I was also pretty chuffed to discover that a 100 round brush with bristles is perfect for erasing the border to produce a distressed effect. Useful stuff.