In Photoshop 2 today, we continued the painting lesson. We were given a photograph of a knife, and we had to create a totally from-scratch image overtop it using the photo for reference. Then, we had to drop in a provided background, and create a shadow. So here's my humble offering, 3 hours, 10 paths, and 14 layers in the making. Nothing in this is from the original photo, it's 100% by hand, save for the backdrop:



What a tedious pain in the butt. But the result is cool. :-) Now where's my excedrin?