chi blast

I really REALLY REALLY wanted to submit this to the cosplay category, but i felt that it was more relevant to put it in photomanipulation since it's a little more relevant. a cosplya photomanipulation section would be perfect for this though.

basically, i'm working on a cosplay photomanip of cho hakkai from saiyuki and needed to edit the light source cuz of the chi blast. so i used color adjustment and layer mask to put the highlights up. then i was curious how it would look with just the highlights when i was looking at the thumbnail. so i put the black behind it and i fell in love. here is the original:[link]