Show me some scraperfoil!

[Luwano]

Hey everybody,

I'm sure y'all remember those pics where you had to scrape out pre-printed images from a black surface to reveal a shiny or coloured background, don't you? Well the main idea of this thread is to revive your childhood memories and take em to the digital century.

All you need is a interesting background and an all black layer above it. Then you can start scraping an image with the eraser tool. There are no rules as this thread is just for fun, but here are some thoughts (especially for beginners like myself):

- Selection tools are helpful to keep your wild scraping under control
- Use a thin black brush for corrections (as reverse eraser so to speak)
- Opacity is your friend (you knew that already, didn't you?)
- Please don't use extra layers
- The eraser is actually not much different from the brush tool

You can use this template to get things started.

It looks plain black, but underneath is a colorful layer I prepared. You are welcome to use your own backgrounds of course. Keep in mind, if your background layer is dark you should adjust the top layer (black is not mandatory anyway).

So here's my starter pic as an *cough* inspiration.

Have fun!

P.S.: It took me some while to research the name "scraperfoil" does anyone know a more common english name? In Germany they are called "Kratzbilder" = scratch images

[MajesticBob]

Interesting idea. I like how you incorporated a lens flare. All in all a very unique fun project. Maybe I'll make one.

[BlackmarketKraig]

Cool beans, I might have to get in on this later. I haven't thought about those "scraperfoil" things in ages. Really creative idea!

I never knew they were called scraperfoil either.

[MagicalJamie]

Awesome work! I'll give it a go :)

[Luwano]

Thanks! I came up with it while practising with lighting and shading (and lens flares :P). It became kinda boring so I added a little twist. I appreciate any participant and I'm curious with what ideas people come up.

[Luwano]

Ok here's another one I scraped away! I know the eyes and eyebrows are not correct, but I created it from my memory instead of using the original one as reference, so it's ok I guess.

[Luwano]

Ok here comes one more try. As you can most likely see, this was a really quick one.

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