Cool shots Angelwolf and peeps.
Side note: The "Orton effect" was named after the photographer Michael Orton and it is a fairly simple procedure in photoshop.
Some people even use "plug ins" and programs for this effect, but it is so easy not to use one. Also these "shortcuts" may hinder the final image control.
Here is a short synopsis of the technique and one way to get this, but there are many ways:
http://pcin.net/update/2006/11/01/the-orton-effect-digital-photography-tip-of-the-week/There are many different tutorials out there for this technique, and by playing around with it you can become a master of it. These types of manipulations fall into a genre often called "
painterly effects."
The main thing is to just have fun with it.
