I made these quite a while ago when learning Photoshop version 10, I spent a lot of time creating countless images, and these are some of my favorites. The glass cups were especially fun to make. They’re not renders but hand-drawn using masks and gradients. The fire and water effects were created from generated noise, which I then manipulated into more defined shapes using the liquify tool. The flaming arm is a photo of my own arm, which I tried to make look as if it were ablaze. Although these techniques may seem simple to me now, they taught me valuable skills that I still use every day in various contexts.