Created 2 cartoon versions of this stock photo I have. Highlighting different elements created 2 images with their own look and feel. For instance, one has fuller lips than the other.
Get rid of unwanted powerlines in photos using #Photoshop CS5
Keep in mind the beauty of design software. You can take this technique and apply it in other ways. Use it to delete other unwanted elements in your photos. Think this may be my next vid-
I created the “after” photo using the Grunge Overlay Texture from wegraphics.net, and one of their torn paper brushes to create the torn affect. The goal was to make the “Before” image look worn, faded, and torn.
(Watch out for the video tutorial - TBA)
So I checked out this tutorial Typographic Portrait. It shows you how to take a portrait and have text wrap around the subject (in mine a woman) using some blending tools and the displace tool in Photoshop. Overall the tutorial was good, it heads you in the right direction. However I did notice in the comments people having trouble with following the tutorial so I decided to give it a shot.
Around Step 5 is when it started to get a little hairy for me, so I ended up carrying out techniques that I already know for Steps 5 - Step 8, to complete the final photo.
I plan to do a video tutorial on it hopefully today and get that posted, and that way you all can try completing this project again.
What I like about this, is notice how the text only appears her skin, not in her hair or on her dress. This gets accomplished by the displacement tool as well as changing the blending mode of the layers.
Something else that would be fun, would be to go and remove the tattoo from the back of her neck, so that there is skin all the way down. This would be fun because there are a lot of shadows going on in that area, so I would have to pay close attention to shading and lighting when removing the tatt.
People keeping asking me to repost this vid. I’m happy so many of you liked it and are able to use it and learn from it. So here it is again. The people demand it, so I supply it. Ne on the look out for my next vid to premier sometime later this month, maybe around the end of the month.
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I’m still taking requests also. Have something you want me to demonstrate or see, let me know at shala@itsshala.com. Anything dealing with Illustrator, Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Photography, videography, typography, branding, copyrighting…I’m all over that. Get at me.
Quickie CD Cover I made using #Photoshop. I used the direct tool to create the custom font. The way the tail of the “f” in “loft” came out nice. Originally the tail dipped far onto the couch, so I used the direct tool to bring the tail up to curve just along the back of the couch, above the open book. I also used the direct tool to narrow the width of the tail on the same “f” so that the tail sat right in between “sounds” and “of”. I used some Emboss and Beveling styles to create the metallic finish. To add an extra bit of pa-zah, I could text and create a fake artist name, and have it clipped around the figure of a man or woman, so the name would take on a body sitting or laying on the couch. Might do that later for kicks.
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I also altered the “l” in “Loft” next to the “E” in “THE”. Look closely and you can see how it curves/buckle giving some space between it and the “E”.
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With a bit of imagination, a little time, and a good use of the direct tool you can create customs fonts quickly and make your clients feel extra special that you created a font just for them.
My Degree came in the mail today, YAY! Little #Photoshop at work. Took and removed the signatures down at the bottom using the stamp tool. Didn’t want to have full names showing online
This video shows how to create the image above “Font-O-Genic”.
So I’m playing around with some templates for my portfolio site. I came across this one, and loaded up some of my images to see what it would look like…It looks like it is giving the world the finger LOL.
So I checked out this tutorial Typographic Portrait. It shows you how to take a portrait and have text wrap around the subject (in mine a woman) using some blending tools and the displace tool in Photoshop. Overall the tutorial was good, it heads you in the right direction. However I did notice in the comments people having trouble with following the tutorial so I decided to give it a shot.
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Around Step 5 is when it started to get a little hairy for me, so I ended up carrying out techniques that I already know for Steps 5 - Step 8, to complete the final photo.
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I plan to do a video tutorial on it hopefully today and get that posted, and that way you all can try completing this project again.
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What I like about this, is notice how the text only appears her skin, not in her hair or on her dress. This gets accomplished by the displacement tool as well as changing the blending mode of the layers.
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Something else that would be fun, would be to go and remove the tattoo from the back of her neck, so that there is skin all the way down. This would be fun because there are a lot of shadows going on in that area, so I would have to pay close attention to shading and lighting when removing the tatt.
