יום רביעי, 27 בינואר 2016

Hi-key fun

How about a little hi-key fun… Let's start with a simple color portrait.



Now you will want to click on the Adjustment Layer at the bottom of the Layers panel… choose Channel Mixer. Make sure to put the change the Output Channel to gray and then move the sliders to get a pretty good color conversion. It won't be a perfect hi-key look in one shot, so don't stress out.



Here is the result of the first Channel Mixer adjustment layer.



Now to make it lighter, simply use Command-  (PC Ctrl-J) to make a copy of the adjustment layer and then simply change the blending mode of that layer to Screen. See in the image below that everything lightens up. Now according to your base image, some parts may look better darker, such at the hair, so you can easily make a layer mask on this layer and paint with black to hide some of the screen mode's impact… but that is completely up to you.




Now to add a little something extra… find a colorful animal, flower or whatever you would like. This is just a simple jpg from Adobe Stock.



Now you will want to drag and drop it, or copy and paste it onto a new layer. Use your Free Transform Command-T (PC Ctrl-T) to reshape the image over the face… you may want to right-click on it and use Warp to help add a little contour to follow the shape of the nose and eyes. Hit OK when you have it place how you like it.



The butterfly is hitting parts of her hair and covering the whites of her eyes… so you will want to mask those parts out.




You can also use a low opacity brush on the mask to fade areas of the butterfly to give it a more subtle look… think about how the light would hit the cheeks, etc…



All that is left is to add a little tag line, and you are all done. Easy peasy. Hope you enjoy.

XX to XXI - Loft

יום שבת, 23 בינואר 2016

2Day Languages

How It's Made Strawberry Flower | Fruit Carving Garnish | Strawberry Art | Party Garnishing

More Pictures: http://paulartcooking.blogspot.co.uk/2016/01/how-its-made-strawberry-flower-fruit.html

Learn How It's Make an Edible Strawberry Flowers with the step by step instructional video, and you can create your own that will blow your mind and "WOW" Your Family & Friends. They'll Love Your Amazing Creations :) Good luck everyone and Happy Learning!

Recommended What to Watch:
Art In Strawberry Flowers | Strawberry Art Red Flower | Fruit Carving Strawberries Garnishes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4N1nZBjEuI

Art In Strawberry Turtles | Fruit Carving Garnish | Party Food Decoration | Italypaul.co.uk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqHJoISIfck

Art In Strawberry Penguins | Fruit Carving Garnish | Strawberry Art | Party Garnishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVaVLLjNzU8

How to Make Banana Decoration | Banana Art | Fruit Carving Banana Garnishes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmSBRDftEFw

How It's Made Apple Penguins | Fruit Carving Garnish | Apple Art | Party Garnishing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhjQ4xZHzoA

HOW TO QUICKLY CUT AND SERVE A WATERMELON BIRDS!!!!!
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The Art of Vegetable and Fruit Carving
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יום חמישי, 21 בינואר 2016

Paris

Delicious Fruit Center, how you make - By J.Pereira Art Carving Fruits and Vegetables

Flow vs. Opacity

Do you know the difference between the Opacity and Flow sliders when using the paintbrush tool?

Here is a quick illustration to show what is happening.

Opacity sets the ceiling of darkness or opaqueness… Flow sets the speed that the color is applied. Think of Flow like dialing the amount of water coming out of a faucet. 100 per cent gives you all of the color in one shot, while lower Flow allows for lighter lines that will build up to the Opacity ceiling. Hence the last two lines in the example below show what happens when you keep building up with a Flow of only 10 per cent. So when you want to draw light lines and then have them build up, sort of like a pencil… setting a low Flow rather than Opacity will give you better results. Once you try it, you will get it and it will be a great addition to your skill set.

יום חמישי, 14 בינואר 2016

Horns and Hoofs

Delicioso Centro de Fruta / Delicious Fruit Center - By J.Pereira Art Carving Fruits and Vegetables

Puppet Master

So here's is a fun little project you can do with your kids or really anyone that you may want to control…ahem, I mean impress.

Just a couple of simple techniques will have you done in no time… no strings attached. :P You will get the best results from two images from the same shoot so that they have the same lighting, but it is possible that you may want to add two different people from different shoots, so it is up to you.

Start with an image that will work for the puppet master... hands out

Add a second image with the person in a usable pose with arms doing something

Resize the second image to be "puppet" size

Now add the control rods... any type of wooden or metal rod can be used

Use the Pen tool or line tool to draw lines from the ends of the rods to the hands and feet

Don't forget to add a little string around the ends of the rods

Draw lines for the mouth and joints. To add realism draw a second line at 50% opacity on the edges to give extra depth

Final image

And there you have it… quick and easy, but can be used for a number of applications… but I personally like to do this to my kids with me pulling the strings… 'cause I like to pretend I am in charge. :D

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יום רביעי, 13 בינואר 2016

Puppet Master

So here's is a fun little project you can do with your kids or really anyone that you may want to control…ahem, I mean impress.

Just a couple of simple techniques will have you done in no time… no strings attached. :P You will get the best results from two images from the same shoot so that they have the same lighting, but it is possible that you may want to add two different people from different shoots, so it is up to you.

Start with an image that will work for the puppet master... hands out

Add a second image with the person in a usable pose with arms doing something

Resize the second image to be "puppet" size

Now add the control rods... any type of wooden or metal rod can be used

Use the Pen tool or line tool to draw lines from the ends of the rods to the hands and feet

Don't forget to add a little string around the ends of the rods

Draw lines for the mouth and joints. To add realism draw a second line at 50% opacity on the edges to give extra depth

Final image

And there you have it… quick and easy, but can be used for a number of applications… but I personally like to do this to my kids with me pulling the strings… 'cause I like to pretend I am in charge. :D