moss
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Post by moss on Dec 3, 2018 3:11:41 GMT
Helen, this is really beautiful and the text is perfect. Certainly another one that needs framing. Can’t wait to see what else you will create.
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pontiac1940
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 3, 2018 3:20:40 GMT
Very nice work folks.
Thanks.
Clive
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 3, 2018 5:19:35 GMT
Lillias , in looking at your examples and the source images, I just realized that you expanded the canvas size, adding a special sense of space to your images. I often forget that that is an option!
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 3, 2018 5:27:38 GMT
Tom that’s an interesting texture and colour you have chosen for your turkeys. I think they must have heard Christmas is coming and they are trying to hide! Lol. Thank you for taking part.
...or perhaps they are not turkeys at all, but an apparent form of ethereal spirits, on guard in these perilous times. (There is something about turkeys that does speak to my inner psychic)
But whatever I was expressing in this image, this technique really helps me along the way. Thank you!
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Post by Tpgettys on Dec 3, 2018 6:06:59 GMT
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Post by pontiac1940 on Dec 3, 2018 6:14:01 GMT
Well that was interesting and I learned a thing or two...just not familiar with masks. Not sure if I like it..in fact it's not something I'd print or hang. No matter, it was fun and I learned a couple of things even if I probably did not follow instructions 100% ... close. Thanks for the project Lillias...I'll play with masks again. Images are my own. Autumn color reflections in a pond across the road and a pair of geese.  |
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Post by moss on Dec 3, 2018 7:59:01 GMT
Couldn’t resist another one. Photo is from Pixabay and textures from ShadowHouse Creations  |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 3, 2018 11:08:17 GMT
BillieJean - Thank you for this challenge and the easy to understand explanation. I've wondered how to do this type of artistic effect. Choosing complimentary textures and photos is certainly important in achieving a good result, and I need to practice that. It would be easy to spend hours playing. kdcintx very nicely done. I'm glad you enjoyed doing this. You are correct about choosing complimentary textures and photos and colours. That helps such a lot for the end result. |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 3, 2018 11:09:58 GMT
Lillias, this is another wonderful challenge. I hope to try a few more but here's my first submission: Helen I love what you have done here. This illustrates exactly what I mentioned in the instructions where I say "we are going to attempt to melt/merge as it were part of a photo into a background texture and create our own kind of art." You have melted the edges of the petals into the texture and it looks soft and gorgeous. Love the word art too. This would look great framed. |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 3, 2018 11:11:40 GMT
BillieJean , in looking at your examples and the source images, I just realized that you expanded the canvas size, adding a special sense of space to your images. I often forget that that is an option! Tom I'd love to take the credit but the size of the canvas was happenstance as I just used the size of the textured background for the page. I agree however that the option to change the size of our canvas is something that we can tend to forget. I'm horticulturally challenged in that I'm not good at identifying flowers other than the obvious rose, tulip etc: so I don't know what flower this is but it looks lovely against the dark green background. |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 3, 2018 11:14:09 GMT
Well that was interesting and I learned a thing or two...just not familiar with masks. Clive thanks for taking part. I like your page and it's nice to see the originals too. When I discovered masks and began to delve a bit deeper into them I was captured and have had so much fun with them. Hopefully you will have too if you pursue them. |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 3, 2018 11:15:23 GMT
Couldn’t resist another one. moss you do as many as you like. This one is bright and Christmassy and I love the word art too. |
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Post by Lillias on Dec 3, 2018 11:36:41 GMT
For anyone who is interested here is a link to some video tutorials by Jai Johnson where she demonstrates her techniques for combining one photo with another using masks. As mentioned by Sydney she works in Photofxlab and she appears to use a white mask whereas I have found using an inverted mask better for my way of working. It's a matter of experimenting to see what works best for you.
The videos can be quite long but if you have the time to view even one I think you will find it very informative and interesting.
www.dailytexture.com/tutorials.html |
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Post by hmca on Dec 3, 2018 14:26:46 GMT
Thank you, moss and Lillias. It took me a few tries before I got something worth submitting. It is a lovely technique and I hope to watch the videos that youo added, Lillias. |
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Post by PeteB on Dec 3, 2018 20:32:35 GMT
Thanks for the challenge ... here is my attempt I cutout and feathered the musician from the original background Used a texture titled Painterly Effect as the background Duplicated the background and placed it above the musician layer Masked that layer and changed the blend mode to Color Burn  |
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