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an image broken into its
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original image (not visible in final image) |
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initial image - by Bas Hijmans
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| layer 1 (normal layer blending mode, 100% opaque) | |||||
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I cut and moved some selections, and used the rubber stamp tool to erase the girl. |
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| layer 3 (overlay - 93%) | |||||
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I used a source image by Bas Hijmans - the first in our collaborative series |
I erased out some bits, flipped it horizontally, and played with the hue. (The white bits throughout this page are generally transparent.) |
Here it is as an overlay over the other image |
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| layer 4 (normal - 100%) | |||||
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At some point later in the process, I wasn't happy with the skulls, they needed to be brought out more. So I copied part of the previous layer, and blended it as normal, rather than an overlay. (The layers were not created chronologically.) |
Here it is, on top of the other layers. |
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layer 5 (exclusion - 81%) |
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I copied part of the previous image, flipped it, stretched it, and erased some parts out. |
On top of the other layers. |
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| layer 6 (soft light - 75%) | |||||
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I took an old photo of my daughter. |
I erased her out, and did some pasting, flipping and rubberstamping to add more tree stuff. |
Here's the result. |
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| layer 7 (multiply - 100%) | |||||
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A boring layer, just to darken the corner a bit. |
Works like a charm! |
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| layer 8 (soft light - 100%) | |||||
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Back to the photo of Claire. I colorized it to a nice warm brown, then selected the right side and stretched it to fill the canvas. |
Merged with the other layers. |
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| layer 9 (luminosity - 50%) | |||||
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A scrap of Bas's original image, with the colors and contrast adjusted a bit. |
On top of everything else. |
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| layer 10 (luminosity - 50%) | |||||
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A bit more of the fence, erased to fit around the girl. |
Here it is, added in to complete the fence line across the image. |
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| layer 11 (hard light - 100%) | |||||
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back to the girl from Bas's original image - flipped horizontally and erased a bit to make the left edge softer. |
Added into the image, as if it is picking up one of the skulls. |
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| layer 12 (soft light - 100%) | |||||
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The contrast in that wasn't quite what I was hoping for, so I duplicated the layer - and erased out a bit where the skull is. |
It adds just enough contrast for me. |
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| layer 13 (luminosity - 100%) | |||||
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Got to take credit for the image, I suppose. |
Our names. |
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| layer 14 (multiply - 100%) | |||||
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I decided the skull would stand out more if it was against a darker background. |
I like that better. |
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| layer 15 (hard light - 40%) | |||||
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I added a bit of Bas's factory background, to give a subtle nature vs. factory theme. |
There's our factory. |
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| layer 16 (normal - 57%) | |||||
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A bit of creative writing to top it all off. |
The final image. |
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