Blog #3 - Photos and Textures

Faces

This piece was created using two photos I have taken. The first image is of a sculpture I saw at The SALT Block in Hickory, NC in 2018. The sculpture was carved from stone and entitled Catawba Heads, Artist is Unknown. The second image is a plank from my deck. I began by cropping the sculpture image,then used the spot healing brush to soften the remaining lines of the pedestal it sat on. I used the Divide Blur tool at 100% opacity on the image of the wood plank.   

Feathers & Leaf

The image of is one I took for a Drawing I class, while the texture was one I downloaded from Bashcropo. I began by using free transform to alter the layout of the image and crop down the photograph, and used the spot healing brush in a couple of the corners to cover areas that were not covered by the white background. Then I enlarged the "Grungy paper texture" to fit the photograph. Lastly, I chose the Overly Blur tool at 100% opacity to achieve this look.

Fuel

This image was achieved by using pictures I had taken. The background image is of a broken teak chair ablaze in a fire pit, and the overlay image is of a tree with bits of moss covering it. I began by using free transform to fit the tree bark to the first layer. I actually used two layers of the bark, one using Color Dodge Blur tool at 100% opacity, and the next layer used the Multiply Blur tool at 59% opacity. Finally, I cropped the image for more visual interest.