Digital Painting: Creating Texture

LEARNING TARGETS:

»  I can use and manipulate layers and masks in Adobe Photoshop.
»  I can adjust brushes to create a specific texture using Adobe Photoshop. 
»  I understand the responsibilities and ethics associated with publishing to the internet

 

EXPECTATIONS:

»  CREATE:  Using the eye dropper, create a pallet of main colors needed. 
»  CREATE:  Reproduce the reference image by painting in the provided area.
»  REFLECT:  Document the whole process in your blog and reflect what you learned.

 

This is not the best example, but you get the idea of what you need to do. 

 

Here is the template for painting the texture . . .  https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9jMyW0QKhnWQTMyMDJDVi1vZlk/edit?usp=sharing

When Food Goes Bad

original image

step 2 of 18

Color Adjustments:  They adjusted the color to better match the colors of the head.  Used S-curve, hue and saturation, and levels adjustments.

Cut out the section of the head that you will be using.

*Image of model from DA... you can find this stock in the links on the main entry page.


Something like this.

Overlay the head on the fruit.  I suggest using the warp or liquify tool to adjust the head to fit the fruit shape better.

Duplicate the fruit layer and cut out the fruit individually.

 

 

I set the head layer to 50% opacity and then warped the cut out apple so that it fit the shape of the head.

Once you are happy with the shape of the head, duplicate the head layer before continuing.  RT click on the layer and choose Duplicate Layer . . . You will need parts from this head later.

Then unhide the background layer and the layers should look something like this.

Delete access apple, I selected the perimeter of the head, CTRL + click the layer thumbnail, then inverted the selection, CTRL + SHIFT + I.   and deleted the extra section of the fruit Delete.  It should look like this.

























It should look something like this . . .

 

Duplicate the head layer.  Then COMPLETELY DESATURATE the layer by creating a new adjustment layer above the head layer, choose, Hue/Saturation and set to -100. 

UPDATE: Make the layer black and white.  Use the Black & White adjustment layer then merge it down. 

 

Then change the Layer Style to Hard Light.  Merge the layer style down to the head layer, RT-click on the layer style and choose Merge Down. Now, change this layers transparency to about 80%.  At least it works for this project.

Repeat for next layer. 
Duplicate the head layer again.  Then COMPLETELY DESATURATE the layer by creating a new adjustment layer above the head layer, choose, Hue/Saturation and set to -100.  Then change the Layer Style to Overlay.  Merge the layer style down to the head layer, RT-click on the layer style and choose Merge Down. Now, change this layers transparency to about 50%.  At least it works for this project.

You should have 2 new head layers.  One with 80% transparency set to Hard Light. AND one with 50% transparency set to Overlay.

copied and pasted and masked out the eyes and teeth


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First I changed the colour of the pear, because i didnt like the yellow.
I Duplicated the pear layer and masked out the pear itself, then i changed the colour with Hue and Saturation.

step 2 of 4

I layed the face layer on top of the pear.
I made a duplicate and made that layer black and white.
I changed the layer style to Linear Burn.

step 3 of 4

I placed the original face layer (the one still in colour) on top of the black and white one. And i masked out the eyes and lips. I changed the Hue and sat of both so that the eyes stand out more and the lips blend in more with the pear.

step 4 of 4

Last i readded the hair back in place.
In the final step i added some brown on the pear by duplicating the green pear and turning the colour on it by hue and sat and then add some brown to the green pear with a layer mask.

TUTORIAL: Photoshop - Zebraceros

LEARNING TARGETS:

»  I understand »  I understand the responsibilities and ethics associated with publishing to the internet

EXPECTATIONS:

»  CREATE:

Using the transform, liquefy filter and some shading, were going to effectively dress up a rhino in zebra fur.

Source Images

In this tutorial, we're going to combine two animals:

Old Version

And This:

And should look something like this:

Old Version

First and most important is to find the proper source images. I chose these 2 since the angles and stances are very similar.

Since I liked the high contrast color of the zebra, I decided to use the actual fur and "mold" it over the rhino's body. So with that said, I extracted the zebra from its background and pasted it into the rhino file on a new layer.

NOTE: It's a good idea to use a hi-res image because when you're stretching pixels, a low resolution file is going to lose its realism.

*New Step:  CUT OUT ZEBRA

Cut out the zebra and then paste it on top of the rhino image.

Using the warp tool, transform the zebra to best fit the zebra skin over the rhino.  It will same time and produce a better looking rhino.

Liquify is your friend

Since my goal is to cover the rhino's body completely with the zebra, it is best to use the liquefy tool next. 

The layers can be a bit tricky.  First make sure your layers are labeled, rhino & zebra. Select the layer you want to liquefy and choose Filters > Liquefy   First we want to make sure it is set up right, in the lower right hand corner, go to View Options Change the following:

Use: Rhino
Mode: Behind

It is important to become familiar with this, because it tis tricky. 

I start with a large brush and as I progress make my brush smaller for the details. 

You need to have quite a bit of patience with the Liquefy filter to get the best results. I'm going to assume that you have some experience with this filter so I'm gonna get to the point.

Under the Show Backdrop settings set Use: to Layer 2 (the rhino layer) and then the Mode: to Behind. 

1. Decreased the the Zebra's opacity to about 70% This will help you get better results matching up the two animals.

2. Start off by using a fairly large brush (about 1/3 the size of the animal) and with small strokes, pull the Zebra's main torso to match the rhino. Try to avoid making long pulls because you won't get desired results. Using the large brush, I basically stretched out the top, buttocks, belly, chest and then I repositioned the head.

3. Once you're happy with those results, you're then going to fine tune the rest of the body using smaller sized brushes. For the Zebra's head, I used small, even strokes to match the shape of the underlying Rhino.

Since the legs are so close together, I had to use the Liquefy filter's built in mask tool to protect one leg as I shaped the adjacent one.

Once you have matched the entire silhouette of the Rhino, save your adjustments and get ready for the next step.

Okay, the shaping looks ok but our new animal friend is looking a bit flat. We're going to add more depth to this image by adding shadows. I'm not going to be using any blending modes because I want to keep as much detail and contrast as I can -- so with that said:

Make a new layer atop the Zebra and select a soft brush set a 15-30% opacity.

TIP: Hold down the OPTION key and move the cursor in between new blank layer and the Zebra layer. When the cursor changes it's shape, click the mouse button and you have now effectively made a clipping mask. All your shadows will now be contained inside the zebra.

To get the best shading, I occasionally turned the visibility of the Zebra layer on and off used the Rhino background as a reference as to where to add new shadows.

Yeah, that looks better.

Now for the head:

If you look at the original rhino picture, you'll see that the head has a distinct shape under the horns. It looks like its beefed up.

Okay, add a new layer

Using a smaller, soft brush at around 30% opacity, draw out the distinct lines under the horns (again, use the rhino background image as a reference). With some patience you should get the desired results.

If you find that the shading is a bit too dark, you could adjust the layer opacity of your shadows.

Good Luck and I hope this helps.  Here is what it should look like again.

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