Retouch Techniques on Photoshop

Here I have taken a pic and applied different effects to it by using tools from photoshop.
I have used Smudge, dodge, sponge and burn. I like the smudge best as it distorts the pic and gives a really smooth and groovey finish.

retouch old photo - before and after

As u can see this old photo is faded and scratch, so using some of photoshops tools I will try and retouch the photo.











As u can see it looks much better now. The first thing I did was adjust the levels, (Image - Adjustments - Levels) adjusting the levels lets me make the picture darker or lighter. Then to remove the scratches I used the clone stamp tool, (Alt then clickon area u want to clone, then click where u want the clone piece to go). I also used the lasso tool, I outlined an area which was undamaged and copied and pasted it onto a damaged area.
I think compared to the other photo I have done a good job, what do u think?
I must admit it did take me a while to get the hang of the tools, but I get there in the end, just hope I can remember how to use them next time!

Different brushes

Using different brushes on photoshop.
For each of the different brushes on each pic I changed one or more of the brush settings to get their effect.
In the top left box I used a size 19 brush, Angle 40, Roundness 4, Hardness 48, Spacing 149, Scattering 177, angle jitter 100 and smoothing on.
The top right was 58 brush, spacing 79, Jitter size 45, pen pressure, scattering on and dual brush 42.
the middle left was brush 95, Spacing 57, Jitter size 45, pen pressure on and wet edges on.
The middle right was brush 29, angle 45, roundness 56, spacing 87, Jitter size 20, fade 25, angle jitter 58, pen pressure on, smoothing on and opacity 100.
The bottom left was brush 65, roundness 12, hardness 52, spacing 151, jitter size 20, fade 25, angle jitter 58, pen pressure on and noise on.
The last one was 133 brush, angle 33, roundness 44, hardness 6, spacing 124, jitter size 10, stylus wheel, angle jitter 4, initial direction, dual brush 112, diameter 75, spacing 26, scatter 96 and count 3.
Each one with a different colour to stand out.
My favorite ones are the 3rd, 4th and 5th one because they stand out the most and I think are the most unusual.

Moods

Scan10001
Originally uploaded by Ding Ding1.

Each box has a different scene and colour to give a different mood.

For example the top right one is very dark and black whcih would symbolize sad or angry, and the clouds show that maybe it is going to rain, which is very horriable and depressing weather.

Line Marking - Morandi

morandi-stilllife
Originally uploaded by Ding Ding1.

This piece by Morandi has been produced by using a technique called cross hatching. Morandi has paid alot of attention to detail, which makes this image stand out.

Line Marking - Henry Moore

Henry Moore uses a scribbly, sketchy type of style. I think works very well, if we look at the deer there is very little tone but looks like a lot of detail and looks very real.


Here the elephant has lots of tone in some areas and not so much in others, but using the lines and scribbables it again looks very real and full of detail, which I like very much

Colour - William Morris

William Morris uses lots of colour in his work, but in each piece he tends to use one very strong colour and then black or white. As u can see here the dark green with black, or the orange with white. By just using two colours he has achived some really beatitful pieces. Also have notice that his work are pattrens like u would find on material, they are very decortive and pretty. I think I like the light green one because not only has he done flowers like in all his other ones he has included rabbits and birds which give it that extra touch.

Colour wheels on Illustrator

I created these colour wheels in Illustrator, by creating a circle and then divided it into sergaments by using lines and then to make then centeral I used the align tool and then divided the pieces up so I could colour each piece.
My second colour wheel I have added more colours, to do this I had to find the colour in between. So for example - To find red/orange, I took the red's CMYK percentage and the oranges percentages and found the middle numbers and got the colour in between.
Also I have each colour going darker, to do this I just added more circles and increased the percentage of black (K) each time I went in to the circle.

Perspective - M C Escher

A perspective image by M C Escher.
Escher is one of my favourite artists,
I love this one because it is so unusal,
it has been twisted to give a really good effect,
but it is still in one point perspective and has
lots of detail which makes it interesting.

Perspective - David Hockney

David Hockney is a photographer and artist. This piece is a college of photos of an image in one point perspective.
I like the way it looks sur-real and has very bright colours.

Perspective

One point Perspective - An image in this sort of perspective will show all lines going off into one point into the distance. As shown by the image to the left which I found in a mag.

Two point perspective - this sort of image will have the lines going off in two directions, like in the image to the right.








Three point perspective is more harder, this time the lines go off in three directions like this.