Sunday 4 March 2012

TAKE A WORD - MASCULINE


This week Marie has chosen MASCULINE as our word for inspiration and usually at this point I get a little twinkle in my eye and create something quirky.  This week, however, I was in a different kind of mood entirely and wanted to just play in Photoshop.

So starting with a greyscale image of John Lennon I found on the web, I extracted him from the background, increased the brightness by around 50% to remove detail and to increase the light within his face, added contrast by around 10% for clarity before experimenting in colour variations until I created this lovely purple blue.  Finally, I  added a sharpen edges filter to lift and highlight and accentuate his bone structure and his signature round rimmed glasses.  Ta daa!

Thank you for looking.




20 comments:

  1. Yeah! Beautiful work indeed dear friend!
    You're such a sweet love to give us your secrets.... I'm not sure to know how to do this kind of work with a french ware... But, promise, I'll try! Thank you hun!

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  2. uauu
    vocĂȘ passou excelente dica do que fez!

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  3. John looks FAB Ann!
    Defo a good piece of wall art!!

    Jayne :-)

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  4. Without a doubt one of your best.... I just adore the man and have done so for many years...appreciate the sensitivity of your art, Ann...what more can I say??

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  5. We can only hope you take time to "play" in Photoshop more often, Ann. This is an amazing bit of Photoshop magic. I'm standing to applaud!!

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  6. A wonderful play with light and contrasts- a handsome portrait!

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  7. This is stunning. It feels like he's really looking at us. Beautiful work, Ann.

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  8. I agree with Bev, Ann, it certainly is Photoshop Magic made all the more special by the Yorkshire Magician herself!! What a fab rendition of John!

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  9. Nothing wrong with a play in photoshop, it is a great edit.

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  10. Fantastic work! I love the color you ended up with.

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  11. I'm glad that you were just "playing around in Photoshop" because you have given us a superb piece, Ann. It's thoughtful and beautifully and lovingly tweaked. Wonderful work.

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  12. Terrific choice! Great photoshopping. Sure wish I was listening to his music right now.

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  13. The finished result of your work is awesome. A gorgeous portrait! xx

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  14. Very cool Ann don't you just love messing around with Photoshop I just think it is amazing...well done!

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  15. Is a walrus masculine? The ones I've seen certainly are . . . "I Am The Walrus"

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