Art Attempt

 

Here is a picture of Meredith taken about a year ago. First, I have to say, it's amazing to look at this picture, because she still looks like a little girl whereas now she is definitely almost a woman.

Olivia took this picture for a music video they made. The girls like to take a lot of stills and set them to music to make a story--this was before Santa brought them a Flip--and generally Liv is the director and Meredith is the star. I've always loved this picture because Meri is just so beautiful and so herself in it. On camera, yet lost in the music.

So, when I pre-viewed Maria Elkins "Making Faces" DVD at work the other day and saw how easy it could be to make a fabric portrait from a photo, I knew I would try it on this photo. This is as far as I've gotten:

 

As you can see, you crop the photo, adjust the contrast and then use the filter tool to "posterize" the image, giving you four distinct shadings. The next step is to outline each of the shaded or highlighted areas, marking them 1-4 (lightest to darkest). Then you cut out the pieces from different fabrics and put it back together.

When I get to the next step, I'll show you. If nothing else, I'm learning to delve into areas of Photoshop I hadn't dared to try before.

Comments

[Linda Crispell]

Very cool!

[Ann]

Nice to have you back on the blog! Missed you.
Love what you're doing with the photo of Meredith.

[Anna]

Don't you just love the Posterize option? I used it on some pictures I took of my sewing notions awhile ago. I also have just learned to get over my annoyance with Photoshop (it seems not very intuitive to me) and I managed to create a new banner for my Etsy shop. Your blog is great! I found you from Happy Zombie but it was too late for the give away. Oh well, glad I found you anyway.

Anna

[Deb Taylor]

I love your new blog header!

[Deb Taylor]

Meredith is spicy, saucy and sensational. Have fun with Photoshop...it will become your best friend.

[Susan]

Nice job! I love Photoshop.