Steve Estill, APSA, EPSA
About the Image(s)
It seems that I haven't played with the Goths for a while, so here we go!
They often seem to have their heads in the clouds, so why not make that the aim of the image?
I started with the image of a Steam Punk and used Portrait Pro to change the light direction, soften her skin, accentuate her cheeks and brighten her eyes and lips.
I then added a solid white layer, below her layer and used Topaz ReMask 5 on her layer, to remove the background (showing the white layer below). I used a layer mask to tidy up the edge of her face and the spot healing brush to tidy up stray hairs.
Next came the sky layer (original 2), which I placed over the top part of her head. I used overlay mode at about 80% opacity and a layer mask to remove the parts around her eyes.
I duplicated the sky layer, flipped it and positioned it over the lower part of her head, again in overlay mode at 80% opacity and used a layer mask to bring back areas in her face and to blend into the original sky layer.
I duplicated the original sky layer, removed the layer mask and moved it above the solid white layer, stretching it to fill the background area. I reduced the saturation and lightened this layer.
I stamped up to make Original 3, duplicated this layer, then used a brush which looked a bit like clouds, with white at 25% opacity to blend her into the sky.
The jewels on her face were looking a bit flat at this stage, so I treated the original 1 layer with Viveza 2 in overlay mode at 50% opacity, and then a layer mask on the top layer to bring them back.
Stamped up and there you have it. What fun!!
This round’s discussion is now closed!
7 comments posted
(Group 77)
The sky texture was a good choice to remove the background. the detail on her face with the feathers and flowers is beautiful. I do think that the blue area/line around her lips on the right and the blue area right above that runs across below the blue flower on her lower cheek should be blended to make it less obvious. Also, I would remove the pierced hole on her ear that is without an earring.   Posted: 01/06/2018 21:08:58