PHOTOSHOP - PORTRAITS

Image inspired by Eisenstein's Dialectical Montage theory.

Using imagery of a snake with the forbidden fruit and some cover art from The Babe Rainbow, I created a new separate meaning where instead of the snake enticing the viewer to the fruit, the snake has become hypnotised by a strange fruit.

The Workshop:

CHANGING COLOURS:

Working on background layer

Wand tool

Double box to add missed bits

Select and mask

Adjust

Make it generous

Image Adjustments Colour

Copy and paste

Save as photoshop to keep individual layers

JPEG for final image (12 quality)

Quick selection wand

Top left to select minus

Tick smart radius

Edge detection 30

Paint out extras

Copy and paste entirely new photos from the internet and they automatically become a new layer

Click F twice to full screen the image

Right adjustments

Levels

Pull arrows to remove dead space on graph

Edit mid tone

Curves

S curve to increase contrast

Backspace to delete point

RGB to red green or blue to curve colours individually

Opacity

Duplicate layer

Plaster

Patch tool

Give yourself extra to avoid hard lines

Clone stamp tool clean up edges

Alt & click on similar area

Let go of alt

Draw on problem area

Lasso generously

Edit

Fill

Content aware

Filter

Sharpen mask

Top 100

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