Retouched Images

Wild Hair

In this task I had to find an image of a model with messy or crazy hair and attempt to remove the background as cleanly as possible. I used the magic wand tool and the select and Mask tool. Using these two tools, I was able to successfully remove the original background and transfer the image onto a coloured gradient background. This task was very challenging but enjoyable.

Splash Paint Effect

Original Image

Photoshoped Image

Eyes and Teeth Alterations

Below is an image of a young woman without any alterations. I altered the features of the woman, by changing her eye colour to a vibrant purple and I whitened her teeth, subtly enough that they look more natural.

 Original Image

Altered Image

Double Exposure

I absolutely enjoyed the double exposure part of my practise tasks. I love that you can incorporate natural environments and merge them with human subjects to give a deep and meaningful and potentially powerful image. Below are some of the images I created using the double exposure effect.

Displacement Maps

Below are the various Displacement Maps I practised for my tutorial tasks. At first I found it a little difficult to try and incorporate the effects, however, after some trial and error, I began to thoroughly enjoy the tasks more. Which is more evident in the last task, with Marilyn Monroe.

Image Wrap

Logos

Text Wrap

Disperse Effect

In order to generate the disperse effect, I first needed to downloaded some various cloud and smoke brushes. Then I duplicated the image twice, and created a solid colour background with one duplicated layer images. I then carefully, cut out the image of the person from one of the other duplicated layers (deleted the background) and then duplicated that image. I used the filter effect, Liquefy and used a very large brush size, I stretched out one side of the person and then generated it into a mask layer. I hid the masked image by filling it in black. I then went to my original image (layer 1) and generated another mask. Then, finally, I used my various cloud/smoke brushes, I started to create the disperse effect, by going between the black and white colours and changing the brush sizes, until I achieved the desired effect. I had to attempt this task a couple of times, before I was happy with my end results.

Original Image

Dispersed Image

Airbrushing Effect

For this airbrushing effect I used a photo from my home collection. I believe that the end results came up very well, however next time I would need to lower the blur effect to make it look more natural. I also believe that if the photo was taken with a good resolution camera the results may also been a lot better. This photo was taken with a phone.