Hey friends, it’s Barb again, back this week with something that I really love….textures!
As a painter at heart, I’ve always loved everything about texture. I love it in fashion, textiles, wall finishes, gardens…. you name it! So of course I love to use textures with my photos as well.
I admit that when I use textures with my photos, a lot of times I do it as a bit of an extreme technique or just for fun. The beauty of using textures, especially if you use them with different opacities, layer masks, and blending modes, is that you can really create a custom look and go as bold or as subtile as you like. I personally tend to be a bit more heavy handed than other people might do, but for me, that’s part of the fun.
For my samples today, I used Andie’s Rachel Texture Pack and her Ashley River Road Backgrounds pack. So let’s get on with it, shall we?
First, I want to show you the original photo of lovely Allie:
Then, I gave her a quick texture make over with one of the Rachel textures, using two different blending modes. The first one is pretty middle-of-the-road, and the second…well, it looks like I spilled my coffee on an actual print. I like it, however. It’s a bit more radical. And yeah, I realize that it might not be everybody’s cup of tea, but I kind of dig the results.
Here are a few more that I like. In the next one, I left a bit of texture on her shirt, just for fun! It makes it more interesting.
I love how this one looks kind of like a painting. Doesn’t Allie have the most amazing blue eyes?
And finally, I love to use damask as a photo texture, so in the next one, I used one of her damask backgrounds. I recolored it, and left a bit”painted in” her hair for some warmer hair highlights. I also left just a touch in her shirt as well, to counteract a very “blue” looking white.
Well that’s it for me this week. I don’t know about you, but we’re seeing peeks of spring around here and that is SO nice! Have a super week and try out those textures!
by Barb
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