Airbrushing Article

As promised. Or threatened, depending on your point of view. :)

"How to Get Model-Perfect Skin in Your Digital Photos"

So I'm Crazy . . .

What's new? :)

Details: I edited this photograph multiple times in GIMP. Airbrushing, recoloring, overlay paint brushing, you name it. :)

And on a slightly related (but mostly unrelated) note, you can learn the steps to applying "smoky eyes" makeup HERE. I wrote the article, and the tie-in is that I use the same techniques whether I'm applying real makeup or digital, GIMP-land makeup. He he.

Orthodontics

I haven't figured out yet how to digitally replace trips to the orthodontist. Teeth are just really tricky for me. You can't make them too white because that looks notably unnatural, but you still want them whiter and straighter than they are normally. Tricky, tricky! :)

P.S. I also wrote a full article today on how to digitally airbrush skin, so when that gets published I'll post the link. Not that you care either way. He he.

Happy Valentine's Day!

A few days ago. :)


Details: I mentioned in a previous post how cool the paint brush copy feature is in GIMP. I used that again when I did these basic designs for my sister. I started out with a photograph of wood, then recolored it to pink, added some stripes, then used the paint brush copy feature over and over again at different radiuses (radii?) to get the designs here.

A Little Bit of Change :)

If you live in America, you're perhaps sick of the word "change" like I am. :)

But alas, Digital Photo Mania is going to get a new design layout. I rarely read posts in their completed form in front of the actual background, so I didn't realize until recently how tricky it was to read the purple text on black, to have the columns so squished together, and to have to ignore the clashing background when looking at some of the pictures.

So, white will have to do for now until I come up with something that bugs me a little less. He he.

Welp...

I've got nothing to show for the last week. I've been editing some baby pictures lately, but I'm sure that without permission I shouldn't post them on the internet. You'll just have to take my word for them that they turned out okay. :)

And I've been working on inserting Model S into a picture with the oh-so-talented Michael Castro of American Idol Season 8 fame, but its been very unsuccessful thus far. Fine, I'll just keep trucking away. But you have a good tuesday! He he.

RedKid.Net

I was introduced to this cool photo site over the weekend. I don't know about the other capabilities yet, but the site has a sign generator with over 40 images to choose from, allowing you to insert a limited amount of text in each. Some are really fun, some are just so-so. But I certainly enjoyed myself overall. :) Red Kid Sign Generator