This is about using Photoshop to work with your image. Since there are a few thousand websites about Photoshop, there is no intention here to give any sort of tutorial. Almost anyone can put together a fairly convincing image of George Clooney standing next to Marilyn Monroe. We see sloppy photo editing exposed frequently, but it is not hard to create convincing images of just about anything. You don't even need to start with a camera — you can create images like we see in movies — that are entirely synthetic.
So what?
The degree to which you use Photoshop to alter your images is up to you. If you use Photoshop to achieve a practical goal, fine. If you use it to express something inner that you simply could not photograph, fine. If you use it to defraud people, not fine. If you use it to defraud people emotionally, well, I don't know. That's between you and your personal moral adviser.
Bottom Line: Photoshop and related programs allow images to be altered or synthesized without any boundaries.
But the reason Nicole has that scolding look on her face is to keep you honest in your use of Photoshop. Like Superman, you should use your powers for good, not evil.
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So, you noticed this image, huh? This is to say, that yes, you can put three eyes and two mouths and floating giraffes on a photo. The thing to do is to go ahead and do this to your heart's content — and get it out of your system.
(Giraffe photo by Glenn Pebley.)
This is the starting image for all of these, and Nicole is giving you that look to make you think twice about giving her three eyes and two mouths.
Nicole is re-presented as a pile of floating tiles. Note that her eyes and mouth have been moved a bit with their tiles, but we don't notice, what with all those tiles.
What does this prove? Once you start messing with a photo you are off on your own, with no guidelines and no safety net.
This is very simple, but I like it best among these: Nicole appears to be a woman of stone coming back to life, or a woman turning to stone.
All I did was stack a black and white copy layer of her over her original image, and erase some of the black and white with a very soft eraser. It took a few tries to get the right amount and right areas to erase.
This is just drawing with dynamic two-color brushes, then adding dimension to the whole drawing layer with embossing and shadows.
Nicole as graffitto girl.
Here Nicole is hiding behind a mask of highly processed, colorized Nicole. I used a bit of drop shadow to indicate that the colored layer really was a separate element from the "real" Nicole.
It's always fun to put someone into some sort of frame. In this case, the window is a bit out of scale — the bricks are too small — so the effect borders on surreal, but many people might think it was shot this way.
(Wall image from Lars Sundstrom.)
Here Nicole has turned up in a rare historical photo WITH Abraham Lincoln. Seems the photographer had removed her from the original, and we used Photoshop to restore her image.
So, you noticed this image, huh? This is to say, that yes, you can put three eyes and two mouths and floating giraffes on a photo. The thing to do is to go ahead and do this to your heart's content — and get it out of your system.
(Giraffe photo by Glenn Pebley.)
This is the starting image for all of these, and Nicole is giving you that look to make you think twice about giving her three eyes and two mouths.
Nicole is re-presented as a pile of floating tiles. Note that her eyes and mouth have been moved a bit with their tiles, but we don't notice, what with all those tiles.
What does this prove? Once you start messing with a photo you are off on your own, with no guidelines and no safety net.
This is very simple, but I like it best among these: Nicole appears to be a woman of stone coming back to life, or a woman turning to stone.
All I did was stack a black and white copy layer of her over her original image, and erase some of the black and white with a very soft eraser. It took a few tries to get the right amount and right areas to erase.
This is just drawing with dynamic two-color brushes, then adding dimension to the whole drawing layer with embossing and shadows.
Nicole as graffitto girl.
Here Nicole is hiding behind a mask of highly processed, colorized Nicole. I used a bit of drop shadow to indicate that the colored layer really was a separate element from the "real" Nicole.
It's always fun to put someone into some sort of frame. In this case, the window is a bit out of scale — the bricks are too small — so the effect borders on surreal, but many people might think it was shot this way.
(Wall image from Lars Sundstrom.)
Here Nicole has turned up in a rare historical photo WITH Abraham Lincoln. Seems the photographer had removed her from the original, and we used Photoshop to restore her image.
