January 4: Blending Photo Technique

thank you for another challenge! Is was a real challenge, because I didn't like the outcome at first. ​

 

Well, now I'm so far behind I may never catch up, but here is Challenge 4.

 

I loved this challenge, thank you Christa

 

I couldn't work out step 7, so I skipped 7 & 8 -- instead using a mask and a built-in blending mode (Overlay) -- and picked it back up from step 9 to the end.

 

In Living Colour

 

Thank you so much! It just isn't a technique that I'm interested in, so I didn't put as much effort into it as I maybe should have. I did want to try it though, because it is always good to play and even if I don't use this particular technique again, I may learn a trick or two that will help me elsewhere. I appreciate how you kept the requirements simple so that my focus could be on the technique itself and I am happy with how my page turned out.

In this case, I was stuck on the part with the brushes; I couldn't figure out how to select and use them effectively in PSE 15. I'm sure there are brush tutorials around the forums here, but I didn't take any time to track them down.

 

my blend might be a bit harder to see, because I played with artsy stuff too, but the branches blend into the scribbles on the right

 

Here's my layout:

 

Awesome technique, love how it looks! Thanks for the challenge!

 

Great challenge @cfile

 

Here is mine

 

Thanks for the challenge Christa! I've loved this "painty" technique of yours for awhile!

20180625CrystalLake1 by klee73010 posted Jan 21, 2019 at 2:14 PM