by Leslie Nicole | Sep 30, 2014 | Photoshop
In this 4th and last part of the tutorial, we are going to put all the elements together to create our final photo illustration. The Components For The Illustration In part 1, I showed you how you will need 3 layers for the illustration. A Background Layer. Plain...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 11, 2014 | Photoshop, Photoshop Tools
This is part 3 of the 4 part tutorial on creating a photo illustration effect (see finished illustration at the end of the post.) In this part I’ll cover creating a Line Art Illustration effect from a photograph. Creating A Line Art Illustration Effect in...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 11, 2014 | Photoshop
This is part 2 of the 4 part tutorial on creating this photo illustration effect. (Part 1 is an overview of the entire tutorial.) Choosing and Preparing The Color Image This post is divided into 3 parts. Choosing and preparing an original image. Examples of the...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 6, 2014 | Photoshop Tools
I’ve been meaning to give Filter Forge a try for some time and finally made time today. I specifically wanted to try it for this watercolor filter. Here is the image I used in yesterday’s tutorial on creating a photo illustration. This is the Château de...
by Leslie Nicole | Sep 5, 2014 | Photoshop, Photoshop Brushes
I’ve had a lot of requests for a tutorial on how I created this image of a French Castle that looks like it’s an illustration. A Tutorial In Four Parts While this technique is pretty simple, I wanted to cover a lot of the different options involved which...
by Leslie Nicole | Jul 18, 2014 | Using Ephemera
I prefer using flattened illustrations with white backgrounds vs. cut outs when I use a vintage illustration in my designs when I want to integrate the illustration into a background. Digital Vintage Postcard Illustrations I collect vintage postcards. I love the...
by Leslie Nicole | Jul 16, 2014 | Using Ephemera
A digital postcard was used to create custom floral elements in the background of this portrait. Note: this is not so much a step-by-step tutorial as an idea piece. I am assuming that you already have a grasp of using Photoshop / Elements and know how to use layers,...
by Leslie Nicole | Jun 20, 2014 | Using Textures
I like to give you a lot of options with textures, so I usually provide them with lots of detail and color. Remember though that they don’t have to be used that way. There are several ways you can tame wild textures to give subtle effects. Crop, Combine, Adjust,...
by Leslie Nicole | May 2, 2014 | Using Textures
Here’s another example of how important it is to tweak your texture to fit your image. In the image below, I’ve used the texture, Ancestor from the Glorious Grunge collection. It’s feeling too green, a bit too blue, and too dark for this vintage...
by Leslie Nicole | Apr 4, 2014 | Using Textures
I thought I’d start a new series of posts on how to tweak your textures. I know many of you are already quite savvy about this, but you may pick up a way to use a texture that you hadn’t thought of before. Technically in this little tut, I’m tweaking...