by Leslie Nicole | Aug 14, 2015 | Inspiration, Photoshop Brushes, Using Overlays
Recreating a design by breaking down its elements is a great way to learn and expand your skills. Click To See The Design Larger Why Recreate A Design? I love creating and using Photoshop art, grunge and vintage brushes and overlays. These are the elements of design....
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 16, 2014 | Using Photo Masks
Add extra embellishments to a digital photo mask with this easy, ingenious method. I love working with photo masks because they add another dimension to a design. Many of the French Kiss Collections masks are purposefully understated as I’d rather give you the...
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 | Dec 4, 2013 | Photoshop Brushes
I was editing this texture scan of a monotype print I made (with a Gelli plate) when I got a bit distracted and started playing! It’s another good example though of using Photoshop grunge brushes in the layer mask. (see tut) I’ve used various grunge...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 17, 2013 | Photoshop Brushes, Using Overlays
As I mentioned in the post earlier this week, Using Vintage French Brushes and Overlays, use layer masks to break up french script brushes and overlays to best suit your image. Think of the text as a visual enhancement that evokes a vintage feel rather than as an...