by Leslie Nicole | Oct 16, 2015 | Uncategorized, Using Textures
This photograph of a French tower was created with filters, selective desaturation, and the addition of a watercolor texture. Intermediate to advanced level tutorial. Processing The Photograph In the illustration above, the photograph on the left is my photograph with...
by Leslie Nicole | Nov 7, 2014 | Using Textures
Textures used as a fill can add a lot of character to display text. How To Add Textures To Text Adding textures to text is quite easy. Fonts that are bold tend to show this technique best, but don’t let that hold you back from trying it with a thinner font....
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 | Sep 24, 2013 | Before & After
With some textured images, you need to push and pull to get them the way you want. I photographed this lovely Ranunculus from my garden against a plain white background. I’ve played with this image for 2 years now trying to find the right texture for it. All the...