by Leslie Nicole | May 19, 2017 | Photography
When photographing a flower to create a motif for your designs or illustrations, you may need to cheat a bit. Manipulating An Iris For Photography This lovely Iris is from my garden. It was a beautiful flower, but the composition wasn’t quite working for...
by Leslie Nicole | Oct 30, 2015 | Design, Photography
The teaser for a series of posts on photographing flowers and plants and post-processing in Photoshop and Illustrator as design elements and illustrations. Photography to Post-Processing Teaser These days I’ve been obsessed with photographing (mostly) my dahlias...
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 | May 19, 2015 | Before & After, Using Textures
I had a request for the details on how I created this image with a Lensbaby image of nectarines in my courtyard with a texture effect. This is a glimpse into my workflow rather than a step-by-step guide. It is intermediate – advanced level and assumes you have basic...
by Leslie Nicole | May 13, 2015 | Before & After
Using a photograph of an iris, a texture, a vintage paper, a vintage French overlay, a Photoshop brush, and a butterfly element to create a decorative botanical image. This is a glimpse into my workflow rather than a step-by-step guide. It is intermediate – advanced...