Framing the photo. As said in lesson one, how the image looks in the view finder or display screen in what you get. Once the image is…
Framing the photo. As said in lesson one, how the image looks in the view finder or display screen in what you get. Once the image is on the computer, you can play. One thing you can do afterwards is FRAME the photo. Also known as cropping. Of course, best done in camera first, because zooming in afterwards loses pixels, and information which makes the image sharp. But if you’ve already cropped, it’s hard to go back! Being digital, I take a few at varying distances, when able. How to crop Portraits. the general advice is; / neck up/shoulders up for close ups on face / waist up / whole body. Note on hands and feet-chopping off hands and feet can look really strange, even arms midlength. Hands and feet can be extra, distracting detail. Note what they are doing in the image, and use your own judgement. Another tip-don’t rely on funny angles to make an image more interesting. It’s a fun thing to play with when beginning. The most important thing is the essence, so as long as it compliments the subject, rather than relies on it as device. Back to cropping. Full length images can be interesting if you push the cropping. In fashion, fill the frame with head and feet right to the edges can make a person look very tall, or imposing. Leaving lots of space around them can make them smaller. Angles / Again, see ‘walking around the subject’ (lara) to see different light-it’s a good tip, to walk around the subject. Getting a person to tilt their head down, and look up with their eyes is a common ‘demure’ look. Face tilted up catches the light in peoples eyes, and disguises double chins. Half turning the shoulders, face more towards the camera is a common position for portraits. (see school photos!). Looking down on a subject makes a person seem soft, more vulnerable and in politics, weak. John Howard complained about ABC doco camera crew doing that to him. Whereas looking up to a subject makes them more monumental, strong and in command. Beware of ‘shooting up the nose’. Again, very little PS here! You get my drift about most of the good stuff being done in camera. It makes sense to do it well before, rather than spend hours in PS ‘(cringe) polishing a turd’. I hate the expression-and yet, so accurate. Get the gold before, as much as you can.
Michael Gondry. / A Rubik’s Cube. / A screaming woman. / Don’t miss it. Here.
Michael Gondry. / A Rubik’s Cube. / A screaming woman. / Don’t miss it. Here.
Yep, I have a snotgoblin. He became a snotgoblin on Halloween, and has matured almost into Snot Hydrant. His eyes are red and puffy, he s…
Yep, I have a snotgoblin. He became a snotgoblin on Halloween, and has matured almost into Snot Hydrant. His eyes are red and puffy, he sleeps a whole lot, coughs a whole lot, wont eat much of anything, and expells his body weight in mucus every 12 hours or so. Seriously, I had no idea SO much stuff could come out of a 24-lb child. / poor thing. I can’t wait till he turns back into my little boy again.
Hi everyone! My computer is sick and I am writing to you from the comfort of the Logan North Public Library (shudder! I feel so dirty)...
Hi everyone! My computer is sick and I am writing to you from the comfort of the Logan North Public Library (shudder! I feel so dirty). Anyway I am on holidays and have not been able to submit a thing. I did manage to sell another one of my Dogzilla Tees. I am so proud of that Tee it’s like my wittle baby. Awwww koochey koochey koo!. My two groups are going fantastic! / “Art from the workplace” / and / “Art inspired by dreams” So many members so little time. If you haven’t been to my gallery yet feel free to drop by and say hi. Drop me a bubblemail if you like – they make me happy. VERY happy. / Ok that’s all. Big Al.
In just a short 17 hours, before I went to bed last night…I posted Soft Clouds...
In just a short 17 hours, before I went to bed last night…I posted Soft Clouds . From that time, I received TWO features, 42 comments, 7 favoritings, and 106 views. / I am so surprised and amazed with the response I got from this photo! It makes me so happy :D / I would like to thank everyone who have viewed and taken the time to comment on this, to the ones favoring this, and to the hosts of Freedom to Shine , / Roger Sampson , Solareclips And thanks to the hosts from A Beautiful Blur , / Heavenandus , OrphieG , and Cougarfan . / THANKS!!!! :D Here are some other products from my ZAZZLE gallery: / Why not have Bonnie by your side while surfing the web on this beautiful mousepad! ;D / Yay! Some Bonnie Stickers!! :D / OR, Bonnie on a mug!! :D :D / You can also wear her on a shirt! /
My T-Shirt The Stare was featured in the Animal Kingdom Group...
My T-Shirt The Stare was featured in the Animal Kingdom Group Thanks!
Critique Photo please. Was the 2nd commission Yesterday and wanted to see what people think before showing to the Client. “2nd Commiss…
Critique Photo please. Was the 2nd commission Yesterday and wanted to see what people think before showing to the Client. 2nd Commission
Thank you to the K9 Friend group for featuring my photo !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail/product:laminate…
Thank you to the K9 Friend group for featuring my photo
Hi / Many thanks to all of everybody who has been following my progress so far as “Monitor Man” / I am presently looking for sponsors to ra…
Hi / Many thanks to all of everybody who has been following my progress so far as “Monitor Man” / I am presently looking for sponsors to raise money for “Red Nose Day” Friday March 13th 2009 / “Red Nose Day” is a day of fun and raising awareness to major issues both Globally and in the UK. “Red Nose Day” forms part of Comic Relief who have so far raised over £250 million for good causes. / A child dies every 3 seconds from malnutrition. / On “Red Nose day” I will be performing as “Monitor Man” in Huddersfield City Centre in the UK. “Monitor Man” will show crazy movie clips and films from the World Food Programme, Oxfam and videos I have produced on the homeless. Please view my home page at Rednoseday.com / http://www.myrednoseday.com/MonitorMan?SID=58092 Please copy and paste this link in manually since it refuses to work properly when it is actively linked I will give everybody an update after the event. Many, many thanks / ToastedGhost
An update Hi to ASDA Glasshoughton RED NOSE DAY is Friday 13th March Please see / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQU7jmqogtg...
An update Hi to ASDA Glasshoughton RED NOSE DAY is Friday 13th March Please see / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQU7jmqogtg / for new footage of Monitor Man also see / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7Wt6vQ3Ae0 / for one of the videos I have created for Monitor man for Red Nose Day These are also the videos I will play on RED NOSE DAY / Pain without borders Dare to be Stupid My Red Nose page to raise money for Comic Relief is open please sponsor me / Please view my home page at Rednoseday.com / http://www.myrednoseday.com/MonitorMan?SID=58092 / Thanks for watching Love ToastedGhost
Thank you to all hosts of the Weekly Themes group for featuring my photo !http://images-0.redbubble.net/img/art/border:blackwithdetail…
Thank you to all hosts of the Weekly Themes group for featuring my photo
My image THE NOSE KNOWS placed in the Top Ten of the Sniffers Challenge sponored by the Man’s Best Friend Group. Her sniffer is as being …
My image THE NOSE KNOWS placed in the Top Ten of the Sniffers Challenge sponored by the Man’s Best Friend Group. Her sniffer is as being featured in the Man’s Best Friend group. Thank you, so much.
Hello Everyone, Just a quick note to tell you I’ve had 2 features!! As always, it’s exciting and always an honor. It truly makes my da…
Hello Everyone, Just a quick note to tell you I’ve had 2 features!! As always, it’s exciting and always an honor. It truly makes my day when the hosts pick my images out of all the fantastic images they have to choose from!! It always makes me happy and puts me in shock all at the same time. Also, my image, “The Nose” was not only featured but the “Paws n Claws” group used that image (with my permission) as the cover image for their groups challenge entitled, “Noses.” That has me tickled pink. I keep going to the challenge page of that group just to see my shot as the cover image!! I know, sounds silly but I can’t help it. My little Festus’ nose being used as an example is truly awesome!! I’m loving it!!! “Paws n Claws” group is still a rather new group, if you haven’t checked them out, you should. It’s a fun group to be in!! Thank you to that group’s hosts for the honor of my image being used for the challenge cover image!! Have a Great Week, / Michelle “Colored Pencils Collage” featured in “Color Me a Rainbow” group: / “The Nose” featured in “The Patchwork” group and being used as the cover image for a challenge in “Paws n Claws” group: /
My photograph of a neighbors horse,Slick, taking a drink of water from a lawn sprinkler has been received by the RedBubble community beyo…
My photograph of a neighbors horse,Slick, taking a drink of water from a lawn sprinkler has been received by the RedBubble community beyond all expectations. / With over 30 favorites, 111 comments and 322 viewings RB’s have, in actions and words honored this photo of a very funny animal. To date “Slick” has been selected; / WINNER Funny Critters Avatar challange 6/2/09 / WINNER Retired and Happy “Animals” challenge 5/24/09 / WINNER Equestrian Art and phtography Avatar challange 5/17/09 / “Slick takes a drink” was featured in Funny Kritters 5/17/05 / Top Ten of the Funniest Animal at the Redbubble Zoo 5/15/09 / “Slick takes a drink” was featured in Rural Around The Globe 5/5/09 / “Slick takes a drink” was featured in Southern-Style: A Downhome perspective 5/4/09 / “Slick takes a drink” was featured in LMAO ART – Your funniest work 5/4/09 / / A great big THANK YOU to the members who voted and the hosts who selected “Slick”
Hello, I’ve had two features in the last two days and finished in the top ten in a challenge. I’m very excited and honored! A huge th…
Hello, I’ve had two features in the last two days and finished in the top ten in a challenge. I’m very excited and honored! A huge thank you goes out to the host of the groups mentioned below. And, another huge thank you goes out to all the members that voted for me in the challenge. Have a Wonderful Day, / Michelle “Springtime” featured in the “Collective Collage” group: / “The Nose” featured and in the top ten of a challenge in the “You Big SOFTY” group: / Thanks again!!
Welcome back class, / Thank you for being pat…
Welcome back class, / Thank you for being patient with me, I do appreciate that. This step we are going to move onto the nose of our face sketch. A lot of people find this part of the face a nightmare, but I hope to show that with a few simple rules you’ll you should be able to overcome this. NOSE (first hatching) / Using a 7H I begin roughing out with a few strokes the preliminary shadows of the nose. Basically forming two columns down either side of the nose, around the nostrils and along the base of the nose. / / Figure 004A (first hatching) NOSE (reinforcing hatching) / Now I simply go over the initial hatching using strokes in the opposite direction to the first and reinforce the first hatching. / / Figure 004B (reinforcing hatching) / NOSE (defining shadows) / Now using a 2B, I define where the main shadows will be on the nose. In this example, I want shadows on each nostrils, under the base and joining up both nostrils. I also want to leave a sphere or ball of no shading on the tip of the nose. / / Figure 004C (defining shadows) / NOSE (defining trunk) / Still using the 2B, I begin to define the trunk of the nose by a few simple angle strokes down each of the earlier columns I hatched. I also add a few angle strokes coming from the corners of each eye, travelling down the sides of the columns of the nose. / / Figure 004D (defining trunk) / NOSE (defining wide trunk) / Still using the 2B, I draw a few long vertical strokes down each column )including the central trunk) to the nostril and then as if I’m sketching the letter ‘H’, I add a few strokes acroos the open bridge but above the sphere of no shading, in fact I’m trying to it to an eliptical sphere shape. / / Figure 004E (defining wide trunk) NOSE (defining medium trunk) / Still using the 2B, I reinforce the trunk hatching and around the nostrils to the just below the base of the nose. / / Figure 004F (defining medium trunk) NOSE (defining thin trunk) / Still using the 2B, I join the two columns with strokes and then using my kneadable putty rubber which I squeeze to a thin wedge I rub out a thin bridge line almost to the sphere of no shading (looks like a rough outline of an exclimation mark). / / Figure 004G (defining thin trunk) / NOSE (adding body) / Here I’m simply filling in and reinforcing the body of the trunk of the nose (using 2B – 4B) making sure I retain my exclimation mark. I also strengthen the shading on the sides of the nose (helps when I have add the skin – saves time too). / http://i722.photobucket.com/albums/ww228/szymczuk/Tutorial%20Stuff/Lesson004H-Noseaddingbody.jpg / Figure 004H (adding body) NOSE (tidy up) / Using both the softer 2B/4B and then the harder 7H, I tidy up the nose, feathering very gently around the sphere and ever so fine across it. I fine shade across the entire trunk and sides of the nose blending it in uniformly (take your time here, the effort is really worth it). I’ve also added shading below the baseline and come down slightly from the nose as if to join the lips of the mouth. I also blend in the top cornes of the nose where it meets the eyes. / / Figure 004I (tidy up) NOSE (face so far) / Here we have the finished nose as it should look so far, I try not to work it too far as I still have a lot to do. / / Figure 004J (face so far) I hope you are getting something that looks familiar, I do not expect it to be identical to my face, but a close approximation to the dominant primate on this planet is a step in the right direction! Class dismissed. Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 1 / Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 2 / Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 3 / Drawing a face Tutorial – 5
Welcome back class, / Hope your keeping up wi…
Welcome back class, / Hope your keeping up with this tutorial. Now we are ready for the mouth and lips. MOUTH (hatching shadows) / Using a 7H I begin roughing out the shadows with a few strokes across the upper lip and under the lower, finally add a few hint strokes at each corner of the mouth. / / Figure 005A (hatching shadows) MOUTH (reinforcing shadows) / Now switching to a softer 2B, I reinforce the initial strokes, adding a few stich strokes on the edge of the lower lip. I also add a small hammock shade below the lower lip. / / Figure 005B (reinforcing shadows) / MOUTH (adding body) / Still using the 2B, I strengthen the shadows and texture giving the lips more body, still rough strokes but stronger definition. / / Figure 005C (adding body) / MOUTH (flow lines lower lip) / Switching to the 7H, I sketch out the lower lip flow lines fanning out from the centro of the mouth. You can keep these lines straight or curve them which gives a more fuller look to the lower lip. / / Figure 005D (flow lines lower lip) / MOUTH (hatching lower lip) / Still using the 7H, I cross hatch along the edge opf the lower lip and across the lower corners spilling out onto the skin around the mouth. / / Figure 005E (hatching lower lip) MOUTH (softening corners) / Switching over to the 2B, I soften the shading around the corners and just below the corners where the lips spill into the skin. / / Figure 005F (softening corners) MOUTH (tidy up) / Using the softer 2B and then onto the harder 7H, I tidy up the lips, feathering very gently around the edges and again as in the nose, ever so fine across it. I fine shade across the whole of the lips blending it in uniformly. I use a sharp 2B to pick out a few cracks coming from the top of the lower lip. I also use the kneadable putty rubber to softly remove shading from the top lip. / / Figure 005G (tidy up) MOUTH (face so far) / Now we have the face so far, Hair, eyes, nose and mouth. It’s really starting to take shape, but don’t hurry it off just yet, there is still some work to do on the skin and ears. / / Figure 005H (face so far) I hope that this has been of some benefit to anyone out there, I’d love to see your results. Keep up the good work. Class dismissed. Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 1 / Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 2 / Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 3 / Drawing a face Tutorial – Part 4
Arrived at Piglets to a snowball in the face from Hannah, teenaged sister – chaos ensued. / Piglet screeching in snowcovered joy, tossi…
Arrived at Piglets to a snowball in the face from Hannah, teenaged sister – chaos ensued. / Piglet screeching in snowcovered joy, tossing bits of flakes in chubby hands at my face. / Martine, Hannah’s boyfriend, running around the car lobbing huge chunks at everyone. I want snowball fights and kids and screaming all winter long… / hot chocolate spiked with spiced rum / cold noses pressed in kisses under the L tracks… / and you. / Happiness makes me laugh at the cold.
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