.art experiments: Teyla and Castiel

[aesc]

*hugs to girlnamedpixley!*



Aside from sharpening, gaussian blurring, and one or two other things, I've never really used any of Photoshop's filters. But there is a rather simple, yet cunning, way to turn a photograph into something more painterly by using the Find Edges function under the 'Stylize' filter to get that penstroke/fine brushpoint outline effect. I tried it out on Teyla first, because 1.) Teyla is gorgeous, and 2.) the colors in this particular scene from "Kindred I" are, IMHO, some of the best in SGA, period. For a first attempt, I'm pretty happy with it!

I also revisited the 4.16 cap in my header, because of how it is awesome. The actual version is 1000px wide, and so is behind the cut.






In this one I discovered the Trace Contour function, which is vaguely... pointillist-y? I ended up piling a whole lot of crap on top and a lot of Pattern Stamp layers.

Okay, no more coherence from me tonight *fallover*

Comments

[beadattitude.livejournal.com]

They are both beautiful, but the Castiel one is just breathtaking, somehow. I don't know why, but it is.

[aesc.livejournal.com]

*smooches you!!* Thank you! Weirdly, I am inclined to go with Teyla more, because I've never really felt comfortable with really vibrant, saturated colors in large pieces (icons, fine). Also, if they made a non-maternity version of her top, I would be all over it XD