Sunday, December 5, 2010
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
A Person Who Is Trying To Work
At first I was trying to use only Emperor and Empress doll pictures but I only manage to find Empress doll picture with a good resolution. I was kinda devastated at first but then I have a new thought for a plan B to use the whole altar of dolls with cherry blossom trees at the background.
First of all, I create an A4 size file with 72 resolution and name it as 'Festival - Hinamatsuri' but I have to rotate the canvas to a vertical view. My reason is that I want a sort of portrait feeling for my e-wallpaper.
Then, I open up my cherry blossom trees picture and drag the name bar into the workplace so I can drag the cherry blossom trees picture into my e-wallpaper file.
I do not wanted the road to be my center viewpoint so I have to adjust the picture slightly to left.
Next, I have to adjust the Layer 1 which is also the cherry blossom trees background level by going to 'Image >> Adjustment >> Levels' to darken more the picture.
On the other file, I have open the dolls with altar picture and use Magnetic Lasso Tool to trace the line around dolls and use the same method as above to drag the picture before I have to resize it by using shortcut 'Ctrl + T'.
After that, I create a new layer beneath Layer 2 and use Polygonal Lasso Tool with black Paint Bucket to create a shadow below the altar. Then, I will use a Blur tool to soften the shadow.
Going back to Layer 2, I have to go to 'Image >> Adjustments >> Curves' to darken the altar.
Then I create a new layer above Layer 2 to make lamp stand glows. By that, I have to choose a warm mixture of yellow and orange colour and using a labeled '300' airbrush before reducing the brush opacity.
I create another file above Layer 4 and use Gradient tool with purple colour before I set the layer option to be 'Overlay'. I even repeat the process but this time I am using pink colour gradient and set the layer option as 'Screen'.
Back to Layer 2, I need to use Blur tool since the edge of the altar looks very edgy.
I start to write a text of the festival name including the festival date above and use 'Drop Shadow' and 'Outer Glow' to enhance the text more. To ensure that I will have the same effects on both texts since it is separated, I have to use 'Copy Layer Style' and 'Paste Layer Style'.
As a finishing touch, I have reduce the shadow opacity and lighten the texts more.
First of all, I create an A4 size file with 72 resolution and name it as 'Festival - Hinamatsuri' but I have to rotate the canvas to a vertical view. My reason is that I want a sort of portrait feeling for my e-wallpaper.
Then, I open up my cherry blossom trees picture and drag the name bar into the workplace so I can drag the cherry blossom trees picture into my e-wallpaper file.
I do not wanted the road to be my center viewpoint so I have to adjust the picture slightly to left.
Next, I have to adjust the Layer 1 which is also the cherry blossom trees background level by going to 'Image >> Adjustment >> Levels' to darken more the picture.
On the other file, I have open the dolls with altar picture and use Magnetic Lasso Tool to trace the line around dolls and use the same method as above to drag the picture before I have to resize it by using shortcut 'Ctrl + T'.
After that, I create a new layer beneath Layer 2 and use Polygonal Lasso Tool with black Paint Bucket to create a shadow below the altar. Then, I will use a Blur tool to soften the shadow.
Going back to Layer 2, I have to go to 'Image >> Adjustments >> Curves' to darken the altar.
Then I create a new layer above Layer 2 to make lamp stand glows. By that, I have to choose a warm mixture of yellow and orange colour and using a labeled '300' airbrush before reducing the brush opacity.
I create another file above Layer 4 and use Gradient tool with purple colour before I set the layer option to be 'Overlay'. I even repeat the process but this time I am using pink colour gradient and set the layer option as 'Screen'.
Back to Layer 2, I need to use Blur tool since the edge of the altar looks very edgy.
I start to write a text of the festival name including the festival date above and use 'Drop Shadow' and 'Outer Glow' to enhance the text more. To ensure that I will have the same effects on both texts since it is separated, I have to use 'Copy Layer Style' and 'Paste Layer Style'.
As a finishing touch, I have reduce the shadow opacity and lighten the texts more.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Creating a Layers
Step 1:
Go to Layer >> New >> Layer.
or you can use Ctrl + Shift + N.
Step 2:
A 'New Layer' box will appear then press 'OK' to acquire it.
Step 3:
The new layer have appear above the 'background' layer in the workspace.
OR
Step 1:
Inside the workspace, there is an icon that have been highlight with red box beside the 'thrash bin' icon.
Step 2:
It will automatically create a new layer and this is a shortcut way to instantly create layers.
Go to Layer >> New >> Layer.
or you can use Ctrl + Shift + N.
Step 2:
A 'New Layer' box will appear then press 'OK' to acquire it.
Step 3:
The new layer have appear above the 'background' layer in the workspace.
OR
Step 1:
Inside the workspace, there is an icon that have been highlight with red box beside the 'thrash bin' icon.
Step 2:
It will automatically create a new layer and this is a shortcut way to instantly create layers.
I Lurve Dolls!
It's like choosing a caramel tea or watermelon sorbet, life is tough.... really. So, after five minutes of mental clash battle... I decided to do 'Hinamatsuri' over 'Toro Nagashi'.
Brain Facts 1: Hinamatsuri means doll festival while Toro Nagashi means Lantern Floating.
Brain Facts 2: Both festivals originated from Japan... well maybe not for Toro Nagashi since it's kinda a Japanese and Chinese combination festival.
So what's Hinamatsuri?
As we know, Hinamatsuri is a Doll Festival or also known as 'Sangatsu Sekku' or 'Momo Sekku' or 'Joshi no Sekku'. Other meaning for their name is 3rd Month Festival or Peach Festival or Girl's Festival.
The dolls use in Hinamatsuri is for to ward off evil spirits and they are lined up on a platform according to their ranks in imperial palace hierarchy. This festival is specially for girls, families generally start to display the dolls around mid-February and take down the platforms immediately after the festival. Superstition says that leaving the dolls out past March 4 will result in a late marriage for the daughter.
Interesting Facts: Interestingly, they never mention if boys can join for this festival... :DD
Brain Facts 1: Hinamatsuri means doll festival while Toro Nagashi means Lantern Floating.
Brain Facts 2: Both festivals originated from Japan... well maybe not for Toro Nagashi since it's kinda a Japanese and Chinese combination festival.
So what's Hinamatsuri?
As we know, Hinamatsuri is a Doll Festival or also known as 'Sangatsu Sekku' or 'Momo Sekku' or 'Joshi no Sekku'. Other meaning for their name is 3rd Month Festival or Peach Festival or Girl's Festival.
The dolls use in Hinamatsuri is for to ward off evil spirits and they are lined up on a platform according to their ranks in imperial palace hierarchy. This festival is specially for girls, families generally start to display the dolls around mid-February and take down the platforms immediately after the festival. Superstition says that leaving the dolls out past March 4 will result in a late marriage for the daughter.
Interesting Facts: Interestingly, they never mention if boys can join for this festival... :DD
Sunday, October 17, 2010
A Mafia In Your Town
Be warned - A female mafia just arrived lurking into 'ya neighborhood. Her criminial ID is 1102700462 and known as Adila Muhammad Fuad from FCM family. Through recent information, she's creating a blog name "Ivory Shell of Graphica" for MCC0012 aka Computer Graphic 2 class. The rest is unknown as we speak but her final message says "I will be watching you".
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