New! Introducing The Nature Splash Texture Collection
In The Nature Splash Texture Collection, you receive 40 fabulous textures - 20 with bold and exciting brush strokes and splashes, and the same 20 reworked into a softer style with a watercolor look. Inspired by the colors of nature, this collection will work splendidly will all of your nature subjects, as well as other subjects, such as architecture, human subjects and more! You decide which version works best based on the essence, personality and mood of your subject and the vision you have in mind for your finished art. See how I work with these textures in the video below, and check out the collection and some examples here.
The Daily Texture for 12/13/2015 |
Today's Daily Texture is a dark one, with the warm glow of winter sunlight contrasting with the cooler background. Perfect for your night time subjects or those which need a bit of drama, I think you'll find a ton of uses for this one! I used it as a background for this barred owl I photographed, and also used it as a multiply layer on top, with all of that layer masked off except the right side and across the bottom right, as those are the sides I needed to be darker. To add a bit more light, I used Topaz Lens Effects Reflector {gold} across the bottom, which illuminated her feathers a bit more and enhanced the warm glow which was already present. |
The Daily Texture for 12/08/2015
Forest Winter
Today's Daily Texture is a winter one with some deep pine green in the background, to indicate the presence of a forest. I paired it with another sweet photo of this adorable Chocolate Lab puppy. I used the texture as a background, carefully blending in the glittering frosty grass she was standing on with the bottom of the texture. After blending, I realized the texture layer itself was too dark on the left. See that splash of golden sunlight on her ear on the left? The background also needed that same lighting to make sense. This is where Topaz Lens Effects comes in handy. I use this module ALL THE TIME. It's absolutely one of my favorites. There are two filters in this module I absolutely love: Graduated Neutral Density, which can darken the sides, top and bottom of a layer nicely - and Reflector, which can add either gold or silver light to any edge of the image. | Like this texture? Buy it here. Commercial Use OK. |
Then I decided the pup needed some snow! Using several layers of the snow overlays from the Winter 1 Collection, I set them each on screen mode, and masked away snow which "fell" in the wrong places to make it look realistic. And now, this adorable puppy has her first snow! Even if it doesn't snow here in Tennessee this winter. :)
The Daily Texture for 12/07/2015
Blue Eyed Puppy
I just never know where I'll find inspiration for my next Daily Texture, but today's proves I find it in some very unexpected places! Today's Daily Texture was inspired by this sweetheart I met yesterday and also has been titled the same as her finished image, "Blue Eyed Puppy". This adorable Chocolate Lab puppy named "Delta" has the most beautiful blue eyes with a mix of green tones throughout. Not only did I have fun playing with this little fuzz ball yesterday, but I had fun playing with her today as I made this texture and then merged one of her photos with it. I used it as a background, and also placed the texture on top in soft light layer mode at about 30%. I masked some of that layer off her to maintain the color tones in her fur. And as I was looking through the camera card to locate my photos of Delta, I saw so many other photos I can use this texture with too! It will work well with anything with blue, green or cool tones. I hope you enjoy it as much as I will! |
The Daily Texture for 12/04/2015
December Moon
The Daily Texture for 12/03/2015
Chilly Day At The Mounds
Today I've also added a new scenic background to the website - Chickasaw Forest 2. If you have a lot of deer photos, especially those "walking away" deer shots like I tend to get quite often, this would be a great background to place those photos you might otherwise trash or let take up space on your hard drive. With a background like this, and with some masking work in Topaz or the software of your choice, you can quickly turn those photos into art!
Click here to see all the color tones this background is available in, and visit this page to see all of the scenic backgrounds on the website so far. |
The Daily Texture for 12/02/2015
Opalescent
Today's Daily Texture is filled with the glorious colors you'll often find in opal gemstones. I paired it with one of my simple egret photos. The egret was photographed on a cloudy day and the sky was a solid gray, so I didn't have to do any masking away of the background. I simply placed the texture on top and set it to multiply at 100% and just masked a little of that layer off of the bird's whitest feathers. Then I duplicated the texture again and placed it on top, setting it to soft light at 100% to complete this image. |
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