Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
Lesson 41 from: Creating a Fine Art SeriesBrooke Shaden
Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
Lesson 41 from: Creating a Fine Art SeriesBrooke Shaden
Lesson Info
41. Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
Lessons
Class Introduction
07:25 2Overview of Brooke’s Journey
20:13 3Your Timeline is Nonlinear
05:37 4Using Curiosity and Intention to Build Your Career
03:26 5What Factors Dictate Growth
08:24 6Organic Growth vs. Forced Growth
05:18 7Niche Branding
04:57 8Brooke’s Artistic Evolution and Timeline
24:27How Can You Get Ahead if You Feel Behind?
10:02 10Ideation and Conceptualization to Identify Meaning in Your Art
05:54 11Idea Fluency
10:33 12How to Represent an Idea
07:01 13How to Innovate an Idea
07:07 14Creating a Dialogue With Your Art
05:48 15Conceptualization For a Series vs. a Single Image
03:43 16Transforming a Single Image Into a Series
03:12 17How to Tell a Story in a Series
03:28 18How to Create Costumes From Fabric
07:20 19Brooke’s Most Useful Costumes
02:19 20Using Paint and Clay as Texture in an Image
02:56 21Create Physical Elements in an Image
10:22 22Shooting for a Fine Art Series
05:45 23Conceptualization: Flowery Fish Bowl in the Desert
04:08 24Wardrobe and Texture
04:54 25Posing for the Story
05:32 26Choosing an Image
01:23 27Conceptualization: Rainy Plexiglass
11:34 28Posing for the Story
04:17 29Creating Backlight
02:37 30Photo Shoot #1 - Creating a Simple Composite
17:51 31Photo Shoot #2 - Creating a Dynamic Composite
06:31 32Photo Shoot #3 - Creating a Storytelling Composite
07:40 33Shooting the Background Images
06:14 34Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Working With Backgrounds
24:35 35Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Retouching the Subject
04:20 36Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Color Grading
02:45 37Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Floor Replacement Texture
15:24 38Editing Samsara Shoot #1 - Final Adjustments
03:21 39Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Cropping and Editing Backgrounds
05:25 40Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Selective Adjustments
03:55 41Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
03:21 42Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Compositing Models
06:58 43Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Expanding Rooms
02:17 44Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Color
02:47 45Editing Composite Shoot #1 - Selective Exposure
04:04 46Editing Composite Shoot #2- Masking Into Backgrounds
10:45 47Editing Composite Shoot #2- Creating Rooms in Photoshop
06:11 48Editing Composite Shoot #2- Compositing Hair
05:07 49Editing Composite Shoot #2- Global Adjustments
04:49 50Editing Composite Shoot #3- Blending Composite Elements
05:00 51Editing Composite Shoot #3- Advanced Compositing
08:46 52Editing Composite Shoot #3- Cleanup
03:34 53Materials for Alternative Processes
06:20 54Oil Painting on Prints
05:41 55Encaustic Wax on Prints
03:14 56Failure vs. Sell Out
05:14 57Create Art You Love and Bring an Audience To You
03:35 58Branding Yourself Into a Story
05:40 59The Artistic Narrative
05:26 60Get People to Care About Your Story
03:36 61Get People to Buy Your Story
11:36 62Getting Galleries and Publishers to Take Notice
03:41 63Pricing For Commissions
06:43 64Original Prints vs. Limited Edition Prints vs. Open Edition Prints
02:11 65Class Outro
01:00 66Live Premiere
16:14 67Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 1
04:41 68Live Premiere: Layers of Depth 2
07:12 69Live Premiere: Q&A
16:10 70Live Premiere: Photo Critique
47:33Lesson Info
Editing Samsara Shoot #2 - Adding Texture + Fine Tuning
I think that I'm going to add texture because that's one of the hallmarks of the Siri's. So I'm making sure Thio keep that consistent. So I'm going to find my textures. And now I'm thinking, What's the best texture for this? So let's just take a look at some of the options here. I'm quite a fan of this one, and what I'm really going for is either a dripping effect because we have so much water dripping or kind of a painterly, clouded effect for the background. And I think I'm gonna go with this one. I'm really inspired by that texture. So let's bring that one in, see if we can add it to the background because we're creating a lot of abstraction in this image. So this texture is gonna really help make it abstract. I think it's gonna be beautiful again. I like the bottom better than the top, so I'm gonna flip it to where the head is. And that way you're gonna pay more attention to that area that I want you to pay attention to. So I flipped it vertically again. We'll try, lighten, lower t...
he opacity on it, and I think this just made it next level. So I'm very excited about this. You know, if you wanted it to take on the same properties, the texture as the color that you've already added, you can always just move that layer down so that it does have those same color properties. So that's what I'm going to do there. Let's try changing the contrast and the darkness on it because it's taking up a lot of your eye right now, and I want to make sure the darkness fits. I think that's pretty phenomenal. I am so happy with how this is turning out and makes me want to just zoom in a little bit more so we can see the details. As we zoom in, you can see that there is so much to look at, and I want to really highlight where the eyes are and especially the edge of the lip. And this is just another step right. We're pulling back, saying What happens next zooming in saying, Where can I add detail to the Siri's to create visual interest and where I can add that detail right now is in the facial features, so I've clicked back on my background layer where the subject is, and I'm going to use the burn tool to do this. Right now, I am just going to make it pretty tiny. Take the exposure into the 20 to 30% range and I wanna add wherever there's a shadow. I want to exacerbate that shadow on her eyes on the lip so that your I really, really goes to those areas. And it's very, very clear where I want you to look when you reach the mouth and the eyes in this image. So you see what that just did. If I just click that on and off, you can see on the I adding in adding in where I want you to look. So I think this looks phenomenal. I'm so excited. I'm going to do one more big curve layer just going to take away the black point. I'm going to make it overall a little bit darker, added a little bit of contrast and I think that that looks wonderful. So let's hit save on that and we're going to move on to the composited images that you have as well
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Ratings and Reviews
a Creativelive Student
Brooke never fails to deliver. I found this course superb from start to finish. From exercising your creative 'muscle', demystifying taking self portraits, and showing that they don't have to be perfect before you begin editing, to walking you through her editing process and how to price your work. Brooke's enthusiastic personality and excitement about the work shines through it all. Definitely recommended!
Rebecca Potter
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Brooke for this amazing class. Inspired and so full of practical knowledge, this is the best class I've ever watched. You have given me the confidence to pursue what I've always been afraid to do. Watch this space!
Søren Nielsen
Thank for fantastic motivating an very inspiring. The story telling and selling module was very helpful - thanks from Denmark