Here's a Quick Way to Alter Your Photo with a Brush Set: Digital Tutorial and More

Featured Reader: Thao Cosgrove

Layout posted with permission from designer

Thao's comments about the layout: I've always loved this picture of us me with my younger brother, sister, and cousin. I'm the older girl on the left, the one wearing the bright red dress with brown knee-high socks. Funny to think the two girls on the far right are now pharmacists! Where did the days go?




Created with kits from Scrapgirls.com:
Hana Paper Biggie
Sketchbook Pencil Brush Set Biggie
Art Journal Collection Biggie
Bella: Words of Beauty Brush Set
Bella Embellishments

Thaos used her Sketchbook Pencil set as an overlay on her photo. Then you can either erase around the silhouettes or extract the silhouettes onto a new layer above the overlay.



More resources for artistic photo effects:

Check out this great tutorial for Feathering, Fading or Blending Photos

All about using brushes in Paint Shop Pro (PSP tutorial how-to)
Using digital brushes in Digital Image Pro (DIP tutorial how-to)

Digital tutorial - black and white photo with color spot by Rhonna Farrer

Easy black and white conversion tutorial for altering photos by Sande Krieger

Digital tutorial - basic photo vignettes by Erica Hernandez

Coming next week!

Next week this blog will focus on creative use of fonts! Going beyond titles and journaling, fonts can be used creatively as design statements. Watch for tutorials from Creative Team Members Betsy Veldman & Cammy Plummer plus exciting reader features!

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Gift Ideas
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Creating Custom Papers and Elements with Your Computer
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Computer Shortcuts
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