This time I’m going over how I highlight and shadow my pictures for blogging. The first part is a lot thanks to Berrys tutorial here. I didn’t use adjustment layers for shadowing/highlights that much before, but after looking at her video, I saw how simple that was, so do check it out.
I’m also going over a few other tricks I picked up over time. Enjoy, and remember, these things can be used for other things as well, like that Soft Light trick I do with the eyes, also works for brightening up hair and darker clothes and so on.
So, something a bit different today. I’ve been meaning to do tutorials for a while, and I have had people bug me to do it for some time.
I finally had a bit of time over this weekend and whipped up a few, so here we go.
First of all, you may need to at least have a basic understanding of Photoshop, since that’s what I am working with. If you are unsure, just go ahead and check out Youtube or whatnot to get help with the basics.
I will be editing this photo as if I would blog it. Im not going to alter anything too much, just cleaning the picture up, making it all nice and purdy without changing the look of the items worn.
So, lets get started..and pardon the English pronunciation >.>
The first video features the Liquify tool, and how I go about smoothing out any harsh edges.
In the second video, I’ll go through how I get rid of some of the darker shading you saw around the nose area, as well as how to use a Layer Mask to hide/reveal things on a new layer.
I hope those are a little bit useful, so..enjoy <3 and do let me know if there is something else you’d like to see/know. I am working on more videos, and will post those soon.
Yeah, alright, I admit, I do love taking pictures with other people. It is a nice change from taking pictures of only myself, and it is a bit of a challenge for me to work on someone else. So today I dragged my good old favorite sarcastic asshole Nogard Siamendes with me to do pictures. Seriously, that’s why we became friends in the first place >.> We just clicked as friends, and we still are after all these years. Now if he finds me too cheesy with this lil public affection I’m showing, I’m sure he’ll make fun of me, but whatever :P It’s rare to find people you get along well with in SL for as long as we have.
I had lots of fun editing the first picture, which you may notice, as it’s quite heavily edited (specially if you click on it to get the original size), the other two I just smoothed out a few hard edges and adjusted the colours a bit, so they are more or less as seen in SL.
On Me:
Skin: Glam Affair – Margot – Europa 02
Hair: [LeLutka]-CHERYL hair/Dark Grayscale
Eyes: REPULSE – Nocturnal Eyes and {D.A} Sinistre – Blind Grey
Collar: SiniStyle Posture Collar (D-Rings)
Eyeliner: PMD – Liners
Lipstripe: PMD – Lip Markings
Tattoo: ~Cannibelle~ Efa Tattoo
Piercing: [MANDALA]OKAKI face peiarcing set
Vest: (r)M~Lavish Vest~No.06
Skirt: Yasum*MESH*DARE YOU SKIRT*PITCH
Shoes: Opium Extreme AnkleBoots
Hands: Slink Avatar Enhancement Hand Casual
Nail appliers: PMD – Black and White
Ring: [ SAKIDE ] Black Cranium Rings PACK
Poses: Both are by Exposeur
On Nogard:
Hair: Exile Pulse
Vest and shirt : Razor/// Trekka
Tie: Razor/// Formal
Gloves: Razor//// Timberlake
Pants: Razor//// Jawbreaker grunge
Boots: GOS Triumph
Tatoo: Vestigium Scale
Skin: Tableau Vivant – Zero
Eyes: Repulse Nocturnal
I do so love to take pictures with friends. Blogging gets quite lonely at times. It’s always just me, standing about, attempting to take somewhat decent pictures, then me again in Photoshop. All me, heh, so I was all to happy to have Kinu join me in these pictures.
On me:
Skin: Glam Affair – Lulu 01 ( The Arcade )
Hair: /Wasabi Pills/ Lory Mesh Hair – Night shadow (The Arcade)
Eyes: {D.A} Sinistre – Blind Grey
Eyeliner: PMD – Liners
Piercing: [MANDALA]OKAKI face peiarcing set
Outfit with boots, necklace and tattoo: :[Plastik]:-Roleplay:// Ayra Outfit (We <3 RP)
Armbands: [Innoc] shell outer armor (We <3 RP)
Panties: [ SAKIDE ] Slide/Slide ‘em off Panties FU Black
Bow: [EZ] Guilded Bow of Jie (Previous round of We <3 RP)
On Kinu:
★ BODY :
Skin : Glam Affair – Lulu 01 @ The Arcade
Eyes : ~Tableau Vivant~ Galaxy eyes – Uranus
Hairs : /Wasabi Pills/ Lory Mesh Hair – Night shadow @ The Arcade
Make-ups : PMD – The Liners – Fatpack
Tattoo : AITUI TATTOO – Pretty Birds
★ JEWELRY/ACCESSORIES :
Ears : [Gauze] High Elf Ear =Jewelry:Bane=-
Headband : .:* LOULOU&CO *:. – Headband :: LUMAT :: Black
Shoulders : [HANDverk]Scale Pauldron.brown
Necklace and armbands : Illusions *~*Cord Wraps: Small/Copy
Nails : PMD for Slink Enhancement Fingernails
Piercings : (ni.Ju] and ellabella
Finally, the long awaited World Goth Fair is open. Or, as most of us merchants felt the day before opening “Can we have another few days to make more things, pleeeease?” >.> Hell, I know for a fact a few merchants are still working on things to be released by World Goth Day, but I’ll write more about that later.
The Fair takes place over two sims, Cursed (adult) and Port Seraphine so make sure you visit both locations and don’t miss out on any of the goodies.
The dress I am wearing is by SAKIDE and can be found on Port Seraphine, as can the jewelry set I am wearing by Lassitude & ennui. The makeup is by me and can be found on Cursed.
For the full list of designers and which sim they are on, check out this list.
Skin: Glam Affair – Amberly – Artic
Hair: (Chemistry) HAIR – Bubbles
Eyes: {D.A} Sinistre Eyes – Horror Edition
Makeup: PMD – Tili in black (World Goth Fair)
Necklace and Earrings: lassitude & ennui Macabre jewelry (World Goth Fair)
Nails: Slink Enhancement Fingernails (for default hands)
Nail appliers: PMD – Nail Hud – Goth my nails up (World Goth Fair)
Dress: [ SAKIDE ] Concubine Dress Black (World Goth Fair)
Armwarmers: [ SAKIDE ] Inkubus Outfit Black (World Goth Fair)
Poses: fri’day
Location: Cursed
