So, I went back and re-worked a few of the elements of my digital self-portrait. I had savedthis as a .psd before and was irritated to find out that once I saved it and wanted to get back to it on my computer... the layers had, for some reason, been eliminated. I made a mistake somewhere in there. I wanted to reduce the opacity of the glare in my glasses, but it was impossible to do this directly; I could have adjusted the color or saturation of those glare areas, but it wouldn't have made any difference-- my eyes would still be washed out. So I went in and took the background down a few notches. I think that helped a bit. Then i went in with the paintbrush at a low opacity and dealt with the white frosty little areas on the outskirts of my beard and head where I had pasted the head from a white original background that I'd been using initially. I think it came out okay.
2 comments:
Now the background complements rather than competes with your face. I like your color choices.
The background color change give a different image of you, like you might have a dark side. The other was more open lighter feel to it.
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