Orange Heat

Here's another texture I made; this one is called Orange Heat.  Made with soft pastels, this is meant to infuse bright, lively bursts of yellow, orange and red tones into a picture.

This time, I wanted to try Orange Heat on a fall picture I'd already edited and texturized.  This is Seasonal Closeup - Autumn with Orange Heat applied to the already edited photograph.  I rather like the result.  Orange Heat was applied as a multiply layer on top of an already flattened picture.

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Using Olive Black

Here's yesterday's texture in use:

To create this look, I changed the photo to a basic black and white, added the texture as an overlay and added some light, to make the greens more vibrant.  The background was turned black and white to remove all the other colors of the branches - the browns and reds that didn't fit.  They worked nicely in black and white, and the branches that had been green accepted the green of the texture layer nicely.

Have fun!

Olive Black

Here's another texture, this one is a dark green with a black wash made with watercolors.  I like this, because it reminds me of the evergreen colors that return to a brighter hue after hunkering down for winter.  Like Spring Green, this texture is available for purchase with the Dramatis texture set through my etsy shop.

Using Spring Green

Here's an older picture of mine I used to demonstrate the texture I posted yesterday.  The picture is rather old - this is from when I first decided I wanted to be a photographer and was experimenting with my Pentax.  I rather liked the subject, this old statue in the ground, and it was taken at during springtime.

I desaturated the photo, then adjusted the opacity before adding the texture as a multiply layer.  Then I turned up the light so that the foreground wasn't too dark.  The texture is great for adding green and yellow spring tones as I did here, or can be good as an overlay to make the photo overall brighter.

I've made two more textures that are in various stages of drying.  There's another pastel texture and a watercolor.  I hope to make a total of five for this spring set, and I'll post them just as soon as they are ready.

Spring Texture

A while ago I got a box.com account for free, with a generous amount of space.  I wanted to try my hand at making textures, since I use them so often in edits and photography.

Here's my first offering, a yellow/green combination that is spring inspired.  Spring Green can be purchased as part of my texture set through my etsy store.