Rachel 2 - Chiaroscuro

Posted by Ken McCoy (Orlando-Daytona Beach, FL, United States) on 18 March 2008 in Abstract & Conceptual and Portfolio.

A bolder treatment, and one more Italian Renaissance ...

Basic Photoshop steps:
1. Copied background image to a new layer and posterized as subtly as possible to create a rim around the eye's iris.
2. Copied background image to a new layer and applied diffuse glow; darkened it; erased eyes to revel posterized eyes;
3. Copied background image to a new layer and applied texturizer with cracquelure;
4. Adjusted layer densities to taste and merged all layers;
5. Copied image to new layer and applied spotlight lighting effect; adjusted density to taste.
6. Made borders, and done ...

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