Today, I want you to practice working with textures a bit. Textures are used frequently to add interesting detail to a photograph.
Get a picture from:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/unaltered_pictures/
Search google images for free textures, and save one that you like.
Open both the image from flickr and the texture image in photoshop.
Put the texture in a layer on top of the photograph.
Go to Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate to make the texture black and white
right click on the texture layer properties and go to blending options.
Try setting the blending to soft light or overlay or multiply for different effects.
Upload your final product here when finished.
Here’s an example of textures in use:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2181/2307395528_2b6cc61448_o.jpg
Here is a more in-depth tutorial on textures.
http://www.digital-photography-school.com/how-to-use-textures-to-enhance-your-photographs
For a week in my class, each day I posed questions on Edmodo. I didn’t give any direction in how the answers should be structured. The week went well, but it wasn’t very organized. I got a lot of very very short answers.
I’m going to add some structure to this, and call it prompts instead of just questions. Some of them will be writing prompts, some will be design prompts. I’m also going to set each day of the week as a certain subject.
Last night @cwgabriel asked for book recommendations. I decided to compile the results through the magic of twitter for my own uses. I figured I should share the results with the internet at large. The predominant recommendations where “The Lies of Locke Lamora”, “The Song of Ice and Fire” series, and the “Mistborn” trilogy.
Here is the full list for anyone interested.
The blade itself’ by Joe Abercrombie.
the codex alera series by jim butcher
The Magicians by Lev Grossman
Scott Lynch’s “The Lies of Locke Lamora”.
the Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
“The Lies of Locke Lamora” by Scott Lynch?
“Game of Thrones” by George RR Martin.
“The Court of the Air” by Stephen Hunt
The Song of Ice and Fire, right? (George R.R. Martin)
Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch or Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy….
mistborn trilogy. Brandon sanderson.
last wish.
A Game of Thrones
Discworld novels
Scott Lynch
“The Lies of Locke Lamora”
Innocent Mage by Karen Miller.
Dresden Files? Pulp detective wizard novels.
The Lies of Locke Lamora
@BrandonSandrson books
Joe Abercrombie
Mistborn trilogy.
Magician by Raymond E Feist
Assassins Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Scott Lynch’s The Lies of Locke Lamora?
Chins Could Kill - Bruce Campbell’s bio. Brilliant read!
Song of Ice and Fire by George RR Martin?
World War Z by Max Brooks.
codex alera series by Jim Butcher.
The Lies of Locke Lamora http://ow.ly/1o8S3 Think “Oceans 11” in a fantasy setting
Belgariad or maybe The Elenium by David Eddings.
The Song of Ice and Fire
the blade itself by joe abercrombie
the lies of locke lamora by scott lynch
michael moorcock?
Tunnels? (by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams)
“A Game of Thrones”
The Diamond Age? The first Temeraire novel? Gloriana?
The Farseer Triliogy by Robin Hobb.
Brent weeks’ “night angel” series. First book is called “the way of shadows”
Neuromancer!
Song of Ice&Fire series by Martin next.
Keitai Web
Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn
The Deed of Paksenarrion by Elizabeth Moon.
Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin?
Heroes Die, Blade of Tyshalle, and Caine Black Knife bt Matthew Woodring Stover.
China Mieville? The Scar is super dope.
A Fire Upon The Deep by Vernor Vinge
The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch, then Red Seas Under Red Skies, also by Scott Lynch.
the Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch.
the good soldiers.
The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson.
Mistborn trilogy by Brandon Sanderson
Elantris by Brandon Sanderson
George R.R. Martin?
Anything by Neil Gaiman.
Hyperion books by Dan Simmons?
@BrandonSandrson ‘s Mistborn
Vlad Taltos books by Stephen Brust,
Anything by @TheAuthorGuy
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I started watching Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. There are 2 episodes out so far, and they are quite good. It’s been a while since I followed something on fansubs, and this is definitely worth watching.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTjpjnrhSp4
I tooks a bunch of photos of my nerd cave and threw them on flickr. They’ve been submitted to the lifehacker featured workspace.
Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters -
The next book coming form Quirk Classics
