more layer blending

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I had messed with these gerberas before.

I added a layer of olde Englishe script, and the Chinese doll.

The script layer is between the other two. Its opacity has been lowered considerably, but no blending modes were applied.

The doll layer has a bevel and a drop shadow, and has been blended three different ways.

(I tried all the different blending modes, and these were the ones I liked.)

Luminosity.





Linear light.





Hard light.





Not very different from each other, but a bit..........

Nice to have so many options!




Ok. The first week-three lesson is about making brushes.

I spent (probably too much) time cutting out the black-eyed susan I used in the digital mix a couple days ago, and, following Marie's instructions, I turned it into a "brush." If you just click with your brush, rather than dragging, it functions like a stamp.

So here is my new "brush", stamped three times on the linear-light gerbera-and-doll.



Huzzah.

Note that I put each "stamped" image in its own layer, so I could turn them a bit so it looks more hand-stamped.

I had trouble getting them to join up, after that, so I could treat them as a unit (change size and opacity on all three at once, and also move them as a unit), but google helped me fix that problem, and I was able to do what I wanted to do.

Huzzah, again.


Not crazy about this as a piece of work, but pleased to be learning to do so many things!



Mom, I am thinking about you. I remember you telling me that when you were taking your computer classes, you went WAY above and beyond with your assignments, so that you would be working on something you actually wanted to have/accomplish.

Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. :-) I spent a REALLY long time this afternoon, pulling that flower out of its background.................

[laughing.........]


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