IMPROVE YOUR OLD PHOTOGRAPHS.
Combining computer technology and principles
of painting.
Between painting and writing I sometimes get
asked to do little jobs. When I begin I am always somewhat reluctant, as
the the jobs never seem to rise to my exhalted level of 'high art' and
I usually moan and complain. This is a good time to take a step or two
back and view yourself as the arrogant 'pain in the butt' you are slipping
toward. Probably because there is no woman around to bring you back down
to earth (not that they ever did).... anyway, I digress, the job was to
fix an old photograph.
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The photograph had been
torn into four pieces then lovingly stuck back together ... sounds like
the normal commerce between loved ones or family members .. then a marker
pen was used to repair the rips. I was immediately struck by the blandness
of the whole thimg, but stay with me here, even the delicious local mud
crabs I can sometimes afford come from swamps.
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For a little more detail ... notice how the
marker pen was used on the lips shirt and uniform.
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Well I fixed all that
just using what is called a smudge brush.This allows you to drag surrounding
areas over the cracks in whatever 'opacity' you like.
At this point I was feeling rather pleased
with myself, job quickly done, another mundane task bites the dust. But
I started to think (always a dangerous sign). I asked myself, I wonder
what sort of life this man had? Which war was he fighting and how do his
comrades remember him? Maybe he was a hero? Maybe he fought in the trenches
and saved the day, or at least carried a wounded comrade to safety.
Even if he cant pay me, maybe he deserves a little more of my time.
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Lets see if I can make him come alive a little.
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