Photoshop Portraits

Unit: Advanced Photoshop Skills

EU: Photoshop can be used to manipulate images to create interesting imagery

EQ: What new Photoshop/Selection techniques can you learn and use to develop an interesting visual layout?

Assignment: Using one of the three retouched portraits that you created, create two Photoshopped versions of your image using two of the tutorials below.

Objective: To learn some advanced Photoshop skills to apply to your photograph

Steps:

1. Click on some of the links below in order to see how the portraits were photoshopped. 
2. Choose 2 that you would like to try and apply the steps to your favorite portrait from the retouching project (if you do not like any for this assignment you will need to take another image and retouch it again before starting)
3. Upload two finished portraits to blog with reflection of new tools that you learned

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create a Unique, Paint Splatter Portrait

Watercolor Effect Photoshop Tutorial

How to Transform a Photo of a Face into a Comic-style, Ink Portrait

How to Make a Beautiful, Watercolor Portrait from a Photo

How to Make a Comic Book, Pop Art, Cartoon from a Photo

How to Transform PHOTOS into Gorgeous, Pencil DRAWINGS

How to Transform a Photo into a Dot, Mosaic Portrait

How to Transform a Photo into a Brick Wall Portrait

How to Create a Caricature from a Photo!

Portrait Retouching

Unit: Portraits

EU:

EQ:

Frameworks:

Tutorials

*The links below seem like some of the most clear as well as short tutorials that I have found on youtube but you may use a different tutorial if you find one that is easier to understand. Make sure to copy and paste the link into your reflection. 

Objective: To learn some basic portrait retouching tutorials and effect skills

Assignment 1: 

• practice 2 youtube tutorials on portraits that you already have or an image of someone that you can take in class and upload. I would like you to try one skin tutorial and one eye tutorial. 
• Post before and after results on your blog (4 images)

1. How to quickly smooth skin and remove blemishes and scars
2. How to remove acne in photoshop
3. Eyes! How to brighten, enhance, and change eye color
4. Advanced: How to change eye color (special effects)

Homework: Shoot Portraits using clear light in the eyes and considering composition and detail. Focus on the eyes of the viewer. If indoors, try to capture an image using natural light near a window. 

Camera setting: use your aperture mode (Av) and scroll to the lowest number settings in order to get a shallow depth of field and a blurred background. 

CS: 30+ images of portraits showing at least 3 different people

Assignment 2: 

• Choose 3 photographs (1 of each person) to edit in Photoshop using some of your new skills. 
• Upload to blog with a short reflection explaining what you edited in your photos.