Lighting a Giant Elephant

Downloaded source images from http://fx.worth1000.com/tutorials/161386/lighting-a-giant-elephant
using polygon lasso tool, cut out the elephant image, and duplicate the image to make 'shadow' and 'light' layer to make light effects.

Shadow

light

To remove shadow layer, add vector mask on the shadow layer which should be above the light layer


Select the mask, and using the brush tool, remove the shadow layer's image. Make sure that before erase it reduce the brush tool's opacity for smoothness.



To create the shadow of the elephant, pick the color of the shadow of cars, which is dark blue.
And using the brush tool draw shadow carefully, and change the layer's type to multiply.
And using the bright and contrast tool and the color balance tool, adjust its color to the same color of the cars' shadow.


Final Result




Tutorial link : http://fx.worth1000.com/tutorials/161386/lighting-a-giant-elephant

Blog Assignment #1

Artist : Adam Rix

image url : http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/03/29/adam-rix/#more-20450

Adam Rix has produced lots of graphic works and won many awards. He also has worked with clients such as Nike, BBC, Absolute Vodka, Cream, and Dr. Martens. This image was used for a Nike commercial. Many people think atheletic sport is just physical sport which is far away from art. They think other sport such as figure skating or syncronized swimming are more similar to art. But, coping and pasting a photo of a female athlete, he created a very rythmical and dynamic pattern. Also it is very artistic! This image was a great art work for an advertisement because it has a great power that can make people love athletic sports and jogging.

Artist : Kimiko Yoshida

image url : http://beautifuldecay.com/2010/03/12/kimiko-yoshida-2/#more-19494

Kimiko Yoshida is a Japanese photographer whose works are about feminism. This photo is one of her works that shows a woman who is colored all red with some gold. Red and gold colors are representative of Chinese communism which limits people's freedom. The lady in this photo keeps her head down, and closing her mouth. She cannot tell anything, express her feeling too. One of her hand, there is a small book. It seems like she is saying to us "I cannot do anything because of this". This work shows us the sexual descrimination in Japan.

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