9.10.2020

 

Photoshop skills- lighting and shading

Are next task was to recreate an image of an apple solely using shading but I can't find my final piece so I am afraid you'll just have to task my word when I say did actually complete this task.

Thankfully I did take notes, since my memory isn't very good sometime. 

So I first thing I did was in place this image of an apple in the corner of my

photoshop canvas and converted it to a smart object. I

 then edit the image by increasing the contrast then applying a black and white filter on top.

Next I drew a black circle next the image then used I easer and liquify tool to help better define the same. 

using the magic wand tool to select the apple shape and then added a new layer which I group with the other layer. Then with the new layer I used the fill bucket to paint to in black and applied the mask onto the grouped folder, this will be the layer in which I shade in the shape. I then invert the colours of 

the shading layer with Cmd+I (on mac) to invert to mask colours which will act as my easer and pencil.

I used the basic brush with 80% hardness brush and turned into down to 20% opacity.

From there I slowing build up the image by shading and highlighting the apple.

Once I was happy with my shading work I make a new layer under group and change