Digital Imaging: Assignment 2

Create a Text Portrait of the person you admire.

I love Hayao Miyazaki's work very much that's why I chose him. His work is so inspirational and always full of colors that's why i choose colors of rainbow for him. 

Steps and Techniques: 

1. First I have extract the background by erasing it and put it on the white background

2. Then I have go to Select > Color Range > Shadows. Copy the shadow into a new layer by pressing Ctrl C + Ctrl J

3. Again select the original background go to Select > Color Range > midtones. then make it into another new layer by pressing  Ctrl C+ Ctrl J again. 

4. Select Midtone layer and go to Edit > Fill > 50% grey

5. Select Shadow layer and go to Edit > Fill > black

6. Merge the 2 new layers

7. Create a new file and write down all stuff about Hayao Miyazaki. 

8 Use a rectangular Marquee tool and go to Edit > define Brush Preset and name it

9. create 2 new Layers and select one of it. Click on it and press ctrl + backspace to fill it with white.

10. press the second layer then choose the brush that just created from the brush menu on the brush tool.

11. Increase the brush size and print it on the portrait. 

12. Select the background layer ( midtones+ Shadow) and press Ctrl A to select all and Ctrl C to copy all.

13. Press the text layer and add a new layer on it.

14. Then press alt and click on it so that it will be white

15. Then press Ctrl V to paste and Ctrl D to deselect. 

16. Invert it by pressing Ctrl I.

17. Now I'm going to add the effects by pressing add a layer style > Gradient > Colorful Gradient.

18 Change the Text to Screen.

19. Then choose brush tool and change opacity to 30% and render the portrait.

20. the colors will become nicer and the eyes and face will become more visible.

21. Open a new background again and type out the words 

22. Then again use a rectangular Marquee tool and go to Edit > define Brush Preset and name it.

23. Choose the text on the brush menu and adjust the size and print the text on the portraits. 

24. Duplicate the portrait and flip to the right side. 

25. Change the colour by pressing add a layer style > Gradient > Colorful Gradient.

26. Change the Text to Screen.

27. Touch up a little and Text portrait of Hayao Miyazaki is done!

reference on youtube text portrait