Photo-Subtractive Painting Created Using the Pen Tool and Photoshop
When you are ready to move beyond regular filters try the technique I call the photo-subtractive process. There are times when the process is also additive but for my purposes, I believe the term photo-subtractive best suits this method. I developed this process by trial and error. I was looking for a way to alter images to look like illustrations. I am inspired by Maxfield Parrish an artist who created illustrations in an era referred to as the Golden Age of Illustration. Parrish was famous for the dazzlingly luminous colors he included in most of his paintings. I am trying to emulate that appealing color with my photo-subtractive paintings. Different color effects can be created by using various background and line color combinations.
Set the foreground and the background color.
How to create a photo-subtractive illustration:
- Materials
- Tablet Computer
- Adobe Photoshop
- Digital Camera or digital image
- Process
Set the foreground and the background color.