Jim asked me to make a screencast to give a bit of an explanation on how I made Jack into a clown. Here it is.
Also, if you know anything about audio please listen to the audio and tell me why it sounds so terrible.
Thank you!
Photoshop Prompt #7
This prompt is a Worth1000 prompt called “Clowning Around,” and the idea is turn a celebrity into a clown. Here’s what I came up with using Jack (Matthew Fox) from Lost. You can click for a bigger view.
Evaluation: I feel very positively about this one. He kind of looks like Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls – I’m pretty sure it’s the bowler hat. I probably could have done better on the makeup and keeping texture, but I do like it overall. For the white face, I originally tried just covering the face in white and editing the opacity, but in the end I found that using the Dodge Tool set on “midtones” worked the best, especially in terms of blending around the hair. To get his facial hair to poke through a bit more I used the Burn Tool set on “shadows.” I changed his hair color with the Sponge Tool (no real planning there, just going for it), and when it turned out green on the sides I just desaturated it. This was probably the most that I’ve ever used the pen tool (usually I just import stuff I draw from Illustrator). I also used a fair number of brushes that I’ll credit. I’m not going to lie, Jim, I was finishing this up during class. I was really excited to finish it! This took me about three hours or so – I didn’t really go in with a plan so I wasted a lot of time.
Also, if you check out the original image, I also had to erase the ear piece and the pin in his suit. That was a bit time consuming but I always love clone stamping stuff.
I had some major problems with the nose, but I think I finally worked it out. It’s still my least favorite part, though.
Thanks to…
Images:
Photomish Dan for the hat
Heartlover1717 for the balloons
Radek Bedna?Ãk for the nose
Brushes:
