As I was leaving the convenience store the moody sky struck me, so I stopped and took a snap. Every once in awhile, I like taking nothing kind of photos like this. Its scenes you see everyday and just ignore as you pass through the same location. Like background noise you tune out.
ArtPlay Palette Elysium
ArtPlayPaletteElysium
FotoBlendz Overlays No. 13
FotoBlendzOverlaysNo.13
Take Flight No. 3
TakeFlightNo.3
Happiness WordART Mix No. 1
HappinessWordARTMixNo.1
TapedTextures No. 1
TapedTexturesNo.1
PaperTextures No. 7
PaperTexturesNo.7
CoolGlows No. 1
CoolGlowsNo.1
ArtPlay Palette Gentle Morning (Foliage)
ArtPlayPaletteGentleMorning
Photo: Mine
Notes: Creating 5 rectangles with the Shape Tool, adding a drop shadow and clipping a copy of the photo to each rectangle, I played around with the placement until I was satisfied. I chose artsy paper 4 for the background. Underneath the clipping sets I brought in the overlay and clipped a solid paper to it, changing the color of the paper to match the sky of the photo. Directly over the overlay/paper set, I added art strokes and a word art transfer along with the title.
Over the photo I added the cool glow and using a layer mask, brushed away the part of the glow that overlapped the building. I added the dimensional elements to the left side of the photo, warping the clip shadow a bit. On the right side I added a tape and blended to Linear Burn.
The birds were added to the mix along with the paper texture, which finished the page.