Anna Aspnes
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Process: I thought of the pink that my bridesmaids wore when I saw this beautiful palette. My photos arent in the best condition, the one in the mirror probably has the best white balance. It was one of two that my mother had hidden away. I began with the focal photo, making four copies copies and applying a texture, watercolor and posterization filter to each layer. I placed a fourth copy below on which I found the edges and changed it to multiply blend mode. Then I attached a black layer mask to each copy and used brushes to bring back in the color. I grouped the four layers, reduced the size and placed it on the left third grid line. I duplicated the original and placed it just below the posterization layer and painted back in a little of my face. I then placed the layers of psd transfer_1 below the photo. I deleted some layers and applied a layer mask to several layers to soften the edges. On the left, I applied the same filters to the second photo, using brushes on layer masks to mimic the texture in the focal photo. It took me several tries to get the background even close to the focal photo because the photos have yellowed with age. I finally desaturated it a little. Otherwise the process was essentially the same. I grouped the layers together and reduced the opacity to about 50%. Below and above this photo are layers from psd transfer 1 and 4. I recolored the little heart slightly and used it to ground the threads on the left. I used a mask to weave the heart threads into the word art. On the right, I layered the doily heart and shadow partially under heart thread_5. The splatter layer is above the focal photo, the paint below the rose layer of transfer_4. Then I went back to add layer masks and blend the transfers a little more into the photos. Im still not satisfied with what Ive created to represent what really was a beautiful day, feeling a little like I cant do it justice. But this has taken entirely too long and I need to let it go!