Thank goodness for the Preservationists or we wouldnt have the French Quarter any more. After the second world war it was on the table to be demolished to make way for progress. Something very special and unique would have been lost for all time if that came to be.
ArtPlay Palette Portiere
ArtPlayPalettePortiere
New Orleans No. 1
NewOrleansNO.1
GoldPaint Overylays No. 1 (Retired)
LightLeaks No. 3
LightLeaksNo.3
FolotGlow Mix No. 2
FotoGlowMixNo.2
CoolGlows No. 1
CoolGlowsNo.1
Urban Stitchez No. 9
UbanStitchezNo.9
1930s photos from the Louisianna Archives
Process Notes: After blending two background papers from the Palette together, I placed and clipped the photos to the sized masks I created with the rectangle tool. I put the masks on Color Burn blend mode to blow out the light areas of the photos.
Using the Impact font vertically, I typed new orleans, placed and resized it to fit the page. I duplicated the solid background paper and clipped it to the words, beveling and embossing. I moved this under the photos in the layers panel.
From there I chose a New Orleans brush with a building front, placing it above the photos and over the embossed letters, to go up the page into the left corner. I slightly beveled and embossed it also. Then I added the crack brush to run along side of it.
I placed the gold paint overlay under the photos in the layers panel and left it on Normal blend mode at 100% opacity, adding a bit of color and graininess to the photos. From there I started adding the FotoBlendz and LightLeaks onto the page, making sure the photos got extra attention, blending them all in. I really didnt resize any of them, I just wanted big splashes of subtle color all over the page, especially the photos. Its fun playing with them.
Afterwards I started playing around with the title of the page using the Manhattan font and using the warp tool after I rasterized the font and added the CoolGlows and LightLeaks. I typed out the names of the streets in Traveling Typewriter font.
From there I added the stitchez, coin and a couple of more brushes from the Palette under the Bourbon Street photo. That just about says it all.
