Some, however, were
within my current reach, like this one. Despite what I said after my first vintage cover recreation, I'm back with another close up!
Since I have a red beret (which I love and wear often), I couldn't resist this one.
Some
people have asked about my photo editing. I did this one entirely with
Picmonkey. If you are interested, here are a few details, otherwise skip
to the end!
For this
image I had to play around with editing out the rest of my body and
whitening up the background: mostly using the "clone" and "curves"
tools, but the fun stuff was getting the magazine-y feel.
Obviously
the text adds to that, but so does the "film grain" filter. To get the
paint effect in the background, I added a painted texture and then
removed it from the face and hat (as well as fading it a lot to keep it
more subtle). All the effects in picmonkey can be applied to just a part
of the image if you like. And then I added the coloured bits in the
background. I used the ombre filter but the draw tool would probably be
just as good.
Plus there was a bit of *ahem* wrinkle removal, eye shadow, lip tint, and using "clone" to remove a cat hair from the hat!
Unfortunately a lot of these are tools you only get if you pay to use Picmonkey, but I'm sure similar features are available with other software. I also use Gimp, which is free, and has a lot of great features, but it isn't quite as simple to use. In most of my regular photo editing I only use the free tools like exposure, cropping, resizing and so on.
Another superb effort! I was wondering about free photo editing software, thanks for mentioning that. I definitely think the beret works on you like that. Cute!
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome and thank you! I would have always thought the beret like that would look odd, but it surprised me!
DeleteOh I love this one too, you did a great job! I even thought about doing it myself at one point but honestly I don't think I'm going to have the time this month. August is always really busy for me as it's non-stop vintage events every weekend. The UK goes vintage crazy over the summer holidays! xx
ReplyDeleteThank you! It's a shame you won't be joining us this time but I do hope we might run the challenge again in the future!
DeleteWhat a first rate job you did. It is perfect. You look so pretty wearing that beret. Red becomes you. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteMarilyn
Thank you Marilyn! That's very sweet of you to say :)
DeleteSo fun! And I've definitely posted this cover to my instagram, and I think it was my impetus to buy a red beret of my own. Great job with the editing, I knew just what you were inspired by as soon as I saw your image.
ReplyDeleteRed berets are the best. I'm really glad you could recognise the inspiration - that's good news!!
DeleteGreat job!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I wear my berets like that often in Winter, otherwise they don't do much to protect the ears! But it's a bonus that they actually look nice like that too. ;)
That's a good point. It rarely gets cold enough here to have to worry too much about ears, but it would definitely help!
DeleteThis is a super cover! Looks so good. I like the beret worn like that. Arsenic hour?!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
DeleteHehe. Arsenic hour is a rather unsavoury term for the time when babies are at their most cranky for no apparent reason. More polite terms are "witching hour" and, even more polite, "the unsettled period".
Thanks. How sinister!
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