Kayne West Photoshop

I wanted to experiment further with Photoshop, using the clone stamp tool and magic wand, so I took this photo of Kayne West and started playing around with the different effects you can use on the layers. 

For my magazine I want to have a masthead behind my subject, so I tried to write Kayne's name behind his head, so that he remains the focus.

I then used the clone stamp tool to smudge his skin in an attempt to make his face look more even. I ended up making him look slightly cartoonish, but I liked that he looked more animated. I also used the liquefy tool to enlarge his eyes and his cheekbones, creating a look that he is more defined.

I chose this background to cast behind Kanye. I used the magic wand tool I researched in an earlier task set for myself to remove Kanye from the white background and projected this behind him.

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I then cast the background onto him and changed the 'layers' from Normal to Luminosity. I really like this effect, as it creates the look that a light is being projected onto him. This is defiantly something I would like to experiment with for my own cover.

I then searched for another background and found a photo of a scratched piece of metal. I layered Kanye over it and found this gave a really dramatic tone to the photo. Kanye was in the centre where the metal was highlighted and this made him the focus of the photo, again something I would like to reflect in my cover. 




However I then changed the layer tab again, and thought it was just as effective. This effect made Kayne look like he was reflecting light, and he was the darker object, so remained the focus of the picture.

Experimenting with how layers are cast helped me practice basic Photoshop skills and using the levels tabs, inspiring me to play around with them in my final production.