Rajacenna Draws Celebrity Portraits Rajacenna is an 18-year-old self-taught artist from the Netherlands who draws the most realistic portraits I have ever seen, using only pencils. I’m a big fan of realistic drawings, and I’ve previously featured amazing works like the pencil drawings of Paul Lung, the ballpoint pen portraits of Juan Francisco Casas, or Cristina Penescu’s detailed scratchboard masterpieces, but at only 18 years of age Rajacenna is in a league of her own. Born in 1993, she started modelling for various Dutch companies when she was only 4, and at 5 years old she made her first appearance on television. She only took up drawing in 2009, and although she had never taken any art classes she produced some stunning pieces. When she first started drawing, Rajacenna would complete one of her pieces in about 20 minutes, but the more her skills improved the longer it took her to finish her increasingly detailed masterpieces. Reddit Stumble
How to Create Scotch Tape in Photoshop Welcome to PhotoshopStar.com! If you find this site useful, you might want to subscribe to our free newsletter for updates on our new Photoshop Tutorials and Articles. Are you interested in learning how to make realistic Scotch tape by using Photoshop tools? Final Image Preview Resources Annestown Scenery Step 1 First of all create a new document sized 600 x 400 pixels. Step 2 Open a photo and copy it to your canvas. Apply Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options to this layer. Step 3 Now we are going to create the Scotch tape. Remove the selection with Ctrl+D. Gently erase the edges to achieve a similar result to that shown below. Set the opacity to 22% for the current layer. Time to add some defects to make our Scotch tape look realistic. Looks better now, doesn’t it? Step 4 To finish off creating this Scotch tape effect, duplicate the layer using Ctrl+J and change layer mode to Overlay for the copied layer. Final Image That is it – your Scotch tape is complete.
I feel melty. EDIT 11/5/2012: We are no longer selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop. We are now focusing on a new jewelry project, so please check that out and we hope you enjoy the tutorial below! Edit: We are now selling custom crayon pieces in our Etsy shop! If you have questions about commissioning your own artwork, please see the shop or email us at lightandspoon@gmail.com. Here’s our contribution to the melted crayon craze on Pinterest. Anyway! He filled in in with marker, and then we taped some saran wrap around a piece of cardstock to make a run-off barrier for the top of the umbrella. We pulled out all the blues and greys from three boxes we got on sale for $2.50 each at A.C. Then it was just a matter of putting the crayons through the gun–the pretty-but-stupid impulse-buy glue gun that barely works, so I didn’t ruin my good one. The hardest part was removing the guard and fixing the wax around it. Yay! Like this: Like Loading...
20 Very Useful Photography Tips And Tricks The summer is here so now is the perfect time to make a lot of photos. If you want to look like a professional photographer, then you must enhance your pictures. Take a look at this article because here you will find 20 very cool tutorials which will help you transform an average photo into a work of art. How To Make Digital Photos Look Like Lomo Photography In this article, the author will teach you how to create lomo photos in a very easy way. DIY – Create Your Own Bokeh Bokeh is an adaptation from a a Japanese word meaning blur. Make Pop Art from Your Photos If you are a fan of pop art and the work of Andy Warhol, then this is the Adobe Photoshop tutorial for you. How to Turn Humdrum Photos into Cinematic Portraits In this photography and Photoshop tutorial you will learn how to add drama or a cinematic quality to a regular, humdrum and boring portrait using a little bit of fake HDR. Convert to Black and White the Right Way Photographing Car Light Trails Coloring a black and white image
Color Theory 101 - DesignFestival First impressions are everything. How you look and how you present yourself can determine how you are perceived. The same goes for our design work. The impression that our work gives depends on a myriad of different factors. One of the most important factors of any design is color. Color reflects the mood of a design and can invoke emotions, feelings, and even memories. Figuring out which colors work well with others isn’t just a matter of chance. Primary Colors Colors start out with the basis of all colors, called the Primary Colors. Secondary Colors If you evenly mix red and yellow, yellow and blue, and blue and red, you create the secondary colors, which are green, orange and violet. Tertiary Colors Tertiary colors are made when you take the secondary colors and mix them with the primary colors. So, now that you know how colors are made, you can understand how the color combinations on the color wheel model work. Complimentary Colors Analogous Colors Triads Split Complimentary Colors Red
The 10 Most Disturbing Books Of All Time In my younger days if I heard a book or movie was disturbing or hard to handle I generally took that as a challenge. Most books generally turned out to not be too bad, but occasionally I’d come across something that would leave me with a sick feeling in my stomach for weeks. I’ve largely outgrown this “genre” of late, but here are my picks for the ten most disturbing books of all time. Any one of these books is capable of leaving you feeling a little depressed at the least, and permanently scarred at the worst. I’d say enjoy, but that doesn’t really seem appropriate … 10. Blindness is a book with a truly horrifying scenario at it’s heart: what if everyone in the world were to lose their sight to disease in a short period of time? 9. Anti drug crusaders should stop airing goofy commercials that nobody takes seriously and start pushing to have Requiem For A Dream made required reading for every high schooler in the country. 8. Naked Lunc is another ode to drug addiction. 7. 6. Bleak. 5.
How To Mix Chalkboard Paint in Any Color We love using chalkboards as backdrops for displays and parties (like this one here!). So we were super excited to learn that you can create your own custom colors-and it's really easy! We first learned how from Martha Stewart whose tutorial you can read here. She recommends that you use latex paint, but we tried it out with acrylic paints with much success. Here's how you too can create your own chalkboard paint... Supplies: 1/2 cup acrylic paint (choose any color you like, or mix colors together to make the perfect shade!) 1. 2. Once your chalkboard has fully dried be sure to slate the surface before using it for the first time. Have fun creating any color combination you like!!
A List of Books | 623 of the Best Books ever Written Dave White Poster Batman The Dark Knight Rises A stunning hand printed silkscreen poster for 2012 cult movie The Avengers Only 200 posters were printed! A stunning hand printed silkscreen poster for the 2012 cult movie cinema The Avengers. This print is the rare variant edition, only 200 posters were printed! Details: Designer - Frank Marin by OCULIS Movie – The Avengers Date – 27th July, 2012 Signed - Hand signed by the artist Numbered – Hand numbered Format – 6 Colour Hand made Silkscreen on heavy yellow cellulose Archive Art paper Edition – Limited Edition of 200 prints Size - 27"x39" Inches - 70x100 cm Condition - Mint Silkscreen Movie Posters have become extremely popular with movie lovers and art enthusiasts worldwide. They have also become an exciting alternative to digital cinema posters of today and many collectors have directed their attention to these beautiful pieces of art. All these posters are hand numbered, limited editions and often signed by the artist.
Poster Batman The Dark Knight Rises Only 195 posters were printed! Hand numbered and signed by the artist. A beautiful hand printed silkscreen poster for the cult movie cinema Batman The Dark Knight Rises. Oculisstudio.com present a beautiful hand printed silkscreen poster for the cult movie cinema Batman The Dark Knight Rises. It was created for a special pieces in EU. This print is the rare variant edition, only 195 posters were printed! Details: Designer - Frank Marin by OCULIS Movie – Batman the dark knight Rises Date – 21th August, 2012 Signed - Hand signed by the artist Numbered – Hand numbered Format – 4 Colour Hand made Silkscreen on heavy gray cellulose Archive Art paper Edition – Limited Edition of 195 pieces Size - 19" X 27" Inches - 50 x 70 cm Condition - Mint Silkscreen Movie Posters have become extremely popular with movie lovers and art enthusiasts worldwide. All these posters are hand numbered, limited editions and often signed by the artist.
How To Draw Hands Tutorials So everybody knows that the hands and the fingers are one of the hardest things to draw. So here is a personal collection of different hand references, hope to enjoy it and never stop practice. Hogarth hand poses from Iron Giant (middle of page) Mickey Mouse Hand Model Sheet by Les Clark ca. 1932 Merlin hand poses via Deja View Hand drawing tut by uchuucacahuate on deviantart. Excellent hand tutorial by alexds1 on deviantart.com Mr. Useful collection of hand poses by Chrissy Fellmeth Collection of female hand poses by artrush73′s Study of the hand in minimal style