Portrait Tutorial: Creating your Cut Portrait

This is the final tutorial in my Paper Portrait series.  I know everyone has been waiting anxiously for this, so lets get started.  If you have any comments or suggestions, please add them to post.  Also, make sure to check out the newest freebie file…..Edgar Allan Poe!  Look for it at the bottom of the [...]

Portrait Tutorial: Photo Editing and Posterizing

The following tutorial will cover how to edit your photo before creating your cut file using Photoshop Elements.  This is probably the most important step in whole process.  I will try to give a general overview over the features you may need to use.  Of course, many other photo editing programs give you similar features, [...]

Portrait Tutorial: Choosing your Paper (part 2)

Welcome back to the second part of the tutorial.  We will now be discussing paper used in 5 layer portraits and helpful tips for converting your color palette to paper.  You can use this reference guide to help choose paper for a 4 layer portrait as well.  You can just decide on which end of [...]

Portrait Tutorial: Choosing your Color (part 1)

Today, we are discussing color choices for your portraits.  Once you determine how many layers your portrait will be, you can start selecting your paper.  I will be breaking this tutorial into two parts.  The first will cover 3 layer portraits and an intro to how layers are determined.  The second will be on 5 [...]

Portrait Tutorial: Removing the Background

The following steps will walk you through the process of removing unwanted backgrounds in your photo.  In this tutorial, I will be using Photoshop Elements 8 (PSE).  Don’t worry if you don’t have this program, as you can do roughly the same process in other photo editing programs.    Busy Background As you can tell [...]

Portrait Tutorial: Assembling Your Paper Portrait.

Hello everyone.  I have been making paper portraits for all most a year and thought it was time to share some of my knowledge I have learned.  Once you have posterized the image and created your layers for cutting, it is time to cut and and glue your project.  For this tutorial, I decided on [...]