playing with backgrounds

after re-discovering my

backgrounds folder

(experimental collages i made 2 years ago)

i decided to see what they would look

like as layers in some photoshop projects

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above a photo taken on new years day

(converted it to a b/w photo)

one of my backgrounds (middle, below)

some text and a ttv found on flickr

i used "hard light" and" color burn"

blending modes on the different layers

on the left alternating layers of

magazines strips and masking tape

in the middle random shapes of magazine pages

and masking tape with a layer of gesso on top

and on the right ,

layers of masking tape colored with walnut ink

very simple to create

i scanned and saved for future use

then just forgot about them

until last week

i altered them in ps

converting to black and white,

inverting and adding different filters

just to see what they would look like

the used same original photo as above

and added the dry brush filter

i used the background on the left

and converted it to b/w

then used the overlay blending mode

again the same photo

the background on the right

which i inverted and got the blue tone

added a ttv and used the linear burn blending mode

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i came up with dozens of alternatives

i posted the ones i like so far

it's been fun discovering different looks to just one photo

using three of my backgrounds
i'm so glad i found this folder!