Finished Painting Face Swap

This is the final version of the face swap where I put my face into Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.” There really weren’t too many changes from the in-progress one that I had previously posted, but I added a new layer or two on the face so I figured I should make a separate post now that it’s complete.

Face Swap

This is a screenshot of a Photoshop project in which I swapped my face with that of the woman from Gustav Klimt’s “Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.” I chose this painting because I am a fan of Klimt, and because Adele is very pale, so I thought matching our skin tones wouldn’t be too difficult. I took samples of both her skin and mine, the used the “curves” feature to manipulate the RGB settings in my skin until the two samples were the same. I then used that sample to make my whole face match Adele’s skin, then cut and pasted my face on top of hers, using the transform tool to make our faces line up. Lastly, I got rid of the edges in the layer with my face, then used to polygon lasso tool to take parts of her skin and put it on mine, making it look like my face was painted. This screenshot is probably pretty close to the finished product (if not the actual finished product). I might try to add in more texture from the painting, but other than that, I should be done.

Color

  • Grayscale:

Grayscale is the absence of color, so this image is just showing light and dark through shades of gray. You do this by selecting the “grayscale” option from the menu.

  • Monochrome:

Monochrome is when image has only one color, so I made this image all green. I did this by selecting “grayscale,” then “duochrome,” then selecting this shade of green in the window.

  • Desaturate:

Desaturation is lowering the intensity of color, and I got this image from selection “desaturate” in the menu.

  • Channel Mixer:

Channel mixing is creating a mask over your image in which the colors of the pixels are altered. I got this image from changing the amount of RBG in the red and green pixels.

Elements and Principles

  • Line – The path of a moving point.

This picture has a line dividing it in half, plus the lines from the vents going horizontally.

  • Shape – The contour of a flat object.

This outlet is multiple rectangles al within one another.

  • Color – An object’s chromatic quality.

There are many different colors in this picture from dinner, ranging from the white of the plate to the dark reds and purples of the berries.

  • Value – An object’s lightness/darkness.

You can see the lighter areas of the house in the top section where the sun is hitting in, and the darker areas where the house is in the shade.

  • Form – A 3D object having depth.

In this picture, you can see the depth of the person, as well as her glasses and the orange she’s holding.

  • Texture – The textile quality of a surface.

The soft, fuzzy texture of the blanket is visible.

  • Space – An object’s internal/external areas.

Here, there is the positive space taken up by the subject, as well as the negative space all around her.

  • Balance – A distribution of equal visual weight.

The logo of the band is spread out on both sides of the stage, creating balance.

  • Contrast – A juxtaposition that accentuates differences.

The drinks in the glasses are different colors and at different levels, creating contrast.

  • Emphasis – An exaggeration of importance.

All the different writing utensils (and Tide pen) are pointed toward the flash drive, causing the flash drive to be emphasized.

  • Movement – The directed path of optical motion.

In this picture, you can see the movement in the running water.

  • Pattern – An orderly repetition of visual elements.

The lines of different lengths and colors create a pattern.

  • Proportion – A scaling of objects in relation to each other.

The perspective of this picture makes it look like the Tide pen is bigger than the head of the person (and the pen he is holding up).

  • Alignment – An arrangement forming a straight line.

The sweet potato fries are in alignment, creating a straight path down the table.

  • Unity – The harmonious arrangement of visual elements.

Here, there are many different visual elements, however, nothing looks out of place. This means that there is unity.