Posts Tagged ‘retouching’

Today’s Coloring Project: Ellen White’s First Vision

Monday, October 26th, 2009

It has sometimes been difficult to find artwork or photos for the series I’ve been writing and designing, “Our Heritage,” for 3ABN World magazine.

However, through a helpful suggestion from a contact at the Ellen White Estate, I found a collection of many archive images, mostly black and white. Some are photos, and some are paintings. Turns out there was a painting of one of the most significant events described in the December installment of this series, which was Ellen White’s first vision. I hadn’t expected to find something so perfect for the article.

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Rachel Oakes Preston Facelift

Monday, June 29th, 2009

For the “Our Heritage” series I’ve been writing for 3ABN World, I wanted an illustration of Rachel Oakes Preston. Unfortunately, the best I could find was the one shown first, below. I don’t have much experience with traditional art (painting, etc.), so the best I could do was modify the image into what I wanted. The image shown next is the result after retouching in Photoshop.

Rachel Oakes Preston, original image

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