supercrunch

Hey, pretty neat Avatar pic eh? Too bad it isn't me. I colorized an old black and white image of Cat Stevens using PS and stuck it up. Though I don't even vaguely resemble him in appearance, but for some reason I really identify with him. I think everybody has a self-image that differs from reality, mine just happens to be in his image. Does that make me crazy??? Eh.

Yeah, it's pretty cool what you can do with old photos when colorizing them. The red gold and green faded background was accomplished with a gradient applied to the existing masked layer (all elements were part of the background image). I started experimenting with colorizing in PS a few years ago and this is the image that got me started (sort of)...



Alas, It's sad now that Bettie is no longer with us (though she continues to be a great subject for art and an continuing inspiration for others... )