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I created two different textures in Metabrush from a crayon drawing that my brother made as a small child. I then used iColorama to blend one texture onto a figure, and another onto the image background, for a colorful result. Using two textures from the same starting point makes for a good color match between the different parts of the image.
To make a piece I finished previously, I had used this photo from the Rijksmuseum website, which provides high-resolution images free to use and modify for any purpose, in their Rijksstudio.
This is the image I made in iColorama from the Rijksmuseum photo, using Form/Warp and making various tonal and color adjustments as well as Style/ Coherence.
I created this image in MetaBrush, in Brushes/Paint mode, using a medium-sized sGradient brush at 100% opacity. In brush settings, I set spacing to its maximum value, I set position variance and rotation variance to their maximum values, I left dynamics at their default values, I used a large value for Structure, and left Shadow at zero.
As brush image in the Metabrush step, I used this childhood crayon drawing of my late brother, which I scanned. (While in Brushes/Paint, to choose the brush image, touch the flower icon on the left edge of the screen and select an image from your camera roll.)
In iColorama, I used Effect/Blend to blend the pattern over the figure. I tried several blending modes and slider settings.
I adjusted the tone using Adjust/Levels. I used Adjust/EQ preset 1 for tone and color.
Using Effect/Blend, I blended the original on top of the image. I tried several blending modes and slider settings, including the sliders under Set. One of the Set sliders happily added white to parts of her face where she is facing the light, which I could tone down using the Opacity or Feature slider.
Using Effect/Blend and an inverted brush mask, I painted in the eyes and mouth from the original.
I made some tonal and color adjustments using Adjust/Levels and Tone/Enhance.
I created this image in MetaBrush, in Brushes/Paint mode, using a medium-sized soft-edged Basic brush at 100% opacity. In brush settings, I set spacing to its maximum value, I set position variance and rotation variance to their maximum values, and I left dynamics and extras at their default values. I used the same brush image as previously. You can see what a variety of outcomes are possible simply by choosing different brushes. I will use this image for the background wallpaper.
In iColorama, I added the background using Effect/Blend and a brush mask.
I exported the brush mask so I could edit it and use it to create a shadow of the figure in my image.
I opened the mask image in iColorama. I inverted it using Adjust/Channels preset 6, and I applied Effect/Blur preset 2 at medium radius. I will use this for the shadow that the figure casts on the wall.
Now I opened my image in iColorama. I imported the unblurred brush mask I exported previously, and I inverted it. I used Effect/Blend to blend the blurred black and white image on top of the woman. And I dragged the top image a bit to the right and enlarged it a bit, and adjusted the opacity for a realistic-looking shadow.
Now for the finishing touches. I applied Effect/Raise at very small size and opacity, as well as Effect/Sharpen preset 4 at low radius, for emphasis. Then I applied a lighting effect using Texture/Leak preset 1 in Overlay mode at low opacity. I positioned the effect so that warm light appears to be illuminating her from the left.
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