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02/26/2006 01:01:49 AM · #1 |
I've been really interested in learning this meathod. Joey Lawrence is a master at it. I just think it takes a photograph and gives it an artistic depth and an emotional feel to it. How is this done? Any tutorials on how to achieve this look? Is it done with layers/masks?
I've been posting quite a bit with questions about PS...just trying to move from standard editing to more advancdd stuff. Thanks for your help! |
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02/26/2006 01:06:00 AM · #2 |
| I'm guessing Joey could help you but then he'd probably have to kill you. ;) |
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02/26/2006 01:06:35 AM · #3 |
| haha, for sure....I don't want to seem like I'm taking his style...I'd just like to learn it. |
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02/26/2006 01:44:29 AM · #4 |
| Do a forum search for "grunge" - there have been quite a few "how-to" type discussions about it in the past. |
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02/26/2006 01:53:47 AM · #5 |
| Have you been to The 99 Rooms? Not a tut or anything just a really cool study in dark photo to art type stuff, and kind of a game to boot... |
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02/26/2006 06:02:49 AM · #6 |
You could also ask Jimmy - sjcarter how he did it. One that he did was put into an gallery show! :)
Good luck. |
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02/26/2006 09:27:42 AM · #7 |
Try this Google search on photoshop grunge.
Message edited by author 2006-02-26 12:35:13. |
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02/26/2006 12:14:57 PM · #8 |
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02/26/2006 12:15:53 PM · #9 |
Falc's Industrial Gallery
Here's my 'grunge' look gallery. I find the grunge look really works with an industrial theme well. Have a look.
Message edited by author 2006-02-26 12:16:25.
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02/26/2006 01:46:05 PM · #10 |
| Although it is the easiest way to explain, my little tutorial gives you pretty shitty results as it is based around someone else's action. The best way I like to do it now is to get pictures of textures I've collected around (such as broken ice, dirt, dirty walls, cracked floors), and put them in duplicated layers over the pictures in different blending modes. The best method is just messing around with that, have fun... :-) |
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02/26/2006 01:53:31 PM · #11 |
I read up on Joey's tutorial (which I found very helpful), bugged him with a few more questions (which he graciously answered), and played around with things until I achieved the results I wanted. Because I use MS Digital Image Pro 10 instead of PhotoShop, I couldn't use any of the handy-dandy plug-ins like draganize, acid, etc., so had to come up with alternative manual methods (although I did find a Mr. Contrast filter that helped).
I suggest reading Joey's tutorial and attempting to duplicate the things he shows with the shots he provides. It took me several attempts, but once I started to see "how" you bring the tones up and then back down it became easier to strike out, experiment, and find my "own" version/interpretation of grungy.
Good luck and feel free to PM me if you think there's anything I cand help you with. :-)
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02/26/2006 01:57:26 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by SJCarter:
...I use MS Digital Image Pro 10 instead of PhotoShop, I couldn't use any of the handy-dandy plug-ins like draganize, acid, etc., so had to come up with alternative manual methods (although I did find a Mr. Contrast filter that helped).....
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I have Pro 10, too. Can you describe in a little more detail how you achieve this effect with this software? I read Joey's tuturial, but couldn't figure out how to translate it... |
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02/26/2006 02:13:35 PM · #13 |
For my first "grungy" series, I used a number of layers of color sat, change hue, varying contrast, Mr. Contrast filter, burn/dodge brush, & adjusted lighting/exposure. Here's the Going Grunge Forum Thread from way back then.
Since then, I have gotten into using semi-transparent layers of textured images as well (things like lichens, rocks, moss, grass, etc.). I also use Aetherize and Meloncholy filters (they came bundled with the Mr. Contrast & Flood filters when I purchased them online).
I think the key though, lies in the burning & dodging - knowing how much, where, & when to do it. Do it a little bit at a time and experimenting with it is really the only way I know how to tell you to learn it. I tried speeding up the process by increasing the levels and found that it just doesn't work. You've got to slowly build up & down. The Mr. Contrast filter is also a big help - it adds texture and has so many different settings and variables that I still don't even understand how it works. LOL
Hope this helps some... |
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02/26/2006 03:09:59 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
Although it is the easiest way to explain, my little tutorial gives you pretty shitty results as it is based around someone else's action. The best way I like to do it now is to get pictures of textures I've collected around (such as broken ice, dirt, dirty walls, cracked floors), and put them in duplicated layers over the pictures in different blending modes. The best method is just messing around with that, have fun... :-) |
I think it is great place to start and I am going to try your new method next. Thank you Joey for the lesson. I leaned somthing today. Here is the first try. It took 5 mins. using a image from my portfolio
Message edited by author 2006-02-28 16:57:53. |
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02/26/2006 04:37:02 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
The best way I like to do it now is to get pictures of textures I've collected around (such as broken ice, dirt, dirty walls, cracked floors), and put them in duplicated layers over the pictures in different blending modes. The best method is just messing around with that, have fun... :-) |
I have a whole library full of walls, floors, rust, skies, clouds. They always come in handy as textures for images.
This image: 
has one rusty barrel and two stoney walls combined into it. I always take photos of any kind of textured stuff where ever I go. You never know when you might need it in the future. |
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02/26/2006 05:30:46 PM · #16 |
nice to have you aboard ;}
i read an article recently, mentioning how the photographer advocated the same. good advice.
Originally posted by kiwiness:
has one rusty barrel and two stoney walls combined into it. I always take photos of any kind of textured stuff where ever I go. You never know when you might need it in the future. |
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02/26/2006 05:47:13 PM · #17 |
I read this thread this morning and tried fooling around with translucent layers. This is what happened.
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02/28/2006 04:46:05 PM · #18 |
I tried out the Google Search and after picking through the tutorials I started to play around with a couple of shots I took last week. They turned out much better than I expected. I also spent some time playing with blending modes with multiple layers to help with the "grunge" effect.
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02/28/2006 04:55:57 PM · #19 |
Joey Lawrence reveals some of his secrets in this thread:
The Grundge look ala Lawrence |
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02/28/2006 05:34:55 PM · #20 |
Can't pass up a chance to show some pics :D
   
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02/28/2006 06:27:16 PM · #21 |
Here ya go - here's my stab at it. :)
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