Simple Grafix

Elisha Cuthbert Signature

by 3hmoob

Here is the signature we will be making today:

First open a new canvas and place in your Render/Stock

Now, with your Gradient Tool Choose a color with White and a color from your Render/Stock Image.

After this, Smudge the your focal a bit. Use a slight scatter effect and work from your renders edges out. If you smudge too much add another render on top.

Shoot for something like this…or what looks good to you.

Select a C4D and place it behind the render/stock and set the blending of that layer to overlay. Reduce the opacity if needed:

Next we’ll add a line C4D render like this:

Set the blending to Multiply and erase the unwanted parts

Select another C4D, set the blending mode to screen and reduce opacity if needed. Erase any un-wanted parts.

Try and position this C4D on her left shoulder to give a nice effect and helps with the blending.

Add another to her Right shoulder, set blending to screen.

Add in a Gradient Map:

Set it to Lighten and drop the opacity to 50%

Add in more C4D’s near the shoulders, set the blending on the C4D’s you add to Difference.

Don’t worry that it looks bad now, we will fix it up!

Add a violet to orange Gradient Map:

Set this to screen and 40% opacity.

Using a soft brush, select a color from your render/stock and lightly brush in areas that need some highlighting. I selected the areas off her shoulders and the C4D’s in the background. Set this layer to Soft Light.

Add another Gradient map:

Set the Gradient Map to Saturation and drop the opacity to 40%.

If you feel you need to add more highlighting then select a color and lightly brush the area to enhance it a bit and bring it out. I left mine as is and didn’t feel it needed more.

Next add another gradient map: This is to turn the image to grayscale.

Leave the blending as is: Normal, 100%

Anywhere that you want to bring the color out erase, I chose just the lips and ear ring.

Time to add your Text and a border and you’re finished!

Here’s my final:

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