After completing the three photos for the Photo Restoration Assignment I was relieved and decided to take a well deserved break, until I was told I had to produce 2 more assignments by Friday (the horror!!!). So I was quickly forced back to work once again after a very short break.
The next assignment we were given was Disappear. In this assignment we were to find a picture (from online, magazines, or using the templates provided on the computer), then using Photoshop Elements, we were suppose to make something vanish from the picture (with the stamp tool) as if it was never there to begin with.
With the time constraints and me being in a bit of a rush, I found a picture online of the Simpsons (the cartoon) and quickly got to work. First I originally planned to get rid of the whole Simpson family. But again due to the time I decided to only get rid of Lisa, Bart, Maggie, and Marge (since removing Homer was going to take longer than I have time for because of the tube he’s floating on, and the beer he has in both hands).
I started with Lisa. Using a large stamp tool I took pixels from the large brown rock behind her and easily removed her head, her right arm and a large chunk of her left arm. I left the bottle of sunscreen she was holding for later, and then moved to her body. I got rid of her stomach but saved the outline of the stomach and merged it with the rock. This created another rock that I used to make the picture more natural. Then I moved to her leg and feet. These were tricky since her leg was blocking the grass and the rock, and her foot was in the water. I started with her leg. I carefully removed the part of her leg that was covering the grass, by using a medium sized stamp tool. Then I worked on her leg/ foot that was touching the water. This took some time since I had to remake the little ring that was half cut off by her foot (using a smaller stamp tool to clean it up and make it look more natural). Next I moved to her other leg where I got rid of her foot (small stamp tools). Then, using the outline of the leg and the line that showed the leg was bent, I turned (the leg) into a rock and added the shading on the left side of the rock and changed the leg to match the colour of the rocks behind her. After all that I returned to the bottle of sunscreen she was holding, and using medium/ small stamp tools I sampled the colour of the rock where her head was, and made it vanish.
After finishing Lisa, I moved to Bart. I started with the corner of his head that was touching the clouds. Using medium stamp tools I sampled the cloud and used it to remove his head from the picture and rebuilt the cloud to the best of my ability. Then I got rid of the little swish marks that appeared around him to show the direction which he was jumping. I got rid of this using the medium stamp tool. Now came the tricky part. The sky itself had nearly 10 different shades of blue that layered itself in a certain way to come off as a naturally clear sky. The problem was maintaining these layers as I got rid of the rest of Bart, without disturbing the sky's natural flow. I took my time with this part. Using small, medium, and large tools to make sure the sky layers matched the picture. When I did this some layers crossed over and some were pushed below where they were before but it came out okay.
Maggie and Marge took the most time out of all 4 to disappear. Both Maggie and Marge's heads (also Marge's hair), where blocking the bushes behind them and both were blocking the grassy area, the rocks, and the water. I started with their bodies that were blocking the water, rocks and grass. I had to remake the rock so that it connected to the other side near Homer, and then I had to remake the grass. Next I got rid of the body parts that blocked the grass, and the rock using medium and small stamp tools. Next I focused on getting rid of their body parts in the water (here is tricky). I had to redraw the little water circles, and fill in the water again using medium, and small stamp tools. I left the hardest part for last. I slowly got rid of Marge's hair using medium/ small stamp tools and began rebuilding the bushy area where her head was. I had to Improvise at the far left where her hair covered a small portion of the rock. I tried to rebuild the rock and make it look more natural.
I easily got rid of the tube Maggie had in her mouth then moved to the top part of her hair where it touched the sky. I tried to get rid of her head while continuing the layered shades of blue and then rebuilt the bushy area where her head was. I used medium sized tools to get rid of her body and small tools to remove her feet (as well as the water dripping from them. Then I took pixels from around the water and fixed the area where her feet had been.
Next I went to Homer, who I had originally planned to get rid of (but changed my mind) and decided to get rid of either the beer in his hand or the beer floating beneath his arm. I attempted both and found both results not so pleasing so I gave up trying to make Homer or any items he had or was on disappear and left him there in my final Image.
After finishing Lisa, I moved to Bart. I started with the corner of his head that was touching the clouds. Using medium stamp tools I sampled the cloud and used it to remove his head from the picture and rebuilt the cloud to the best of my ability. Then I got rid of the little swish marks that appeared around him to show the direction which he was jumping. I got rid of this using the medium stamp tool. Now came the tricky part. The sky itself had nearly 10 different shades of blue that layered itself in a certain way to come off as a naturally clear sky. The problem was maintaining these layers as I got rid of the rest of Bart, without disturbing the sky's natural flow. I took my time with this part. Using small, medium, and large tools to make sure the sky layers matched the picture. When I did this some layers crossed over and some were pushed below where they were before but it came out okay.
Maggie and Marge took the most time out of all 4 to disappear. Both Maggie and Marge's heads (also Marge's hair), where blocking the bushes behind them and both were blocking the grassy area, the rocks, and the water. I started with their bodies that were blocking the water, rocks and grass. I had to remake the rock so that it connected to the other side near Homer, and then I had to remake the grass. Next I got rid of the body parts that blocked the grass, and the rock using medium and small stamp tools. Next I focused on getting rid of their body parts in the water (here is tricky). I had to redraw the little water circles, and fill in the water again using medium, and small stamp tools. I left the hardest part for last. I slowly got rid of Marge's hair using medium/ small stamp tools and began rebuilding the bushy area where her head was. I had to Improvise at the far left where her hair covered a small portion of the rock. I tried to rebuild the rock and make it look more natural.
I easily got rid of the tube Maggie had in her mouth then moved to the top part of her hair where it touched the sky. I tried to get rid of her head while continuing the layered shades of blue and then rebuilt the bushy area where her head was. I used medium sized tools to get rid of her body and small tools to remove her feet (as well as the water dripping from them. Then I took pixels from around the water and fixed the area where her feet had been.
Next I went to Homer, who I had originally planned to get rid of (but changed my mind) and decided to get rid of either the beer in his hand or the beer floating beneath his arm. I attempted both and found both results not so pleasing so I gave up trying to make Homer or any items he had or was on disappear and left him there in my final Image.
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