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Pencil Sketches Tutorial Biography

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When designing user experiences with interactive surfaces, hand drawn paper-pencil sketches are a valuable tool for finding the right design; long before refining the work and getting the design right [1,2]. Sketches are lightweight and easy to create, and by varying the fidelity of sketches they can be an integral part during all stages of interaction design. This hands-on tutorial will demonstrate how to integrate sketching into researchers’ and interaction designers’ everyday practice – with a particular focus on the design of applications for interactive surfaces (e.g., phones, tablets, large interactive whiteboards). Participants will learn essential sketching strategies, apply these in practice during various hands-on exercises, and learn the various ways of using sketches as a powerful tool when designing novel interactive systems.

Tutorial Structure
The tutorial is divided into the following three units:

I will begin with the motivation behind using sketching as a tool for designing user experiences. I will illustrate these points by telling eight short stories of how other researchers' and designers' use of sketches inspire my own work – including sketches drawn by inventors such as Alexander Bell or Thomas Edison. The sketching examples during part of the talk will also illustrate the unique properties of sketches as introduced by Buxton [1].

Next, in the main part of the tutorial, I will guide participants through selected sketching techniques and strategies. These techniques are partially based on our “Sketching User Experiences Workbook” [4], but also include many other techniques and examples not covered in the book. Live sketching demonstrations and step-by-step instructions will illustrate a basic toolset for getting started sketching your own ideas. Some of the demonstrated techniques include (see [4]):

Sketching vocabulary: learning to quickly draw objects, people, and their activities
Sketch notes [5]: keeping visual notes of ideas, meetings, and other events
10 plus 10 design funnel: developing 10 different ideas and refinements of selected ideas
Photo tracing: create collections of sketch outlines that form the basis of composed sketches • Hybrid sketches: combining sketches with photos
Storyboards [3]: creating visual illustrations of an interaction sequence over time, and telling a story about use and context over time
Sketch boards: sharing and discussing sketches with others; running critiques
With a series of hands-on exercises during the tutorial and different provided templates, the participants of the tutorial can directly apply the learned techniques in practice (see examples in Figure below). A focus throughout these examples will be the sketching of novel interactive surface applications.

Finally, during the third part of the tutorial, I will demonstrate how I used sketches in six recent projects of designing novel user experiences for interactive surfaces (e.g., tabletops, wall displays, tablets, phones). These examples highlight how to apply the learned sketching techniques during all stages of the design process. I end the tutorial with an overview of additional resources and books about sketching techniques, and software and hardware for digital sketching.

Short Biography
Nicolai Marquardt is Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Physical Computing at University College London. At the UCL Interaction Centre he is working in the research areas of ubiquitous computing, physical user interfaces, proxemic interactions, and interactive surfaces. Nicolai did his PhD in Computer Science at the University of Calgary with his advisor Saul Greenberg. He is a former intern at Microsoft Research Cambridge/UK and Redmond/USA and received an MSc/diplom degree in Media Systems from the Bauhaus-University Weimar. Nicolai is co-author of the book "Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook" (Morgan Kaufmann 2012) with Saul Greenberg, Sheelagh Carpendale, and Bill Buxton.
Warning: May cause severe headaches! Consult a doctor before attempting. Requires moderate to strenuous concentration (Just kidding! —well, I suppose you can get a whopper of a headache if you over do it.)

First, purchase a large sheet of watercolor paper, about 80 lb. weight. Because of what you are about to undertake, the paper will take a beating, so thick watercolor paper will help prevent crinkling and other damage. Turn the paper and use the back side which should be smoother. If you are drawing a face, the smooth side may have just the right texture to help you simulate skin.

Purchase some cheap mechanical pencils, the kind that you can buy at the grocery store (see below).

Mechanical pencils good for photorealism

As you can see, I'm using 0.7 mm lead. I will also use a 4H, HB (#2) pencil and a Kneaded eraser (also known as putty rubber) for picking up graphite particles. These tools will give you precise control over what you draw.

Photorealism evolved from Pop Art in the 1960's. It was a reaction against the ubiquitous use of photography in media and abstract expressionism in art. I happen to enjoy both realistic and abstract art and don't see a reason to compare. Everything is cool on some level, I suppose. The one thing realism is particularly good at is reaching a broad audience with the clear message: nature is beautiful. In photography, even a tragic image can be breathtakingly beautiful. In photorealistic art, sometimes the same can be achieved, but with an extra human dimension. With this in mind, always strive for a little tension and conflict. You can save all the drama for your momma, but in art, go ahead, pour everything out --and in the end perhaps you'll capture something ineffable or at least your very best.

Okay, let's start:

The human face is probably the most difficult subject to render accurately. It takes years of practice to develop the skills needed to capture proportions and subtle features that make for a convincing resemblance of a person. If you're not a portrait artist, you can still use these techniques to draw other subject matter. A piece of machinery or tree trunk or still-life of any kind can be a beautiful and impressive work of art. If you feel that you have little artistic talent, you may want to try a simple exercise to shift your consciousness to the right side of your brain. Take a photograph and turn it upside down. Then try to draw it. You may be surprised at how well you draw. However, an artist doesn't necessarily have to be 'right brained.' You also don't need to be left-handed (I'm right handed).

Ideally, work from a very detailed, high resolution photograph with good contrast. If you have a graphics editing program, such as Adobe PhotoShop, crank up the levels until all the details are dark enough to see. Use your computer screen to zoom in on the details. Being able to see a close-up of a particular facial feature makes it much easier to draw something with photorealistic detail.

The first stage is the hardest part of the drawing. You are solving a difficult problem: how to create a two dimensional representation of a three dimensional object. This example is particularly difficult since it is a three-quarter view, and will depend on careful observation.

With an HB (#2) pencil, very lightly scribble the forms that create the illusion of volume. Draw, erase, redraw and erase again. The thick watercolor paper will serve you well as you erase many times. The key is permitting yourself to make a multitude of mistakes until you begin to see progress. If you look at an old drawing by a renaissance master, you may notice many stray lines, which reveals the great struggle that sometimes takes place as the drawing is developing.

Remember, this is not a classical drawing. You'll have to betray all your artistic notions about the creative method. Instead of organically building the composition up as a whole, photorealism requires that you work mechanically, This early stage of the drawing is the closest you'll come to a melodic artful approach. It may even look like a gesture drawing, loose scribbles, until something forms and emerges from the chaos. As you activate the plane with energy, use this time to express movement and emotion.

drawing number 1

Once you've made the drawing of the face, you've essentially completed the portrait. If you wanted to, you could frame it and invite others to appreciate the weight and linear continuity of the composition. It might not look out of place in a museum of modern art hanging next to a drawing by Alberto Giacometti. So feel free to admire it for a while, appreciating all the interesting lines and what might look like accidental or random marks.

All right, this is a photorealism tutorial after all. Let's get to it. Here's a close up of the right eye (image below).

It's been said before that art is a discipline of awareness. The most important activity that we'll be involved in for the rest of the drawing is observation. To put it simply, notice, notice, notice, interesting shapes. The more interesting the shapes seem, the more you may want to exaggerate slightly so others will notice them. It may seem silly, but the greatest joy in drawing can be falling in love with shapes. Shapes are formed by positive and negative space. Tiny details are like hidden treasures that you look for and find, drawing circles around them like word search puzzles. Below, I start off with an exquisite find: a rectangle and a couple of lines within the iris. Also notice that I've begun using the mechanical pencil for darker lines.

Early stages of drawing: right eye

Here are some cross-hatch lines to create the eyebrow (below). I'm shining a bright lamp on the drawing so you can see the direction the lines are going --so there is some glare.

Because this is a graphite drawing, try to work in one area, slowly expanding to others, being careful not smear the graphite with your hand or wrist.

realistic eyebrow hairs

Now listen very carefully Baby Puppy. You're about to perform a magic trick. Take the 4H pencil, which is a hard lead, and draw some lines with firm pressure. You'll be pushing hard enough to actually dig grooves into the paper. These will serve to create lighter areas that the dark mechanical pencil lead will not be able to penetrate. This effect will be similar to the negative space in fingerprints..

More work on the eye

Now for the graphite technique you'll be using most in this drawing. With a slightly worn mechanical pencil lead (just scribble on something for a moment), use the dullest part of the point to shade with tiny ovals. The ovals should be built up gradually, so that the shading goes from light to dark like a photograph developing in a dark room over time. Go slow, be patient. Use the grain of the paper to aid you in creating the illusion of skin texture. You have to decide when you've reached a shade that makes the best use of the paper texture and the graphite technique.

Graphite over 4B technkque

As you shade over the eyelid, you'll notice the grooves that you've created with the 4H will now begin to stand out (see below). These are the beginnings of wrinkles that you'll soften and add more detail to later. The skin around the eyelid is extremely soft and thin. With a youthful looking person, the eyelid wrinkles don't usually make the person look old. Most people are accustomed to seeing wrinkly eyelids, and won't question your rendering of wrinkles..

photorealistic grahite technique

Back to shape finding. I zoomed in on the eye and noticed more interesting shapes. These are reflections of lights and objects. They will help me to shade the eye, like drawing within the lines of a coloring book. And who said you had to grow up?

Drawing of eye.

Next, we add eyelashes by creating careful strokes with the mechanical pencil. You will want to apply firm pressure, so be careful not to slip, since a kneaded eraser will not remove impressions in the paper.

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Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

Pencil Sketches Tutorial Of Nature Of Sceneries Landscapes Of Flowers Of Girls Of People Tumblr Of Roses Of Eyes Of Love

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Photo To Pencil Sketch Biography

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I am an artist, presently, working in the mediums of colored pencil drawing and digital photography. Sometimes my photographs are used as inspiration for future drawings in colored pencil. Other times, my photos stand alone as a documentation of reality. They may capture a poignancy of person or place that might, otherwise, be lost to an imperfect memory. Often, my work reflects a new reality, which I have envisioned. A goal is to combine a sense of surreal with the real. I want the viewer to enjoy making discoveries while looking at my work and want him/her to linger a few extra seconds to ascertain what is true.

My drawings and photographs present simple subjects, but I infuse them with complex undercurrents. I like to think the work part literary. As I begin and elaborate on the narrative, the audience will supply the last chapter.

I draw on 30x40 illustration board or 20x30 watercolor board. Drawing that size with pencil takes many hours. My drawings are, generally, 100% colored pencil.
Close cropping and images reduced to a minimum of essential elements characterize my photographs. I print each photograph, which affords me almost complete control over the creative and technical process.
art bio
Born - Virginia
Bachelors Degree- Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, -Art Education
Masters Degree-Parsons School of Design & Bank Street College, NYC-Art Administration
Additional art coursework, workshops and seminars-Parsons in Paris, France,
Art League School, Alexandria, VA, NVCC, Manassas & Alexandria, VA.
Graphic Design Instructor- Arlington Public Schools & Arlington Adult Education
Colored Pencil Drawing Instructor-Alexandria Art League, Torpedo Factory
Volunteer Drawing Instructor- Fairfax County Public Schools.
Co-own Blair, Inc, Springfield VA, an exhibit design and fabrication studio
Founder and President, Metro Washington District Chapter, Colored Pencil Society of America
Colored Pencil Instructor, Goodwin House

publications
The Best of Colored Pencil III, Rockport Publishers
The Best of Colored Pencil IV, Rockport Publishers
Out Of Chaos, NVCC
exhibitions
Fourth International Colored Pencil Exhibition, San Diego, CA
Eighth International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Dallas, TX
Summer Exhibition, Children’s Hospital, Washington, DC
Cox Communications Headquarters, Herndon, VA
Explore This 2, Experimental Colored Pencil, Stuart FL
Winter Exhibition, Strathmore Hall Art Center, Bethesda, MD
Fairfax County Invitational, NVCC, Annandale, VA
Phoenix University, Reston, VA
Montgomery College, MD
Fairfax County Invitational, NVCC, Annandale, VA
Fourteenth International Colored Pencil Exhibition, Albuquerque, NM
Colored Drawings, Chestertown Art League Gallery, Chestertown, MD
Explore This 4, Experimental Colored Pencil, Brea, CA
Plus All-Media Exhibitions at the Alexandria Art League, Torpedo Factory
Ratner Museum, Bethesda, MD
Sandy Springs Museum, Sandy Springs, MD
Goodwin House, Falls Church, VA
Glenview Mansion, Rockville, MD

solo exhibitions
Glamorama Salon- Georgetown, Washington, DC
Friendship Heights Community Center- Bethesda, MD
National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD
HotCakes, Charlottesville, VA
Artomatic, Arlington, VA
Brittany Ramming-Ezell recently married and now resides in Harrison, AR with her husband. Brittany has been drawing since she was very young. Born into an artistic family, she has creativity in her blood.

Brittany can create a graphite portrait from any photograph. Pencil sketch portraits make enduring heirlooms to be handed down through generations. Sketches can be of one or more people or even a beloved pet. A professional sketch from a portrait artist makes a wonderfully unique gift for all occasions. Sketches are on high quality acid free artist paper. Standard size paper is used to help reduce costs of framing.

Brittany has her own flair as far as recreating photographs. She can make the dullest pictures spring to life. From retro to antique to even grunge, whatever your tastes, you can now show it off through her customized photo editing. Brittany has done work for many of the Branson entertainers. She has also worked with Billyhill.com web design company.
Ben grew up in Ivory Coast. He lived there 7 years, along with his parents and his 3 sisters. His father was a commercial engineer and his mother a Modern Jazz dance teacher. Everything changed when the family came back to Brussels in 1990. Ben was a demanding child and he didn't like school at all. He became wiser, more disciplined and a studious person later on, after a stay in a boarding school (at the "Collège Saint Vincent" (Belgium), from 12 y/o to 18 y/o). In 1994, he discovered for the first time that his energy, his fears, his emotions and his ideals could be canalized in "visual projects", it was the very beginning of a never ending adventure in drawing and painting. As a teenager, Ben had many other hobbies and activities: beside writing poetry on a daily basis, he played drums, piano and guitar, he also used to play basketball and to run everyday. His interest for graphic arts was eventually the strongest one.

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ben has a degree in Journalism (started at "Université Libre de Bruxelles" (Belgium) and completed at "IHECS" (Belgium) & "Utrecht University of Applied Sciences" in The Netherlands). He also briefly studied History of Art, Painting and Sculpture at "Hastings College of Arts & Technology" (England) but he is a self-taught person in Drawing and Photography. Through his studies, he learned several languages: French (1), English (2), Dutch (3), Polish (4), Spanish (5) and Russian (6). Ben loves languages because he loves communicating and interacting with people. He loves people.

PROFESSIONAL EVOLUTION

Following his studies, Ben has tried all kinds of different jobs but visual creation has always been his main concern. Since 2006 until now, his pictorial works have been published in famous Belgian and international newspapers and magazines (see "Press" for more info) and they have been seen by millions of people online. Ben Heine’s artworks have been exhibited in Belgium, Great Britain, France, Canada, USA, Germany, Turkey, Romania, Brazil, South Korea and Spain. Ben is currently represented by several well-established art galleries in Belgium and abroad, such as the Gallery Garden (Brussels), the Appart Gallery (Brussels), Start/Stuff&Art (Cape Verde), the Art Movement (London), the Next Gallery (Jacksonville), the Radeski Gallery (Liège) and others (see "Partners" for more info). He has also participated in numerous art events such as the London Art Fair, the Affordable Art Fair, the Berliner List, the Accessible Art Fair, Art Event, Music for Life... (see "Exhibitions" for more detailed info about the most important past and future shows).

PENCIL VS CAMERA

"Pencil Vs Camera" mixes drawing and photography, imagination and reality. It’s a new visual concept invented and initiated by Ben Heine in 2010. It's full of magic, illusion, poetry and surrealism. Ben published his first "Pencil Vs Camera" image in April 2010 but the series is the result of a long graphic exploration and a logic consequence of his personal artistic development. Ben usually integrates an inventive hand made drawing in front of a realistic background. There are several methods to achieve the same effect (see "Interviews" for more info). Ben’s hand is always clearly visible; it represents the close connection between the viewer, the artist and the artwork. The drawing is either in black and white on white paper or in color on black paper, while the photo is often very colorful, this amplifies the contrast between the two mediums. In this series, Ben likes to focus on people’s life, portraits, nature, animals, architecture... Among others, the main themes approached in "Pencil Vs Camera" are: Love, Freedom, After Life, Friendship and Nature. Ben says: "I just make art for people. I want them to dream and forget their daily troubles. I used to write poems many years ago, I want to convey a poetic and philosophical meaning into my pictures, each new creation should tell a story and generate an intense emotion, like a poem, like a melody". Because of their originality and the visual innovations Ben brought in his artworks, this series has had a huge impact on the graphic design community and has generated several buzz on the Internet. Ben says the initial idea of this "Pencil Vs Camera" concept came by coincidence while he was writing a letter in his family house in Braives, Belgium.

DIGITAL CIRCLISM

This is a project Ben started in 2010 as well. It is somehow a synthesis of Pop Art and Pointillism. In this series, Ben usually makes portraits of celebrities with digital tools using only flat circles on a black background. Each circle has a single color and a single tone. "Trends Hunter", the world's largest trend community, said about "Digital Circlism": "Through the use of graphic softwares and a whole lot of creativity, Ben Heine is able to create iconic faces from history and pop culture by drawing circles of various sizes and colors, in order to give them a dynamic and 3-dimensional appearance". The artist stated he has been making portraits for over 15 years now but it wasn't very long ago that he started developing this original technique. "As I've been working with digital tools recently, this came quite naturally, and I’m a big fan of Pop Art and Pointillism. "Digital Circlism" is a modern fusion of them". Ben takes inspiration from several photographs, then creates a brand new photomontage or a rough digital painting and he finally begins the long process of placing circles on a black background using image editing softwares and using his digital sketches as references (it requires between 100 and 180 hours of work for one portrait). In the people he chooses to portray, Ben often opts for celebrities he likes or admires, mainly singers or musicians, such as Bob Marley, Freddie Mercury, Eminem, Elvis Presley, Lady Gaga, Marilyn Monroe, Johnny Depp...

FLESH AND ACRYLIC

"Flesh and Acrylic" is Ben’s latest project (started in 2011). Ben creates abstract acrylic paintings on large wooden panels. The main idea is to create a surface blending the model with the background. Indeed, the particularity of the project resides in the fact that a living person is integrated in the artwork and is part of the whole composition. The end result is often wild and very colorful. Once the painting is finished, Ben takes pictures of it. The photos will be printed and exhibited afterwards. In this series, Ben’s intention is to give a new beauty and a new dimension to the life model. It's still an ongoing project and Ben is currently working on new "Flesh and Acrylic" creations. Certainly it's not recommended to cover your skin with acrylic paint repetitively, Ben first tried it on several parts of his own body, no pain, no irritation... Acrylic paint is water-based so the majority of the substance is not toxic. Acrylic paints with cadmium can be harmful because of the heavy metals they contain. Ben uses acrylic WITHOUT cadmium. Ben has worked with several models. A professional video documentary including his first "Flesh and Acrylic" creation (along with other works from other series) will soon be released worldwide.

PHOTOGRAPHY/DRAWING

Ben Heine has been drawing all his life since a very young age, he started being interested in photography later on, during his studies in Journalism. He doesn't make any specific distinction between photography or drawing. Photography has actually become one of his major specialties although he would never have imagined he would become a professional photographer one day. Ben always has a camera with him. He takes pictures every minute. He also spends a lot of time improving his images. Many of his final photos look somehow like paintings. Photography is all about light. The way light is used can generate a real difference and a huge impact in the resulting images. Light defines everything, the subjects, the environment, the atmosphere... Ben knows it and he always tries to remove all the visible imperfections to enhance and add a dramatic touch in all his pictures in a creative way to get the best results possible.

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Introduction
Gimp is a wonderful and powerful Image manipulation tool, of which I can only but scratch the surface with this or these tutorials. It can manipulate a large variety of Image types and convert them to most any format you may want. Besides the more obvious scale and crop facilities, it also boasts a large number of different filters which extend the Gimp capabilities still further. We will look at at least one such filter in Gimp.

Pre-requisites

Ensure you have already installed Gimp Version 2.6 it may be possible to accomplish this in the previous version of Gimp we don't know. Gimp 2.6 which at the time of writing this article was the most upto date version available, you should also ensure that this is now running on your Desktop window. With Gimp running, open a new Image that you would like to turn into a Pencil line drawing the image itself can be in colour but the Pencil lines may be rather faint and indistinct. There are many many ways Pencil line drawings can be perfected from, this is only one method, for the Images we strongly urge you to use large sized greater than 2048 x 1400 with a resolution where possible of at least 300 or more, use high definition images where ever possible.

Step 1

Load your new Image

Step 2

* Colours >> De-saturate

Turn the loaded picture into monochrome image you can do this using the desaturate option, actually having tried this, this step may not be necessary but as this accepted method works I have decided to include it, you should however take the opportunity to use whatever achieves best the results.

Step 3

* Filters >> Edge-Detect >> Difference of Gaussians...

This will produce an image similar to the one displayed below, do not worry that the square in the centre is black or adjust of the settings on this run, you can adjust them later if needed. The second image in the series depicts the pencil drawing created this is fainter than we would like but there is something we can do to this. What we can do is to duplicate the existing pencil drawing, to achieve this select the pencil drawing in the layers edit box move your mouse down to the bottom of this edit box and look for the duplicate icon, this has no effect on it's own to the pencil drawing. Be sure to select the top most image on the Layer edit box stack, move your mouse to the Layer mode option "Normal" this will be already selected change this to "Multiply", and you guessed it, it multiplies the two images together, this makes a much stronger image, follow the screen shots to assist you.

As a line drawing the method above works just fine and if this is an example of your completed image we can stop here. Essentially we have a very simple means with which to achieve a line drawing that mimics the original image or photograph, it is slightly more than a three stage process but not that much more. We can now take this image one step further and as you can see from the main picture above we can make the subject a bit more interesting by incorporating both the original image and the line drawing. So how do we merge these two drawings without compromising either image.

Something a bit more fancy

In our Layers edit box we need to flatten our original pencil or line drawing, at the moment the way the image has been left above is that we have two separate but identical images in the Layers edit box, before we take things further we need to condense this down to one image. To flatten this image to just one image you need move your mouse to the Layers edit box if Layers is not yet selected please select it, then right click on the top most image in the stack in this case called background copy and use the right hand mouse button and select from menu flatten image. We then import the same original photograph with which we made the line drawing from into the Layers edit box using drag and drop this places the original photo image above the line drawing. Shifting this image underneath the line drawing could be accomplished by draging the photo image to below the line drawing or as in the example shift the image in the stack by selecting the original photo image and press the down arrow in Layers edit box.

Now we have all the components we need in place within the Layer edit box we can think about how to achieve the blend of these two images to achieve what we want. To manage this unusual look we need to think how we might go about achieving this blend. We could make one layer more transparent than the other and achieve the blend that way, however this has two obvious disadvantages the first and most obvious is that as we make a layer more transparent it not only makes transparent the background but the foreground also, the second disadvantage is that it also effects the whole image not just one part of it. Clearly it is possible to obtain this effect so how do we do it. In order to achieve this effect we need to use a Layer mask on the top most image in the stack then paint with a brush for example in black the parts of the image we wish exposed or in this case transparent.

As we can now see we have not two but three image boxes in the Layer edit box where once there was only two, each of which can be selected as desired. The two image boxes that are on the same layer stack line are the line drawing and the and the layermask itself. We can now go to the tools selector and select a brush tool we must make sure the colour for the brush is blank and white the reason for this is that when the colours are used black provides transparency and white restores the line drawing image back to the way it was for the areas that are coloured using the white. After we have selected the brush it may be necessary to adjust the properties of the brush it's size perhaps should be about 4.75 this is adequate and circle for the brush shape, this It should be stressed that the colours that are selected do not get transfered to any of the images used but the layermask.

Be sure to have black selected as your colour and do not change the image stack after layermask has been added otherwise when you paint on top of the image you will have a nasty black line. Select one corner of your picture and move your brush in that area on top of the main drawing itself the lower photo image is then revealed.

Tip's and Suggestions

* Using levels of grays or even different colours on your 'Layer Mask' will alter the level of transparency when used to paint with on the layermask, so full transparency will be "black", meaning using the black colour will make fully visable the image that is one layer beneath the pencil drawing, using white reverses the effect back to the original line drawing. However by changing the colour to something other than "Black or White" you can filter the level of transparency for the drawings that are merged.

* In this tutorial we have only talked about using the brush which gave us a reasonable level of control, however any of the tools that paint with can used to equal effect. We can also use in conjunction with this the shape tools which are also available on the "ToolBox Dialogue". Create some shapes using rectangles, circles and anything else you fancy to mix and add character to the image you are developing with use of these shape grays and colours.

Summary

There are a lot of possibilities using layermask if you can master it, it is a little confusing I know (paint using black and it is transparent, huh!!) but well worth the effort in learning how to use it. This itself has a lot possibilities you could take a photograph of components in your car and make your own manual. All you need do then is put your car back together afterwards. This process is a lot of fun to do and not really that complex it goes a long way to show just how powerful Gimp actually is.