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At first I want to upload this picture in color but I think the color will become a distraction here, the wall behind is red in color my son collar t-shirt also in red so I think it will be a distraction for this portrait. Then I turn it into black and white but still I'm not satisfied with the result. I play around with the color until I get a sepia tone like what you saw here.

Then again I wasn't satisfied with the result, I think that my son picture lack "character", lack "personality" and lack "depth". I don't know whether you understood what I,m trying to say here but there is something missing with this portrait until I apply texture to it, then only I get a"character" that I want, a depth light and shadow and a picture that I can stare for quite sometime.

When I do texture for portraiture I will always make sure I turn the texture into "Smart Object" ( I use Photoshop CS3 ) . Smart object texture make my work easier. I know it won't be easy for you to understand it in writing, but the keyword here is "Smart Object". I will turn my texture into smart object before doing anything with it. Then I go to filter menu blur the texture 100%. You will asked me, "If I blur the texture to 100%, the texture is gone, no more texture". You are right, that is why I use "Smart Object" , you can get the texture back because it is a "SMART OBJECT".

Why I use "SMART OBJECT" simply because when I do my texture I don't want my subject face to be heavily textured, So I need to soften it a bit, That's where the blurry part come into play. When I blur the texture, I'm not losing the tone, still maintain that texture tone. Did you know, when you convert your Picture or texture into " Smart Object " and later on you do some adjustment with it, for example do some blurry effect with "filter", " Smart Object" will automatically create a "Mask" for you. So you get the Ideas then, what to do with the "Mask"...

I don't blame you guys if you are confuse because even my close friends does not understand it either, hopefully some of you will... :-)

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