Egads! When Photoshop and narcissism collide

I entered the bloggersphere to sharpen my creativity – I’ve found I need specific tasks to direct my energy towards, otherwise I end up reading the fashion feed and drawing stick figures all day. My blogging challenge up this point was just to make pretty pictures and to occasionally write a bit of drivel about my SL experiences and second rate opinions on fashion.

I received a notice earlier in the month about the winner of the Paper Couture photo contest, Eyva Matova. I was desperate to see the winning picture so I jumped over to her Flickr account to scout it out. I’m not sure whether it was this or this that won the competition, but both images blew me away, and I thought it was time to start upping my personal ante in terms of how I present images.

I found this image of Marc Jacobs from an upcoming issue of Interview on Perez Hilton (sssh.. we all have dirty little secrets), and I loved the high contrast and and it’s elegant minimalism.

I particularly loved the way the shoulders on Marc seem to disappear into the ether and the way the magazine title integrates colour and contrast into a colour scheme that could easily blend into nothingness on a newsagent’s rack. So… to emulate…

I’ve not been inworld of late, so I wasn’t able to replicate the pose, clothes or hair. In fact, I’ve used a headshot from one of my first posts, about Nylon Pinkney’s skins.

Innit a face that could launch a thousand ships?

I’ve not been using PS for long, but I have to say I’m fairly happy with this result:

I don’t know if the image would make me stop and buy a Genevieve™ Magazine (though the publisher has excellent taste in music!), but hotdiggity, it was fun to do.

Where to buy?

Hair | Hiccup
Skin | Nylon Outfitters
Eyes | Celestial Studios
Lashes | Cake

~ by Genevieve Lutetia on May 22, 2008.