BOOK COVER AND OTHER ART EMPLOYING CUSTOM PHOTOGRAPHS
This was based on the photo of a friend (right). The bottle was a separate photo and the background an interior from the Library of Congress.
My daughter's eye.
The background is from the Library of Congress. The face is a photo of a friend.

Since this character appears on all but one of the books in this series, it was an advantage to be able to use a single model, in this case a willing friend who appeared in all of the covers in this series.  Most of the background elements are from my files.

The model was combined with a photo taken in an Italian church. It's important when combining images to make sure that lighting is consistent. This helps in integrating them into one another. Notice the same "chain mail" was used in the photo on the right in the row above this one.
My daughter again. The bandaids are a separate photo.
The contrast of the photo was increased, red was added via a tranparent layer and the results run through the Plaster filter in Photoshop.

I printed out one of the poems in the book and spilled a glass of diluted tea onto it.

Composed of photos of friends take at different times combined with photos from my library..

Left and right, these were based on photos of my wife along with photos from my files.

A photo of a briefcase and some hand-painted blood

My hand and my wife's hand.

Two friends modeled for this. The costumes were just  approximate and finished by hand. The background is from the Library of Congress.

This was based on two photos of my daughter. The background was created by me.
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