❝ Gabrielle Parker-Emerson




inspiration SSRPG character Gabrielle Parker-Emerson (Harron Peasley)
materials Adobe Photoshop Elements 9

This took me ages simply because a certain voice in my head (looking at you, Joshua Miller) was being very particular on what images we used since Gabrielle is a very special person to him. It can be hard enough pleasing yourself when making graphics, so having the occasional peanut gallery chime in just makes everything worse In any case, the hair gave me the most problems in trying to erase the background. I sometimes will apply a little trick to help me with this...and it somewhat paid off here though not as seamless as it can be. Basically I will duplicate layers with the same layer mask. One layer I always sharpen and set to soft light or lighten depending on the rest of the graphic's look. When hair is particularly unruly, I will often mask out the bottom layer (the one set to normal) and then the soft light/lighten layer remains and the hair looks as though the entire background is gone. It's not an exact science but...it helps me in a clutch from time to time