2 blessed beyond belief

happy texture-twice-triptych-tuesday, dear kim!

i say twice, because i couldn't decide between the black and white version ... or the sepia version ...

from your collection, i used your brilliant 'distress' texture twice on both ...

and in the end decided a triptych was the way to go ... :)

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black and white recipe
. change the mode to grayscale
. curve adjustments a pinch
. add 'distress' texture layer . difference with 43% opacity . layer mask soft brushing out bits of the chair
. add another 'distress' texture layer . multiply with 67% opacity . layer mask hard brushing out chair

original with slight curve adjustments ...

sepia recipe
. slight curve adjustments on background layer
. adjustment layer hue/saturation . -78 saturation
. adjustment layer 82% sepia photo filter
. add 'distress' texture layer . soft light . 100% opacity . layer mask brushing out bits of the chair
. add another 'distress' texture layer . soft light . 100% opacity
. i did not change the colour of the texture layers ~ they were perfect as is ...

i rotated the second 'distress' texture layer in both instances to create more texture in the top right corner ...

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although the texture may be named 'distress', i used it on this old woven rocker to give the feeling of 'de-stress' ~ *wink* ...

it sits by a sunny window in my studio, just waiting for someone to come by and rock away the day ...

any time my dear ...

any time ...

*smile*
pg