Stonewashed Portrait Effect

Before

After

This is the stonewashed portrait effect from the NAPP tutorials. For this project I used alot of layer masks and the gaussian blur tool. I think it turned out well because it made the part of the image that I wanted to be the focus appear that way. It made the player pop from the background. I think it turned out well, but if I did it over again I might choose a simpler background so the image would pop even more from the background.

Punch Through Effect

This is the second tutorial from the photoshop user website. It's called the punch through effect. I used the burn tool, brush tool, filter tools, and the lasso tools for this project. I think it turned out well because it makes the superbowl logo pop off the page and the hole where it punches through blends well with the rest of the image. If I did the project again I'd try it with a different colored background. Overall I think it turned out well and looks good.