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I found this awesome piece of typography on vi.sualize.us. The artworks is originally from blog.wired.com. They have a bunch of different examples on that website, but I liked the colors on this one the best.


So I used it as inspiration for this:

What do you think? I love inspiration!!

Credits:
Background paper from Bren Taylor-Boone
Font: Micahels

Replacing a Color Tutorial

Okay, here's the scoop on replacing one color on a paper...works with embellishments as well. I chose to change the yellow star to purple stars on the cute kraft paper from the Teen Kit, Family Ties CD, Digital Scrapbook Memories. This is what the paper looked like originally:

Now, go to Image>Adjustments>Replace Color. I use Photoshop CS2, so this step may or may not be slight different for you. Okay, that goes for all the steps. You will get the pop-up window below (next picture).

Click on the top patch of color that says color next to it. This will pop-up the color picker window. You can click on whatever color on your paper you want to change when this window is open. I selected the yellow.

Now click on the bottom patch of colored labeled Result. This time choose whatever color you want the first color to be replaced with. (This is where you can put in the hexadecimal color number that CJoy2Day was referring to in a previous post) Now, adjust the fuzziness of the black and white picture. You can view the image, but I prefer to view the selection. You can choose the one you like better, these options are listed under the black and white pic in the pop-up window.

You can see in the above picture the results of the replace color. Notice that in my pop-up window, you can see more than just the rows of yellow stars. This is because my fuzziness is higher, and the color change affected the green and orange stars as well. If I lowered the fuzziness, like the example below, I could make the color change only effect the yellow stars. Notice in the black and white preview, you can only see the four lines of stars now.

However, if you zoom in close to the now purple stars, you can see some yellow around the edges (see below). It's not totally perfect because there is some yellow in other areas of paper, so it's all preference at this point of how much color change you want.

Please ask questions if you have any. I hope this is all understandable. Happy color changing!!

On the Trail

Journaling:
A few weeks ago, Katie and I went to Ogden to have lunch with Julie, who was there for work. While driving in downtown Ogden, we noticed some horses that were very reminiscent of the buffalo that were all around SLC during the 2002 Olympics. On my next day off, we decided to head up to Ogden again and take some pictures with all the painted horses. It was a lot of fun walking down 25th South and seeing up close an area of Ogden we had never explored before.

Credits:
Rusty Star, circle stitches, and spray of stars: Redy Dye #3 from Digi Chick
Maroon paper (clipped to title): Oil paint papers - nite from Peppermint Creative
Brown paper: Rainbow Joy from Peppermint Creative
Background paper: Urban Color by Michelle Coleman
Twine: Heritage Kit, Family Ties CD from DSM
Fonts: vicmodcu and You Are Loved