Archive for December, 2008

Image Retouching/Restoration: Polish Catalog Cover

Original and Retouched versions of Fruit-Bearing Trees & Shrubs Catalog Cover.

Original and retouched images of cover of a Polish catalog titled, “Fruit-Bearing Trees & Shrubs.” This image required excessive retouching work, including: repairing parts of the vignette that were destroyed; repairing the giant rip in the bottom left of the cover; removing unwanted markings; and removing the pink writing. The client wanted some of the imperfections to remain, so some parts were left untouched.

Final image file for cover of Polish Fruit-Bearing Trees & Shrubs Catalog.

Formatted final print of Polish catalog cover. A new, textured background has been added, and the artwork has been sized to fit a standard-size frame.

Image Retouching/Restoration: Tiddledy Winks Board Game Artwork

Original and Retouched images of Tiddledy Winks Board Game art.

Before/After images of artwork from the board game Tiddledy Winks. The original was way too dark, so image was lightened (and contrast added) significantly. Also, colored background behind the cats was fixed in many places. This illustration is from an old board game (late 19th or early 20th century) so client wanted some of the piece’s “age” to remain.

Retouched, formatted Tiddledy Winks artwork.

Final, formatted illustration from board game Tiddledy Winks. A new, textured border has been added and image sized to fit a standard-size frame.

Image Retouching/Restoration: Sicily Lemon Sugar Patent Drawing

Original and Retouched images of Sicily Lemon Sugar Label patent drawing.

Original and retouched images of Sicily Lemon Sugar patent drawing from 1870. Background behind hand and glass was severely damaged in original, so part of it was sampled and a new, one-color background was added. This required extensive path-drawing to select the areas to fix. Also, unwanted markings have been removed and parts of tooling line around drawing recreated.

Sicily Lemon Sugar patent drawing formatted for printing.

Final, formatted print of Sicily Lemon Sugar patent drawing from 1870. New, textured background added and sized for a standard-size frame.

Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah. Part II.

Mormon Temple at Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mormon Convention Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Stained glass at Convention Center, Temple Square, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Some more images taken at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Images from Rest Area in New Mexico.

Scenic view at rest area, New Mexico.

Plants at rest stop, New Mexico.

Sign warning rest area visitors.

Digital photos taken at rest area in New Mexico.

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