Step 8: Angled Saw Blade Placement, Blade Slot & Shadow
While building my Practice Composition, I found that the angle of the Angled Saw Blade in the photo I had taken was a little off from where I would’ve liked it to be, so I played with its angle quite a bit until I was happy with how it looked.
Having figured this out ahead of time, when I placed the final Angled Saw Blade image into the file all I needed to do was adjust it to fit the one in the Practice Composition without any fuss. To accomplish this I use the Edit > Transform > Scale, Skew and Distort functions to fit the blade image into place without multiple transforms.
After placing the Blade, I trimmed the excess height off that I didn’t need.
Once the Angled Saw Blade was in place, I create a Blade Slot on the layers under it so it looks like it disappears into the table. The diagram shows how this is done. I used Paths again to make the shapes, filled them with color and used the Burn Tool (O) to darken the orange shape and give it some dimension.
Comments
Luke
Very nice article. Linking back to what Jimmy said, I think it would be very beneficial for most people to understand the rules of fair use and propose this as an idea for a topic video.
December 08, 2019
Matt Wood
Hi Jimmy. Fair Use actually comes into play in this case, so there is no copyright issues!
November 24, 2019
Jimmy
Thanks for the response Matt, appreciate it.
November 22, 2019
Matt Wood
Hi Jimmy. Yes, copyright issues are always a concern. The imagery exceeds the 70 year copyright window as well as being integrated into a larger piece of art. More often I am using only portions of these old images, altering and integrating them into a new work altogether.
November 13, 2019
Jimmy
Do you ever have to deal with any copyright issues when constructing illustrations this way? Specifically the magazine image of the guy you scanned from the old catalog. Or is it considered changed enough from the original that it doesn’t apply?
November 13, 2019
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