January 26 - Duotone Technique

[fruitysuet]

This was more fun than I thought it would be, especially when I started playing with the blending modes as well. I couldn't make up my mind which version I liked best, so ...

 

[kelley]

Fun, fun, fun! Thanks for the challenge!

 

[tw1717]

Updates and clarifications will be posted here as needed.

Q. Is it permissible to change the photo to black & white first.

A. Yes, you may change the photo to black and white as a step in the process. However, the final photo must have color (two colors). One of those colors can be black or white.

Q. Is further editing of the photo permitted?

A. Yes, blending and other techniques are OK as long as the duotone technique is obvious. Please, try to keep with the spirit of the challenge - 2 colors clearly evident in your converted photo.

Q? Can you use the original photo on the layout as well? Can you have more than one photo on the layout?

 

[AlannaH]

I haven't spent a lot of time on this, but here is me playing in Artisan this morning:

Maybe this will help someone?

Here are two pages I did Artisan for this challenge:

MOC2019-Day26B

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MOC2019-Day26

• AlannaH
• Jan 26, 2019
• 1

 

[kayjaydo]

Thanks for such a fun challenge, I loved fiddling with all the colours. I imagined my son brought his own album out, and designed a cover for it!

 

[mollyc]

 

[pagefrocks]

 

[AnikA68]

 

[designbylime]

Such a great challenge!

 

[ashleywb]

Q? Can you use the original photo on the layout as well? Can you have more than one photo on the layout?

Yes. As long as you have one duotone converted photo on the page, you may have additional photos that do not use the technique.

 

[tw1717]

1-26-19 DuoTone Technique

I chose red/yellow (gold) for my duotone and used a photo of the Kansas City Skyline my daughter took back in 2016.

I chose the colors to honor the KC Chiefs...I included the original photo as well.

Credits:
Photo by ShelbyB Photography
JustJaimee Storyteller FEB. 2019
JAN 2015 BYOC
-prd - a slice of lemon (a few elements)
-vw- sprinkles - red sequin

 

[Mary-Lynne]

Thanks for the awesome tutorial...have never seen this technique. Used Pink and Green for my gradient. Credits in Gallery

 

[AnneofAlamo]

This is an amazing challenge, and doing it in my program PS CS- gave me the option to change the duotone whilst creating page. I also lovedhaving the Gradient Map level for placing elements under also, so match with the tones I chose.

 

[AlannaH]

Here's mine! I want to play with this some more!
(This was done in Artisan)

 

[KittyY]

what a crazy cool challenge!! thanks for hosting @ashleywb !!!

 

[mcurtt]

Fun challenge. I saw it last night before I went to bed and figured that I'd do a high-contrast graphic style. I had 2 or 3 photos I in mind and played with the technique a bit before falling asleep. Then when I woke up this a.m. my layout had a mind of its own, and this is what I came up with instead.

 

[ashleywb]

I haven't spent a lot of time on this, but here is me playing in Artisan this morning:

Maybe this will help someone?

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Thank you so much for jumping in with this!

 

[staciahall]

 

[EHStudios]

I used a cream & a slate blue. I did have it more vibrant until I picked my kit & saw it was perfect if I desaturated a bit!

 

[flowersgal]

Well I didn't find that I had quite as many choices in my older CS2 but this is what I managed. The purple and putrid yellow-green remind me of how I feel BEFORE coffee so I made this playful and humorous take on that with a photo of my husband and his coffee cup.