My Soul Longeth...For the Living God

Making a Desktop Wallpaper #3

The next step is selecting your typefaces, and the layout of your text.  This takes some patience and quite a bit of general messing around until you think it looks good.  It has helped me considerably to look at other designer's work, and glean tidbits of what really stands out as GOOD design.

Again, my apologies for not doing this in the GIMP.  The next tutorial that I do, I'm going to give you all a chance to come up with your own versions, then I'll post the results! :-)  So fire your image editing programs up, and get ready!!!

Making a Desktop Wallpaper Step #1

ISO 100 ~ f/5.6 ~ 1/125 ~ 135mm

First off, we start by framing our picture a little differently than usual.  I usually try to move my subject off to the side, and make the background well blurred.  This technique is also used in magazines and books, when you have a full, two page photo, and the starting article is on the picture.  Trying to get the subject to stand out, while filling the whole page is a nice effect, when used correctly.

The next step is to find a verse or poem that fits not only the subject of the photo, but the mood as well.  That is where your job lies...  I'd like you to find verses or poems that you feel would be fitting for this picture.

...'Till next time...