Sun

In my second clipping mask I
chose to use Albert Bierstadt’s the
Oregon Trail. I chose this painting
because I loved the way the light
shone through the branches of the
tress and illuminated the sky.
Next I cropped the image so I had the text roughly over the part of the image
that I wanted. I made sure that the sun would be in my text and I also
wanted to depict the animals in the painting so it didn’t look to similar to my
last clipping mask.
I am using my other chosen font for this clipping
mask but I am going to use the one I
Photoshopped. I am doing this because the tone
in the font would not be visible so I only need the
shape of the letters.
Finally I merged the painting
and the font again. I prefer
this clipping mask to the last
one because the shape of
the font works much better
and adds movement to the
text. The colours in this
clipping mask worked
perfectly and I could capture
the sun and its light, while
still being able to read the
text.
Then I removed the background
to my font text and cleaned up
the shape of the text again. I did
this by smoothing the edges and
sharpening them and then I
increased the space between the
letters I and M slightly so you
could still read the word.