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# Finally
a woman


Click for huge, 3.4MB, readable version

previously
Bowie / Kurt Cobain / Slash / Bonio
Jim Morrison / Jimmy Page / Jerry Garcia / Bob Dylan / Dave Gilmour / Teh Quo
Bob Marley / Born in the USA / Stevie Wonder / Hendrix and Mercury / Lemmy / Thom Yorke
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 22:52, archived)
# ooh her eyes and lips
are fantastic :D

pre gap madonna.. bah. :P

woo.

EDIT:

Goodbye,
Who's that?
Dance,
Girl.


sage words.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 22:53, archived)
# still think
the Kurt Cobain is the best one I've done though, even though he's nowhere near as much of an icon as her Madge.

I did 2 others for Kurt that I've posted elsewhere. Let me know if you want to see them. Neither are as good as the one posted here though :(
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 22:57, archived)
# surely you should be happy for the on that is good rather than vice versa :P
i suppose the outcomemajoritively depends on the quality of the source pic
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:03, archived)
# Yep
but the one of the others has it's merits as well. It's just not quite as good. However, it is another instantly recognisable image if you are familiar with Monsieur Cobain :)

In other news, somebody asked me about the process involved in generating these images. I'm only too happy to share, since I nicked the basic process from elsewhere!

Take an image
Paste 4 or 5 layers of text (the lyrics) onto that image as seperate layers
Change each layer of text to have a different shade of black
Rasterize each text layer
Hide all the text layers and go to the original image layer
Use the "select colour" tool to mask an area of colour that you pick - doesn't have to be exactly the same shade as the layer of text . You then pick a 'range' to select similar shades to that colour.
Now invert that mask.
Go to the layer corresponding to that shade and delete. That wipes out all the text in the areas that aren't the shade you want.
Repeat for the other shades.
Then it's quite a bit of tweaking and fine tuning with the brightness levels to get it looking as perfect as you can make it
Finally, if necessary, add a fresh layer just below the first text layer, and fill it with a shade of grey to finish the picture off. This works very well with light background colour images, like the Bonio one

That's it really.
Takes quite a while to get the lyrics into a text file, but then that is run through a custom app my brother quickly wrote for me. This places a '/' symbol at the end of each line and then strips out all the carriage-returns. This saves me all the text editing

So, just to clarify something, there is NOTHING of the original image in the end result. Some peeps have mentioned "clipping mask" where, I believe, transparency is used. However, that picks up the shades from the original image. Mine are trying to be more stylised, hence the method I am using and they have nothing but the 'feel' of the original image :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:14, archived)
# your being a little o emphatic with this whole theres non of the original image thing
..the lady doth protest too much and all that jazz :P

I'll believe you.. I pride my self on my gullability :P
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:17, archived)
# yeah, I know
but I've had a few messages elsewhere that are accusing me of 'cheating' if that's the right word. I am also aware that it may come across as being too defensive, but that's my nature :o
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:19, archived)
# Hi
(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:20, archived)
# 'ning
squire :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:21, archived)
#
gap turning 100
(beemoh, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:01, archived)
# Like a virgin...
Clumsy, awkward and apologetic.
Like a vi-iiiiirgin.
(Jeru War and Piss, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 22:53, archived)
# Are you sure? I have questions as to its humanity, much less gender.
As for talent, you have it.
(I helped save b3ta! Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 22:59, archived)
# do you have any idea
how long it took me to work out
what your username meant :-o

I'll give you a clue....

Re-arrange the following words

Embarrassingly
An
Time
Long
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:06, archived)
# thats the benefit of reading terry pratchett books
at a young age.. anything you don't recognise you read backwards to check if it's poison or not.


yup.
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:12, archived)
# Or a vampire.
(I helped save b3ta! JessAction Give me all your expensive brandy and hubcaps., Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:21, archived)
# they pesky alucard.
*shakes fist*
(I helped save b3ta! arrangedletters, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:24, archived)
# COR
(I helped save b3ta! Bloop Fri 16 Jul, 22:10, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:01, archived)
# *strikes a pose*
Woo!
(I helped save b3ta! in vino veritas, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:04, archived)
# Ta
one of the rare occasions where it took me almost as long to find the source image as it took me to produce the final result :o
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:07, archived)
# It was worth it.
I think one of the nice things about sticking with a technique for a while is that you learn to quickly recognise the best source pics for that technique, which gives you a huge advantage.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:32, archived)
# this is going to sound like shameless gushing
but it's your images that have kept me going at this 'project'.

Whenever I log in and see one of your pictures, my instant reaction - and, no word of a lie - is "fuck me, I wish I could come up with pictures like that". Your work is most inspiring :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:38, archived)
# Hahaha
that I did not expect. Thank you, that's put a huge smile on my face.
And you're definitely on to something with these. I read your description of your technique, and it looks as if you've got dozens and dozens of interesting ways you could take it.
(I helped save b3ta! mofaha ┐( ˘_˘)┌ ʅ(́◡◝)ʃ, Sun 28 Sep 2008, 0:11, archived)
# indeed
:)

it's work like yours and that Art Deco image posted a short while ago, along with the countless kittens and swearing that keeps me coming back here. The mixture of the familiar quality, along with the "WTF?" stupidity makes this place one of the best to browse :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sun 28 Sep 2008, 0:23, archived)
# Beautifully done!
(I helped save b3ta! ClanSoul, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:09, archived)
# Ah, reminds me, I have to do another text face.
(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:15, archived)
# Clipping Mask
;)

'ning squire :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:21, archived)
# Hehe, how're you?
(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:22, archived)
# drunk
and angry at the world

though that has nothing to do with finally 'texting' a woman I assure thee all :D

EDIT : How rude of me. And you?
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:23, archived)
# Good to be drunk, though. :)
Sorry, if I was a bit of a cock previously. I alternate between cock and arsehole, y'see.

Here's a typography thing in a similar vein to your stuff I did this week
www.b3ta.com/board/8774815

Edit:As for how I'm doing...not really well, see my sig.

(Paper 'n Pencil Thirst is excellent, even better than I hoped, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:28, archived)
# fcuk me (that's not an offer by the way)
that is all of the aces :o

the image, I mean. That is superb stuff.

Pneumonia is a pisser though :( . Hope you feel a lot better very soon :)

I won't mention what happened to the last 2 people I know who got Pneumonia :(

EDIT : In Bruges is one of the funniest and most touching films I have seen this year. Have watched it 3 times in the last 2 weeks and not failed to laugh at every swear word and not failed to be shocked every time Brendan Gleeson "splats" :o. I have not been so consistently shocked by a scene in a mainstream film. It is definitely one of my "films of 2008" :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sat 27 Sep 2008, 23:34, archived)
# that thing is female?
i thought it was a robot from the planet nonsense.
(I helped save b3ta! postbear has metal knees, Sun 28 Sep 2008, 0:06, archived)
# ^^^
this is a true fact and I, for one, am glad you brought it to fellow B3TAN's attention :)
(Cluck needs a holiday, Sun 28 Sep 2008, 0:34, archived)