STEPHEN- photoshop non destructive editing

In the first half of this tutorial we were learning about smart objects. We used illustrator and Photoshop. We created a wavy path duplicated the path and adjusted the 2nd path so they were side by side. we then selected object - blend and specified steps, we changed the steps to 40.

I then changed the colour to white and opened in photoshop. That was my Smart object created. I can also edit the object in illustrator and it will automatically update on photoshop. 

I then edited the gradient and added FX. The Fx I used were outer glow, colour overlay and blending options.

 Gradient 

Outer glow

Colour overlay

The end result

The second half of our tutorial lesson we was set a task to edit our self portraits using duo tone mode on Photoshop. 

First you set the original image to Greyscale. Then change the grey scale image to Duo Tone, You can select 2 colours for the image. I chose #2a14ac and #b91c1c which is a purple colour and a white tone. I then went onto further develop my image by using the dodge tool to create enhanced highlight areas on my cheek bones nose and forehead and used the burn tool to add darker tones to my contour.