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True Detective Imagery at Arcangel

The HBO series True Detective has become popular due to the powerful story line, the ambiguity of the characters, symbolism and of course the intriguing imagery. “We’re looking at a dark tale, told across the poisoned wasteland of Louisiana, where we’re seeing broken characters working through personal moments of death, violence, lust, conflict, and tragedy,” […]

Arcangel Poland: Book cover trends

Arcangel Images have seen some beautiful cover designs coming out of Poland recently and an upsurge in client requests for period and historical imagery.  A great example of simplicity, colour grading and effective type placement can be seen below in the stunning cover for Potomek Tudorow. Below we can see a darker style of photography used […]

Using grey Layers in Photoshop Part 1

Using grey layers in photoshop to bring images to life The first of a two part series using grey layers in photoshop. Become a photoshop God and play with images, especially useful for Landscapes. Adding sun through windows and create ambience in images that may not have them originally. I’ll show you how to find […]

Blend Modes in Photoshop Part 2

Blend modes in Photoshop – The funky and creative stuff… In this second part of the series, we look at the more creative element of blend modes in photoshop. Let’s look at textures, colour dodge, linear dodge and fun stuff like creative textures. One example we look at is how to add a tattoo to […]