1920s Apothecary and Haberdashery

**Ron Duke** · 23 March 2015, 03:23 PM

How bout the windows now?

**wizard509** · 23 March 2015, 03:53 PM

Better Ron. You might think about positioning them so they cut what's behind them. So for instance if the leftmost window is a reflection with a sofa or something behind it then the sofa could be dark like you shoe but the reflection being lighter will also lighten the part behind it, not all of it just the part that the reflection is over.. That way it would bring the reflection to the front and maybe appear on the surface.Another thing I noticed is the mullions and muntons would have a slight shadow which would help set them apart. All in all I like it very much, just trying to be helpful.

**Ron Duke** · 23 March 2015, 04:17 PM

Originally Posted by wizard509

Better Ron. You might think about positioning them so they cut what's behind them. So for instance if the leftmost window is a reflection with a sofa or something behind it then the sofa could be dark like you shoe but the reflection being lighter will also lighten the part behind it, not all of it just the part that the reflection is over.. That way it would bring the reflection to the front and maybe appear on the surface.Another thing I noticed is the mullions and muntons would have a slight shadow which would help set them apart. All in all I like it very much, just trying to be helpful.

Thanks Larry. There actually isn't anything visible behind the windows with the exception of Sherlock. The faded images in the windows are reflections from the other side of the street which would not be very discernible. I don't know what mullions and muntons are.

**wizard509** · 23 March 2015, 04:57 PM

Mellions are the major window framing. Muntons is the smaller framing or divisions.

**Ron Duke** · 23 March 2015, 05:58 PM

Awww, thanks for explaining Larry.

I've applied a separate layer with a sepia type color and stained glass transparency. The wife ok'd it.

**angelize** · 23 March 2015, 06:21 PM

Absolutely lovely Ron. There is a much less expensive way than photoshop to add a bit of grunge to your image, have a look at Onone Perfect Effects. There is a free version you can download and try it has a wonderful grunge filter that can blend your textures using all the same blending modes as photoshop. There is a paid for version around 60.00 US and a full photosuite for around 80.00 US but the free one may be enough just to add texture to your image.

**mwenz** · 23 March 2015, 06:32 PM

Rear wheel of the vehicle looks like it is floating way above the street...other than that, looks great, Ron.

**Ron Duke** · 23 March 2015, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by angelize

Absolutely lovely Ron. There is a much less expensive way than photoshop to add a bit of grunge to your image, have a look at Onone Perfect Effects. There is a free version you can download and try it has a wonderful grunge filter that can blend your textures using all the same blending modes as photoshop. There is a paid for version around 60.00 US and a full photosuite for around 80.00 US but the free one may be enough just to add texture to your image.

Thanks so much Frances! I'll look into it.

Mike: LOL! Yea, it does. I'll have to bring it back down to earth.

BTW: What is this grunge we're talking about? What's it supposed to do?

Here's the drawing with the shadow suggested by Larry and the rear wheel shadowing fixed.