Proud

JenniferZiegler.net launched officially today. I’m proud of the site, and loved working with Jenn, who is smart/funny/gorgeous and a terrific writer.

We were striving for a fun retro look (”part 50s cocktail dresses and part cowboy boots”) and I think we nailed it. On the way I stumbled onto a new technique for recreating the look of 40s/50s magazine art.

If I can find time — who am I kidding? — I’ll try to work this up into a real article, but the quick and dirty hint is as follows: Magazine art.

Think four-color separation –C-Y-M-X. The image is actually created from four layers of the same photo: one set to grayscale, one to cyan, one to yellow and one to magenta. Selected areas on each layer were smudged and erased to create the effect you see above. Neat, huh?