This is the final installment of the sources and methods of the creation of the "pictures" seen in my latest book, which you can buy by clicking on the book cover on the top right of this blog.
"Farm house"
Page 8
To fill an empty page near the start of the book, I chose this Google Maps ground-view image of the house at 2118 Barefoot Road, the actual location of my fictitious farm.
One-room schoolhouse and people
Page 74
(Top) Schoolhouse is located in Kansas and retrieved from a blog; nameplate created with Trajan Pro 3 after original inscription was brushed away; clothing from Dennis Pintoski photo; people are as follows:
- Top row: Noah Jr. (Scott Ruttencutter), Bret (unknown model), Terry (Brett Snowball, student/baseball player at school in British Columbia, Canada), Noah III (Tyson Meacham, Columbus, GA), Ola (Jana Duggar, 19 Kids and Counting), Timmy (unknown subject, was on FB page of someone named "Bubba Wimberly" but I think the account has been shut down), Tammy (daughter of Brittany and Joe Ramos, first name not available; note: daughter is on the left), Adam (Carson Britt, Dunn, NC, retrieved from The Daily Record), Amanda (unknown subject), Matthew (son of Brittany and Joe Ramos), Ricky (Jackson Barefoot, Dunn, NC), Brookie (unknown subject), Elma (Beverly Baldridge).
- Bottom row: Brittany, Lollie (Dae Barefoot, Dunn, NC), Lovie (unknown subject from one of Deb Holmes' Facebook pictures), Bryson (unknown subject), Belinda ("Addison"), Danielle (ballerina found on Fotosearch), Cameron (John Carter, Dunn, NC), Alyssa (unknown subject), Mickey (Brayden Meacham, Columbus, GA), Emily (unknown subject)
Family reunion
Page 75
(Top) Event logo created using another Adobe program, Adobe Illustrator; meant to be a banner displayed on the outside of the Pink Barefoot mansion, which is currently a cemetery; incorporates the original logo I created via says-it.com.
(Bottom) Backdrop picture is from GharExpert.com; faces placed on top of various-colored gowns and shirts I had used earlier; food is from an e-mail I got from the Winston-Salem Journal
Cousin/nephew businesses
Page 76
(Top) Lettering created using Hank BT font; logo is modification of Barefoot Books corporate logo; picture is that of Brenda Barefoot (real person not connected with my character) with saturation set to 0% to make it black-and-white (reflecting the "old" Ola as the "new" Ola is 12 years old)
(Bottom) Backdrop of bakery from The Petaluma Spectator; face from the late Elizabeth Barefoot (Clinton, NC) as seen in her obituary; clothing from British eBay; cake courtesy Robinette's Cakes
Little Boy Records
Page 79
Poster background comes from a completely black layer filled randomly with the star brush; B.W. picture in the center is similar to page 13; Brittany Raylene is Katie Klaassen, former Denver Broncos cheerleader; Bubba Brister is Adam Brister, combining the two photos you see on this page (Adam posted the second to Facebook but it was somehow deleted); "Bird" is Jermaine Stevens, finalist on American Idol season 8, combined with an overlaid beanie from a website (did not save as separate file or record metadata), ButtaFly is British pop singer Keisha Buchanan; Blondie is British singer/actress Nadine Coyne, Melanie MacMelville is Katherine McPhee from her Idol days (she was season 4 runnerup). Another note: The word "bluntry" to describe Brister is a portmanteau of "blues" and "country" to describe his musical influences; I first heard it on season 4 of The Voice to describe contestant Kristina Askew.
Brittany Spears/Blondie
Page 80
(Top) "Grandpa Breck" is actually someone in the Umpqua Valley Bluegrass Band in Oregon; rest of the members are from the Wheeling Park High School Bluegrass Band in West Virginia; all faces are identical except that Brittany's face substitutes for someone in the Wheeling Park band
(Bottom) Backdrop is a picture of Craig Sutton, a piano bar player in Raleigh, NC (Sutton was removed from the picture via clone-stamp and eraser tools); Blondie/Nadine Coyne's face is above a neckline I created and a blue blouse I found at Chicic; tip jar was found at Funny Tip Jars, I removed the old label, added a new label, placed and styled the Impact font with the words "FEED ME" above a flying pig I found at Flying Pig Theater
BMN Superfan
Page 81
(Top) Brittany Ramos (left) and Deb Holmes (right) are two actual persons I incorporated into the BMN Superfan reality competition show. Ramos won in season 1, while Holmes finished second in season 2 to another of my Facebook friends and book sources, Adam Brister.
(Bottom) Backdrop is file from page 84 of How to Cheat in Photoshop CS6 by Steve Caplin; head is that of oral surgeon Matthew Barefoot of Savannah, GA
BMN stars
Page 82
(Top left) Cap taken from one worn by Brack Maggard; face is that of Cody Dent, minor-league baseball player in Washington Nationals organization; shirt designed at CustomInk; cap recolored black and "embroidery" also courtesy CustomInk
(Top right) Chad ?, contestant on two different seasons of Big Break, Golf Channel's reality competition program; I took a video capture from the show's opening on Chad's first appearance and put the face above Chad's body
(Bottom) Backdrop is a barn discovered by Poirier and placed in his teacher file; faces as follows: Lulabettie: Anna McWillie of Chicago; Bunkley Ray, unknown subject from Black and Married with Children; LaBloodrick, Keevin Hardman, Lakewood Hall of Fame Athlete of the Year in 1998 (was high school wrestler); La'BooTeasha, Katie Washington, valedictorian at University of Notre Dame (from e-mail, this was among many sites that carried her pic at the time)
More BMN stars
Page 83
(Top) Promotional poster based on this picture of the Jeter family taken by professional photographer Brittany Butterworth; faces as follows: Billy Bob, professional steer wrestler Brian Barefoot; Krista, chef and author Georgia Pellegrini; Michelle MacKenzie "Mac", high-school student Kaleigh Forney; Adam, Bo Bowling, former Oklahoma State tight end; logo created with circle shape layer, Birch Standard and Black Oak Standard fonts
(Bottom) Show concept based on 19 Kids and Counting, so it's appropriate I took a video capture from its 2011-13 opening as backdrop; "stars" as follows: Ronnie and Donnie, former Southern Miss punter and placekicker Britt Barefoot; Deborah, high-schooler Brandy Rapp; Tony, Noah Barefoot (not connected to my character); Benny, Billie Barefoot, owner of Barefoot Chiropractic & Wellness; Tammy, daughter of Brittany and Joe Ramos; Lovie, unknown relative of Deb Holmes; Timmy, unknown boy of "Bubba Wimberly" from discontinued FB account; Terry, Brett Snowball; Allene, Jill McLamb Barefoot; Danny, unknown model in file I created called "IfTheyreBounding" based on a Photoshop file; Ola, Jana Duggar; Vallie, Jill Duggar (Jana's sister and castmate); Willie, unknown from "IfTheyreBounding"; Lollie, Dae Barefoot; Mickey, Brayden Meacham; Ricky, Jackson Barefoot; Randy, Tyler Barefoot, Benson, NC (I added Willie in a stroller, replacing Josie from a still picture of the family's trip to China.)
"Hotel Hobson"
Page 86
Lesson I learned at ABC Adult School based on one on page 190 of How to Cheat in Photoshop CS6. The neon was my creation based on Poirier's instructions. This was displayed in the classroom as well as related works by other students.
"What-If Britt Barefoot"
Page 87
Backdrop is an action shot of Britt Barefoot punting during a game between Southern Miss and East Carolina on Sep. 15, 2007 in Greenville, NC (find it in this photo gallery); foot comes from the model in In Wonderland with Alice, refitted using the transform tool.
First Night Television Network
Page 88
(Top left) Enlargement of syndicated network's logo
(Top right) Picture of Times Square, New York City from DiscoverAmerica.com.
(Bottom) Station logos all come from their Wikipedia pages, were the most current available when I retrieved them; logo was contrived with rectangle frame and Garamond font; backdrop is a scene of fireworks at Port Jackson, Sydney, Australia, on New Year's Eve.
Billboards
Page 89
The promotional billboards - one showing eastbound on Interstate 40, facing Woods Crossroads Road and the other showing westbound on Interstate 40 facing Godwin Lake Road - were made from the basis of more Google Earth photographs. For the billboards themselves, I superimposed the "official" family portrait on top of a blank board put up by Poirier.
Barefoot Family Farm logo
Page 90
Original logo was created on says-it.com as a "family crest"; second line changed from "INNOCENT AND FREE" to "FAMILY FARM" to make into a corporate logo; in both cases, original footprint installed by says-it.com was replaced by colored-in version, with words removed, of logo of Barefoot's Auto Mart.
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