Modern Silhouettes Using Photoshop

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I have long admired projects involving children's silhouettes and decided this week that I was going to make something to fit my new grey and yellow bedroom decor.  I am beyond thrilled with the way these came out so I have to share my process.

Step 1: Take a profile picture of your child.  I found it worked better against a plain wall than against a window.

Step 2: Open picture in photoshop (I have CS2).

Step 3: Follow this tutorial to outline the profile and create the silhouette with a transparent background.

Once I had the silhouettes made, I saved them as psd files just in case I wanted to use them again later.

   - Side note: I also flipped Callum's profile horizontally since I had them both facing the same way for the pictures and did not want them so in the final product.

Step 4: Find a nice background.  I simply did a google image search for yellow chevron and found a site that had background for cell phones.  The resolution was plenty for a 5x7 print.  Since I'm only creating these for personal use, I have no problem just using a background off google.
Create a new project in your desired size (I did 5x7s) and paste the background onto it.

Step 5: Move the profile outline onto project with the background.  Save as a new jpeg and you're done!  I just printed the projects on regular paper, but I think it would turn out even better on photo paper.

End result:

Don't worry, I'll be hanging them on the wall as soon as Callum's done napping and I can hammer without terrible consequences.