pattern:
a combination of qualities, acts, tendencies, etc., forming a consistent or characteristic arrangement texture: 1. the visual and especially tactile quality of a surface. 2. the characteristic physical structure given to a material, an object, etc., by the size, shape, arrangement, and proportions of its parts Pattern and texture are very different, and it is essential to know their differences. Texture, given to any object to indicate its feel, indicates how smooth, rough, spiky, soft, or fluffy any one thing is. A pattern is a series of shapes or colors placed in a consecutive way so as to be predictable and repeating.
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I could recreate one of these artworks by adding more hands and squirming cats to my artwork. I could also add a color for accent, as used in 3/5 of the artworks shown.
The refine edge tool in Photoshop "refines" the current selection, and reconsiders the surrounding elements to make the selection more precise. Within the refine edge tool is the radius slider. This slider, as it suggests, regulates the radius in which Photoshop is allowed to refine the selection. The wider the radius, the less accurate the selection, the more is selected. To see the full impact of the radius slider, a box marked "show radius" can be checked off to limit the viewer's observance to just the added selection (the radius). When "show radius" is checked, the center of the object is obscured from view, leaving only the surrounding selection. The polygonal lasso is best for displaying the power of the refine edge tool. This tool, obvious as it may be, creates only closed shapes with straight lines (also known as "polygons"). It is best for selecting polygons. Unlike its lasso counterpart, it cannot make curves. The fact that, using the refine edge tool, one can create a circular, precise selection with the initial selection of a polygon vividly displays Photoshop's incomprehensible power.
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