1. I stared by splitting the image in half, repeating the same steps we took in the DEMO during class time. After slicing it in half, I decided to using the lasso tool and I first selected it on tony skin, adding a new fill layer "solid color" I picked an orange color, then repeating the same process I added the color green to Tony's shirt to give it this "Renaissance" look.

After the colors are applied the blend mode used for Tony's shirt was "hard light", and for his skin it was "overlay".
2. I decided to tone the shirt color down by lowering the opacity, then I repeated the same process above by lassoing the background, "solid color", overlay, then I had the blend mode selected on "dissolve" to create the grainy dusted vibes around the edges of this image. 
3. I wanted to create a "cracked" look to emphasize on the Renaissance and this aged effect, so I decided to draw over the image using a soft brush tool with a dark grey color. Using the trackpad of my laptop, I stared drawing lines.
4. After drawings the lines I added 4 different adjustment layers, including "brightness/contrast", "photo filter", this filter allowed me to tone the overall colors to a darker color such as black. Then I used "hue/saturation" and "vibrance" to adjust the overall tone of this image to have a cooler/green/yellow aged looking tone for the renaissance effect.
5. I thought the cracked line I drawn was too "loud" therefore, I added some motion blur to the lines to tone it down a bit.
6. I was happy with all it looked! I tuned the other half back on... Done! Thanks Tony!
Renaissance Tony
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Renaissance Tony

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