Since you had so much fun with the Crab Apple Tree flower, here is another shot from the backyard: Lilac

Frank, nice flower, nice shot, nice to meet the nature...
Regards

I love lilacs. They bring back all sorts of fond childhood memories. Thank you for the picture.

First I cut out the lilacs and created an alpha mask just in case I had to revert to the original. Second I created a colored pencil sketch. Then I moved the whole thing into another file and started a watercolor with several layers, a lot of masking and many different brushes.

Adobe acknowledged with the latest patch for CS2 a problem I have encountered with great frustration over the course of time. I can now happily report that my smudge brushes no longer crash Photoshop every time I use them. I'm still paranoid, however, after having lost a lot of art work over the last months. And saving on a regular basis during a project saved the day this time as well when the cat stepped on the mouse and the keyboard in search of some affection and crashed things again. She got loved btw. Sixteen years old and definitely knows which buttons to push. :nod: :nod:

Janet

Janet, fantastic rendering :happy:
and the paper texture is great !
:thumbsup:

a somewhat interesting filter forge rendering.

craig

Just experimenting again (already shared on other boards). Used my vector conversion method, added GIMP bumpmapping and then select the darker colors (invert select the lighter colors actually), and then ran a drop shadow Script-fu to create the effect. :)

Jeanine, I dream of lilac time....

Steve

this time my lilac is an oil painting, I hope..

I used Gimp :happy:

Great photo of your lilacs Frank...thanks for sharing...

Oltenius...Pretty and unusual effects on Franks lilacs....Nice frame..

Janet....Yours is lovely and so delicate....I also love lilacs and the air around my home is heady with their perfume just now...

Craig....Like this one, it looks like dappled light....Rock on Filter Forge!!!!
Shall I start a thread for it tomorrow???

lkroll....Great experiment ...I like the flat painted look...

Steve...Great background...it has movement....the lilacs loog good too!!

Barbara....It certainly is a lovely oil painting...

Heres my attempt...Photoshop CS2 water color art history brush...then used the detail brush on the lilacs...framed in Photo Filter.

Patricia.... :hat:

Great photo of your lilacs Frank...thanks for sharing...

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lkroll....Great experiment ...I like the flat painted look...

Patricia.... :hat:


Thanks Patricia. :)

Patricia, great rendering !
I like this rounded shapes :happy:
and thanx for nice comment :pleased:

Thank you Patricia! Your creation is impressive.
Regards

thanks patricia :)

you guys have been busy. seeing some very nice additions here!

i'm adding another as well. this is done with my 'Kaleidoscopic Effects 1' filter from filter forge, just reccently submitted and available in the downloads area.

craig

I seriously wanted to do something with this photo as like Janet Lilacs bring back childhood memories, but unfortunately no inspiration came in fact i had been looking that hard i started to see shapes ? a bit crudely done ( to say the least ) but can anyone else see it ( or please anything else ) :confused: :lol:

Palms

unfortunately no inspiration came yeah, right...i shld have such 'no inspiration' days ;) it's a horse, right?

ya done fine, palms. i think it's quite cool! :)

craig

Its a butterfly...Palms and i think its very imaginative....agree with Craig...its cool!!!! :nod:

Patricia.... :grin:

Thank you Craig and Patricia, but can you see the butterfly shape in the original picture ?

Palms

Yes i can.....but never thought to bring it out....as you did!!!!

Patricia.... :dizzy:

palms,

oh, now that you mention it, yes. hadnt noticed that before. in the original, it's either a butterfly or a giant robot with its arms raised :)

craig