Take your pick

[jaykita]

Hi, go ahead, play with these photos, just remember i own copyrights to the original. So dont forget to mention my name!
http://www.pbase.com/judy2810/photos

[Janet Petty]

Thank you Judy. It is very generous of you to share. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip and that you are home safe and sound. We've missed you around here!

Janet

P.S. How are you liking your new Nikon?

[lkroll]

Thanks for the play Judy. This one's another vector simplication.

Edit.

Got confused with all the J's.

[Littlecoo]

Cool thx... hehe...rainbow lorikeets...got lots of those 'round my place. Fell asleep on the deck the other day only to be woken up soon by one of the cheeky buggers (noisily) helping himself to the scraps on the plate in my lap

[Kraellin]

judy,

most generous! thank you

craig

[jaykita]

Hey, doesn't anybody want to play??

Janet, missed you, thanks so much for the warm welcome! I've been away from RTP far too long... Yesss, i love my new little nikon, got me a tele-lens 55-200 too!
Ikroll, your bold, sketchy effect is very nice! Craig, Janet, Littlecoo, where are yours? Come on guys, give it a try!
I'm posting my first 3. Hope you like them.

Little Birdie

GIRAFFE

PARROT

[lkroll]

...especially the giraffe. I just wish I could find a plugin that can give that sketch draw feel like you did for this one (you all know how lazy I am).

[Steve Conway]

No...I didn't get tired of coloring...I just stopped. 8-)

Steve

[Kraellin]

very cool, steve!

craig

[Janet Petty]

Not a very good watercolor I know. I suppose I could have done a little less cropping and kept some image quality but I didn't. So now we have an watery, abstracted bird.

Janet

[jaykita]

Hi Janet! This is beautiful! Pastel shades...soft and dreamy.... i love it!

[Peter S]

Just loved watching these colours come out when using the Art History Brush.
Thanks for sharing these Jaykita.

Peter

[GerryB]

Pen & Ink with wash.

[DCobb]

My try.

dc

[Kraellin]

cheetahs are one of my favorite big cats... from a distance. but this was just a bit too distant. so, i quadrupled the image size, cropped it, enchanced it and did just a touch of artifying so we could all see these amazing creatures a bit better.

again, thanks judy

[palms]

wonderful images to play with missed them first time round

Palms

[Swampy]

Great shots, Jaykita. Love the jungle theme!

Various techniques. Some History Brush, Some Dry Brush filter. Lots of HSB adjustments for different effects in the different renderings.

[Peter S]

Swampy excellent stuff there really like the first two - very nice.

Peter

[palms]

3rd one my favorite Swampy

Palms

[Swampy]

Thank you, Palms and Peter.

History brushes on #1 & 2, Swampy's Line Art technique on #3, straight Photoshop art filters, masking etc. on #4.

[GerryB]

Swampy, I like them all! I can't pick a favorite.

[GerryB]

My try with the AHB.

[Swampy]

Very nice, Gerry! :-)

[GerryB]

Thank you. I created a selection of the bird. Inversed it and used that selection to paint the background on a blank layer. Then I inversed it again and painted the bird on a new blank layer. Finally, I duped the background layer and used the glowing edges filter, inversed it and desaturated it, and moved it on top of the stack, and changed the blend mode to soft light. I used byRo's brushes.

I would appreciate any suggestions for how to improve my technique.

[GerryB]

My attempt at a watercolor.

[lkroll]

Did some additional things to help enhance the contrast prior to Autotrace vector simplication.

[lkroll]

Just feeding my current binge. For those who have highspeed internet, click here; you won't regret it. Attached is a much lower quality downsampled version.

[palms]

Originally Posted by lkroll

Just feeding my current binge. For those who have highspeed internet, click here; you won't regret it. Attached is a much lower quality downsampled version.

That is super lkroll (you really do need to see the detail in this) I guess it is going to be a plug in/filter ?

Palms

[lkroll]

Hey Palms. Glad you liked this one. Click here for more details including how you can make one.

[Kraellin]

hadnt played with displacement maps in a while. thought i'd give it a shot here. the 'target' image is from the 'take your pick' collection, one of the sea shots.