PHOTO ART: Mini-Challenge #51- Village in Europe

[TylerRB]

Duv

Very interesting approach. Quite different and unexpected!

Tyler

[pixulz]

composite of mini challenges: #51,#8,#149,#141
-dry brush filter
-gothic glow action
-canvas texture

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by pixulz

composite of mini challenges: #51,#8,#149,#141
-dry brush filter
-gothic glow action
-canvas texture

Your vision and creativity never cease to amaze me. In three years of moderating this forum, I've never seen anyone merge four images into one like you have here. Your creations are a breath of fresh air.

[pixulz]

thanks so much danny...appreciate it...means alot....i get inspired by
all the wonderful work here...retouchpro is a wonderful site to learn from
and express/share creativity.

[Kraellin]

summer and winter.

Craig

[Mitch]

Hi all,

I tried a watercolour effect here.

PSP

Base layer - Various plugins which I cant remember {just having fun}

Created new raster layer -filled with white, pulled the slider down so the original image just showed through ( like tracing paper ).

Set foreground colour to black - background colour to grey. Using PSP paintbrush - painted over the image, using the objects in the image to dictate the direction of the brushstrokes. The rougher the better.
I kept the brushstrokes away from the sides of the picture which has resulted in the edge effect here; but of course this is optional.

I'll have to invest in a pad - painting with a mouse is clunky.

Set the blend mode on the brushstrokes layer to OVERLAY.
Adjusted the slider to taste.

Regards to all,
Mitch.
---------------
Craig - loved the summer / winter idea. Hmmmm I wonder... snow on the roof and the road, carttracks in the snow.........

[Drach]

I'll go the easy way with the description

1. Facet
2. Glowing Edges 2 5 5 / 65%
3. Dark Strokes 5 5 2 / 75%
4. Photocopy 15 25 / 75%
5. Original

Flatten

1. Dry Brush 2 5 1 / 60%
2. Flattened Image

Flatten

Hue Shift -180°

Voila

[corona2632]

Here is imitation of oil paintings on canvas. I have changed color and used PS, Impressionist and Painter 9.

[goose443]

I added the priory from another mini challenge as well as a few other elements.

[Helena]

Wow - goose 443, that really changes the whole scene for that little street! It's like you pulled back the camera to a different angle and got a different perspective on the village. Good idea. Putting the cathedral on the hill was a nice touch too.

Helena

[goose443]

Thanks Helena,

The cathedral is actually a whole other manipulation in and of itself. I'm not sure how well it composits into the scene but the two seemed to go together so well I couldn't help it.

[Kraellin]

thanks mitch. the winter one was fun. was going to put snow on the streets too, but i was using a plugin also and it was somewhat fussy when i tried. so, i let it go.

now, where have i seen that priory before, goose

Craig

[thana]

hi!
how about some rainy village behind a (little bit creepy) fence?
layers, layers, layers... actually, I think there was 7 of them...
the larger varsion (orriginal ) is here if you'd like to see

[Kraellin]

thana,

welcome to RP!

interesting choices there. love the fence and storm

Craig

[DannyRaphael]

Hello, Thana...

Let me add my welcome, too. This is a very creative interpretation -- and we welcome creativity!

~Danny~

[thana]

thanks Craig, Danny :) i was reading (or rather admiring) this forum for quite a while, and now decided, that a little fun won't do any harm, sooo there it is - my first pic - such small thing, but what a satisfaction... ;)
I hope to stay here for rather long time [;)], so i want to apologise for my english straight away - i'm pole and it's highly possible, that i'll make many mistakes...
oh, well... what will come, will come ;)
thanks again.

thana

[Kraellin]

thana,

the language of pictures is universal. you're communicating just fine

Craig

[DannyRaphael]

Not to worry... your English is much better than my Polish will ever be! As Craig wrote, you are doing just fine.

Keep having fun.

[lkroll]

Lots of saturation adjustments with some Paint Engine/ Impressionist blendings.

[Janet Petty]

Good job there. I like the mood and feel of your piece. And it is nice to see you back.

Janet

[Neve]

Great to see you all again!!!!! I've been a bit intense learning as much about Corel Painter as possible in recent months and need to come home for some R 'n' R.

[cazubi]

Ikroll and Neve: very nice work. Very nice work from all the posts.

Cathy

[lkroll]

... Janet and Cathy. I also really like the TK feel of your piece Neve.

[Neve]

Hello Cathy and lkroll....and thanks! It's nice to be back to play again...

[Kraellin]

that's lovely, neve.

and welcome home

Craig

[Neve]

Hi Craig and many thanks!

[twinkissed]

I apologize... I do a challenge and have such a challenge getting it the correct size that I forget to write done what I did to it.

[palms]

Lovely Twinkissed
if you have forgotten what you actually did, (shame if you have ) how about what software you used and what texture ?

Palms

[twinkissed]

Sure thing. I'm using PS2. And I "think" I did this....

Slightly changed the hue and increased the saturation. Then I used sharpen edges, then under brushstrokes I used accented edges, then texturizer and chose canvas. I know it wasn't too many steps. I'm pretty sure this is what I did. I love this picture though. It was so fun to play with.

[lkroll]

Well you all be the judge. This is my second submission; usually don't do more then one, but I really like this setting. Anyway, sorry for the low quality and smaller size of this rendering (had to do my best to keep it under 100K and still look good; lots of compromises and compression).