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~