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

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by dkcoats

I can't be the first genius to come up with this technique...it came to me earlier today and this image looked like a good guinea pig to test it on.

I ran Impressionist>linear brush (in CS2) four times on separate layers. I tweaked a lot of the settings; all four layers were identical except for brush orientation. One had horizontal strokes, one vertical, one 45deg SW-NE, the other SE-NW. I added hide-all layer masks to all 4 layers, then painted them back in with varying opacities where each direction seemed to be appropriate, mixing them in places where there wasn't a clear direction suggested..

As an afterthought I added another layer under the other 4 and buzz-simplified it. Then I lowered the opacity of the top 4 layers a little to let some detail show through.

dc

This is a terrific technique, dc. Using Layer Masks to selectively apply a layer's content is a powerful tool in anyone's bag of tricks.

Thanks for sharing this golden nugget!

[Kraellin]

i agree with danny and that seems like a very good method for making a nice cross-hatch style.

craig

[palms1]

As football was on t.v. tonight thought i would have a try, ( i think this is my first for this thread ?)
Yet again the ahb

Palms

[garazon]

Wow I'm always amazed at the variety and talent on these boards. Fantastic jobs

This one just seemed perfect for a nighttime rendition, but in order to broaden my horizons, I resisted the urge and came up with this, a base layer done in a painted carved wood script, ovelayed with dodge and luminance layers of separate renditions done in some PSP scripts of my own making. finally a top color layer to give it a darker glow, ok so I couldn't resist a little darkness

[Chance_1]

Garazon, that is a great looking rendition, from the painterly edges to the painterly background and foreground. Great job.

[garazon]

Thanks Chance it was one of those few that wind up actually looking like what I had in mind!

[PamSav]

I couldn't resist these pretty Dorset cottages

Larger version: Gold Hill, Dorset, UK

Palms - I like that oily look you got with yours

[palms1]

Thank you Pam
i appreciate that coming from someone who's work i admire, I keep practicing and trying different things to get this sort of effect in ps7 (painter out of my pocket money league and my pc's capabilities for now )

Palms

[Peter S]

A little bit of Lucis
Diffuse Ani wotsit or other
Dupe/Overlay the emboss
Add texture
Auto levels.

Peter

[Kraellin]

i like that one, peter. kind of soft and grainy and a different look at the background.

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

i like that one, peter. kind of soft and grainy and a different look at the background.

Thanks Craig.
Ive been messing about trying to get textures right I think this one came out not too bad.

Peter