PHOTO ART: Mini-challenge #44 – Alan's Butterfly

[GrafixD]

Wow PStewart your gallery is amazing, each picture i clicked took me to another set of pictures, i shall save and look tomorrow, have to go now, will come back and ask you LOTS of questions for sure!

[jaykita]

Thank you Janet. Gosh it was such a long ago that i did those butterflies! (seems that way, anyway)
Neve, yours is lovely as always.
GrafixD, gradient map i presume? Very vibrant.
I agree with you, Neve, Phyllis Stewart's work is terrific. Her forum at innographx.com is simply great. There's such a wealth of artistic talent over there. I do take a peek from time to time.

[carriewoeck]

Originally Posted by Neve

Painter 8.1 - Oils/Details Oils on butterfly plus surface texture/Luminance. Gouache on leaf and cloning. Artists Brushes/Seurat on the bg. Waterdrops and framing in PSP.

That is georgeous!!

[Neve]

Thanks Carrie, This was one of the first things I tried in Painter.

[JLC]

Here's my attempt at trying one of Trimoon's old tutorials from several years ago. It was the one based on the lily and flower with no name. It was also my first attempt at trying to use the smudge tool.

[Drach]

Hmm.. let me think..

Fotocopy and posterize mixed together + emboss.
All that mixed together with oilpainting, then some color and contrast correction and finally some structure added.

Unfortunately I don't remember the exact steps, but I hope the above description helps a bit

[Kraellin]

one of my favorite candies at Easter was always the chocolate critters. anyone care for a chocolate butterfly?

Craig

edit: based on comments from T Paul in the gallery where i posted this, and from my own 2nd look at this, i've revised the 'wrapper' and am posting this 2nd version up.

[lkroll]

Rendered with extreme help from Microsoft's Impressionist plugin, and also used Paint Engine (in PS) and GIMP's GIMPressionist filter. Some subtle enhancement's with Xero's Caravagio and SuperSmooth filters, and GIMP's bumpmap filter for texture relief.

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by lkroll

Rendered with extreme help from Microsoft's Impressionist plugin, and also used Paint Engine (in PS) and GIMP's GIMPressionist filter. Some subtle enhancement's with Xero's Caravagio and SuperSmooth filters, and GIMP's bumpmap filter for texture relief.

Your very pleasing results are an example of what's possible if you have many tools in your toolbox -- and know how to use them.

Nicely done.

[lkroll]

I've mentioned this before on other forums. I'm not in love with any one tool. I try to find a happy synergistic relationship with all the tools I use. The more the better in my book. That's the art (my opinion of course). And I'm lazy, and I don't have a wacom.

[Kraellin]

well, i dont know what to call the style, Ikroll, but i like the look.

Craig

[lkroll]

Originally Posted by Kraellin

well, i dont know what to call the style, Ikroll, but i like the look.

Craig

A haphazard mix? LOL

[Kraellin]

A haphazard mix? LOL

hehe, well, i was going to say a cross between pointilist, watercolor and a touch of impressionistic, but haphazard is ok too whatever, it works.

btw, your web name here, Ikroll, is that an I or an L. fonts being what they are i'm not sure.

Craig

[lkroll]

Hey Craig,

That's L for Lyle.

[Kraellin]

ok, thanks

Craig

[thana]

another 'crazy art' hmm, it doesn't really look like orriginal anymore, now, does it? oh, well... remember - i'm the innocent one here!

heheh, pozdrawiam!

[Kraellin]

ok thana,

did you recently watch the new willie wonka movie? straight out of the chocolate factory definitely a different look, but nice.

Craig

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by thana

remember - i'm the innocent one here!

Guilty as charged.

I like the way you're "stirring things up"! Your creative vision is inspiring.

[Helena]

Well thana...you sure broke the mould on that one. It may not look like the original but that's the beauty of art...ignore the rules and conventions and amazing things can come out of it!

Very cool image.

Helena

[thana]

thanks a lot Craig, Danny & Helena :)
chocolate factory you say? then it should fit nicelly your chocolate butterfly (which i really, really like) ;) i'm trying rather hard to do something new every time i open photoshop (my favourite program), so, by the force of events, my 'arts' may be a little creative...
thanks again!

pozdrawiam! ;)

[Kraellin]

thana,

you're welcome.

and thank you, i like my chocolate butterfly also. i shld have made it with a bite taken out of it

also, what's your signature mean? and what's the podzra...pozdarw...pozdwra...other thing you keep saying mean? it seems familar, but i cant quite place it.

Craig

[thana]

heheh, it's a great idea with that bite, you know? maybe you should try something like that sometime, huh? ;p

my signature? it's a latin proverb; an english version is "let us eat, drink and be merry; there is no pleasure after death" :) (polish: "jedzmy, pijmy, radujmy się! Po śmierci nie ma już przyjemności")

and now a little polish lesson: pozdrawiam means best regards, love (in the letter), something like this. if you would like to pronounce it, say 'poz' like 'pos' in position, 'dra' like in drama, 'wia' like 'via' on viaduct, plus 'm' like any 'm' you'd like :D

have a nice day,
pozdrawiam! ;)

[Naburi]

Cant recall all steps to be honest.

Mental note: Dont play while being tired *laughs*

Changing colors, different poster edges, blur, sharpen.. paint daubs. hmm no way to reconstruct my way

[Kraellin]

thana,

thank you for clearing those up. and, pozdrawiam to you as well

naburi,

very lovely!

Craig

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Naburi

Mental note: Dont play while being tired *laughs*

Looks to me like you should play more often when you're tired. Great colors.

[Naburi]

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[garazon]

Well I wanted a different color scheme so I began playing with edges and layer blends to give me the look, finally got something I liked, Image 1, but did I stop there? ha I don't think so, tried a what if in Virtual Painter , used Impasto oil effect , pretty colorful and definitely different

[palms]

Originally Posted by garazon

Well I wanted a different color scheme so I began playing with edges and layer blends to give me the look, finally got something I liked, Image 1, but did I stop there? ha I don't think so, tried a what if in Virtual Painter , used Impasto oil effect , pretty colorful and definitely different

Good What if version sometimes they are the most rewarding

Palms

[MiningArt]

Adjustments, cranked up the color and finished up with PaintEngine, mass poster, preset.