PHOTO ART: Mini-Challenge #55 – Steinhatchee Harbor

[DannyRaphael]

Forgive the brevity. I've got the flu. I'll populate this post with the traditional verbiage tomorrow.

Picture by Trimoon (Steve LeQuier).

[d_kendal]

here's my try at this one:
It's kinda a combination of watercolor and sketch techniques (plus some experimenting with the art history brush etc.)

- David

[d_kendal]

here's a second version, this was before I had added the watercolor effect, and I added a curves adjustment.

- David

[GOLDCOIN]

Morning David..

Really like the second one, morning mist appears to be just
clearing.... How do you get those edges, they really set off this
pix?

[pstewart]

David, I like the first one, with the watercolor effect...nice job. I agree with Goldcoin about the edge treatment...perfect touch.

Phyllis

[d_kendal]

Thanks, both of you. the edge just kind of happened the way it did, from the when I was erasing away the white layer to get the brush stroke and misty effect.

- David

[platscha@cs.com]

I really like the subtle nature of the first one, very well done.

[GOLDCOIN]

Well, David you are "two for two".....

Chuck.... That came out super.... Very defined, great color. Nice.

[phili1]

Nice job David I like the first as well. MIsty is perfect for that shot.

Chuck. I loved the coloration.

Well whenb I saw it I thought of the big storm.

I made Rain in textures.

And rought water in Liquify.

I lassoed the boat flipped it and made a Sail.

[pstewart]

Chuck, really nice job on the sketch technique. But I think you might want either to saturate it more, or desaturate it completely for a b/w sketch. Right now it's somewhere inbetween and my visual cortex can't decide which way to go with it...makes me nervous.

Phil, clever pseudo-storm look. Very stylized...could catch on in the art world and bring millions.

I too thought that that wide expanse of empty water needed something, so I changed the perspective and stretched it vertically as well, to give it depth so that I could add my daughter and her friends rafting up front. Wheeeeeee....

Phyllis

[omeyas]

Think I'm going senile!
Frank

[phili1]

Phyliss, great idea, I had a rafting pic but did not think of it. WAs that a dig, ha ha. I could not figur how to make waves, Oh well.

Frank, I think that makes two of us. The river runs dry.

[pstewart]

Frank, one word--brilliant!

Phyllis

[arthill]

Tried all kinds of things on this one and pretty much didn't like any of them. This one is underpainting on the bottom layer with Find Edges on the top layer.

[omeyas]

Steinhatchee Harbor

[pstewart]

Chuck, I can breathe again...haha. I like it now...just right!

Art, well you finally came up with at least one good idea. Looks great outlined like that...a simple treatment for a simple scene.

Frank, shockingly good! Sure are gettin' the mileage outta that tiger!

Phyllis

[omeyas]

Originally posted by pstewart

Frank, shockingly good! Sure are gettin' the mileage outta that tiger!

Phyllis [/B]

Thanks Phyllis, I think that's the second time!
I decided to do the picture with a ripped open effect and when I came to put something there, the poor old tiger was the first thing I came across. Honest! I've only been here a few weeks now and I'm already recycling the pictures! Promise I won't use it again!

[phili1]

A little pencil art with water color.

[phili1]

Different look.

[pstewart]

Frank, oh please don't stop using the tiger...I love what you do with him. I'd miss him.

Phili, I love what you did with the second one...the new colors wake up the picture, and the shading adds depth...good job!

Phyllis

[DannyRaphael]

Among the PS7 default actions (within the Textures set) is one called "Pastel Glass Tiles," which yielded some interesting results. This .atn was used to generate two layers (A, C) in this version. (See next post for Layers palette screen shot).

A second action, "djr-Tom Nelson inspired" (which is among the .atns that can be downloaded HERE) was used as the middle (B) layer of this trio.

Layers G, H and I are edges and frames. Framing and edging can be done to suit.

[DannyRaphael]

The Layers palette snapshot attached...

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Phyllis:

Yours could be a promo for a theme park. Nice blending of the images to make them look matched.
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Phil:

You just keep getting better... marvelous variations.
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Frank:

I'm still waiting for that creativity transplant. Brilliant (as in, ditto what Phyllis said) and awesome. You continue to show all of us how to "break out" of a rut.

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David:

I think we've got you hooked on this photo-art stuff. How's the Photoshop transition going?
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Art:

Nice combination of lines and background. What did you do to get the fine lines?
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Chuck:

Nice of you to give Phyllis a saturated version! I liked both myself.
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Steve (Trimoon):

Thanks again for sharing your picture with us. You inspire us again.

~Danny~

[phili1]

Very nice effect Danny, I will have to try it.

Danny, Have you hgad and problems with Photoshop 7. Every once in a while it goes hay wire. I get verticle and horrizontal lines running like a mathmatical program and all of a sudden it stops and everything clears up. I cant figure it out.

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Phil: Have had (knock on wood) zero problems w/PS7; sounds like hardware (monitor, connections, card?) to me. - Danny

[d_kendal]

Originally posted by DannyRaphael
David:

I think we've got you hooked on this photo-art stuff. How's the Photoshop transition going?
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~Danny~

yep, I'm completely and utterly hooked on this stuff!! As for photoshop, now I'm wondering how I ever lived without it I love working with it.

- David

[omeyas]

Frank:

I'm still waiting for that creativity transplant. Brilliant (as in, ditto what Phyllis said) and awesome. You continue to show all of us how to "break out" of a rut.

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~Danny~ [/B][/QUOTE]

Thanks Danny, you're very kind! If I had a brain cell to spare, you'd be welcome to it! I'm in the market for some myself. As I've said previously, I've been doing this for less than a year now and this is a great learning medium for me When I did the book with Jim's? granddaughter, I'd never done a book before, and similarly, this last one with the torn page effect was a first for me. I'd loved to be able to claim that they are all my own inspirations (to live up to your "creativity bit) but really I'm just gleaning (stealing?) ideas from reading other sites, sometimes almost direct copies, other times I do modify them a fair bit. Most of all I'm an avid follower of Rule 4, I think it was 4. Enjoy it!
Thanks
Frank

[pstewart]

Danny, those pastel tiles really give a great look! Thanks for discovering that gem!

Phyllis

[BigAl]

As I tried to do this one without looking at anyone else's efforts, I found it rather difficult to get something that looked like "art". Anyway, this is what I think is the best of my efforts.

[pstewart]

Al, looks great...the charcoal effect is especially good at bringing out texture in the trees, as well as the ripples in the water.

I tried an oil painting. Used cutout textured with render-lighting, distort-->frosted glass, displace-->stucco, and finally used render-lighting on an overlaid texture from Andromeda Techtures set to soft light. At each step after cutout I mostly erased away the waviness on the boat, dock, and vertical masts etc. so the picture wouldn't lose its form. I added a gray cloudy sky by cloning part of the water and stretching it with transform.

Phyllis

[phili1]

Al very nice water effect. looks like it moving.

Phyliss, it looks like oil and you made the water look cold, nice touch.

[omeyas]

Steinhatchee Harbor