[DannyRaphael]

This thread was prompted by another discussion here.

So, let's play a little...

Source image:
http://blogs.sun.com/roller/resource...og_greenie.jpg

You'll probably have to fix the "green-eye" first!

The style you're trying to replicate:
http://www.houndfacemcgee.com/

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Don't worry about detailed "how to" instructions/detail on this one. Just focus on the results.

On your mark, get set, go!

~Danny~

[Legacy~Art]

Wow Danny i don't even know where to start...

[Legacy~Art]

Thanks Danny that was funny...

[Legacy~Art]

Could you not give us a mean looking dog? this one now looks like a girlie carpet lol!

[Janet Petty]

I've been following the "how can I do this" in the other part of this forum; and I agree with Danny that these pictures are digitally produced.

I'm glad this challenge was posted. It will be interesting to see the different techniques we all come up with.

Here is my first. More to follow, I'm sure.

Janet

P.S. Next time I think I'll do a cat. Evil snicker. hehehehe Meow.

[Neve]

Thanks Danny for taking the initiative once again and posting a challenge that I find I'm always learning something new from!!!!

A Warhol Acrylics Painted Pooch on Glicee Canvas....

[zip022]

I'm just a bit slow, just realized you started this with my request in mind...very cool. I will give it a try tomorrow as I'm too tired to go at it tonight. Again, thanks and looking forward to seeing everyone's work.
Deb

[rocketfuel]

Not really my thing but it was a fun try

[DannyRaphael]

Photoshop:
* Extract dog onto separate layer
* Create color panels on separate layers (picked colors kind of at random)
* Save, close

Open in Painter 8
* Clone and paint ##
* Sampled dogs brown color with eyedropper, then chose the opposite (complimentary) color on the color wheel and painted a sploch onto a new layer
* Save and close

Open in Photoshop
* Sampled the "complimentary" color with the Eyedropper tool to set the foreground color
* Created a Hue/Saturation adjustment layer above one of the color panel layers. Turned on the colorize option, which sets the Hue, Saturation, Lightness to the sampled color. (It's the cobolt-blue panel that goes across the bottom.)
* Merged adjustment layer with the layer below.
* Merged the color panel layers.
* Applied Unsharp mask to the merged background color layer
* Applied Unsharp mask to the dog layer
* Added a stroke frame

A different style (more "painted" than just Photoshopped) than Suzanne's, but this would be the general technique if she's creating her paintings based on Photoshop.

## Painter 8 brushes used:
* A couple from the Impasto group (set to clone) to create the individual color panel layers
* Smeary Camel, Bristle Brush for brush effects and Soft (for detail restoration) from the Cloners group
* Blender: Grainy Blender
* Charcoal: Charcoal - to add highlights/lowlights, which were blended in using Grainy Blender

[zip022]

I give up...for now. Ha Ha

[zip022]

Before I completely give up ship...here's a Paint Engine effect.

[Legacy~Art]

WOW Deb that is gorgeous, well done!!! Don't give up hun

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by zip022

I give up...for now. Ha Ha

This one and the Paint Engine effect = "You're rolling, now!" -- another way of saying 'You're losing your mind' (in a good way) I guess!

Like Legacy said, keep experimenting and having fun.

[CJ Swartz]

I didn't care for your choice of dog either, Danny. Her website uses mostly shorthaired dogs with white markings that are easier to add a "pop" hue to, so I found another dog to embarrass with weird colors at gal.mvc.ru (free distribution). It's still not the best choice because it's a longshot rather than a closeup, but it'll do for me.

I used both Image --> Posterize and the Cutout filter to abstract the dog, then extracted the background and abstracted/colored it more.

[Legacy~Art]

Hello C.J.

Using CJ dog i did this...