Parrot

Nanls · #1 02-18-2006, 09:56 PM

Since there has been a lot of interest in Smudge painting brushes, I thought this image I found on Morgue file (http://www.morguefile.com) would work well with his/her beautiful feathers. The full size image can be downloaded off morguefile.com You can search for parrot or by the image file name which is: parrotCn_3220.jpg
Have fun.
~Nancy~

lkroll · #2 02-18-2006, 11:02 PM

Used my new toy (Eye Candy 3; free version) to create the strokes. Also GIMP's bumpmapping for relief texture.

Nanls · #3 02-19-2006, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by lkroll

Used my new toy (Eye Candy 3; free version) to create the strokes. Also GIMP's bumpmapping for relief texture.

Love that pattern, didn't know Eye Candy had a free version. Will have to go check it out.. Thanks for the ifo!

~Nancy~

Kraellin · #4 02-19-2006, 12:51 AM

went a little wild.

craig

palms1 · #5 02-19-2006, 05:40 AM

Great project Nancy used Sarsa's hair brush on this one, with opacity at 60%

Palms

Added a second one this time done with Trimoons smudge brush soften edges

lkroll · #6 02-19-2006, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Nanls

Love that pattern, didn't know Eye Candy had a free version. Will have to go check it out.. Thanks for the ifo!

~Nancy~

Hey Nancy; check this link out from Danny

Kraellin · #7 02-19-2006, 09:20 AM

lk,

like nancy said, interesting pattern. nicely done

and palms, you know i always like your smudges

craig

lkroll · #8 02-19-2006, 09:32 AM

Used the Highpass filter and then selected the lightest grey color. Created a fill layer and Inverted the color and set to Color Dodge. Some additional cleaning and sharpening (also used Flaming Pear's Mr. Contrast filter) and voila.

Nanls · #9 02-19-2006, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Kraellin

went a little wild.

craig

You should get wild more often! Looks heavenly... like a dreamy effect!

Nice Palms, don't you just love those smudge brushes? I know you have been working with them a while, and it show. :-)

kroll: great sketch effect for just a few steps... very clean. And thanks for the link-wish they had it for mac!

~Nancy~

Kraellin · #10 02-19-2006, 11:44 AM

lk,

i like that. a lot of sketch type results leave out a lot of detail. i prefer, often, those that do more fill, like you've done here. very nice.

nancy,

thank you.
it could only loosely be classified as a smudge. and where i dont recall all the steps, the main one was done with dreamysuite's free plugin, the ghosting/blurring one.

ok, here's a more traditional smudge. this was mostly done with the 'push' tool in Paint Shop Pro 10. only 3 layers were used and the only reason i did that many was because i get to one point and go, 'ok, i like that to this point'. so, i sort of 'save' by making a new layer and continue on the new layer to refine things. generally, each time i add a new layer, i lower the impact of the tools, either by lowering opacity, density, size of the brush, or the type of brush used. this gives you a gradual smoothing and refining effect. this one took roughly 90 minutes or so to do.

craig

palms1 · #11 02-19-2006, 12:31 PM

Way to go Craig you are getting there ( took your time though

) Your smudge looks great,

Ikroll good sketch how many different ways of doing a sketch do you know/use?

Nancy thanks, i have been trying to do smudges for some time they do take a LOT of practice, i have posted another one done with a different brush so the different effects they make could be seen

Palms

Nanls · #12 02-19-2006, 12:45 PM

I like how soft he looks craig, while there is still feather detail.
Well, I'm done with mine. Used both hair and skin brushes, and smudge brush while saturating some of the colors already in the bird. I thought the green in the background was distracting so I used a layer and "color" blend mode alone with hue/sat to change tone it down.

~Nancy~

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Kraellin · #13 02-19-2006, 12:46 PM

palms,

thanks

this wasnt quite the traditional smudge work. normally, i wouldnt use the extra layers and gradually fade it down like this. so it's not a 'true smudge' like i see you do and which i like so well. and yes, i'm working on it

craig

Kraellin · #14 02-19-2006, 12:49 PM

nancy,

i like that! the extra saturation really did the trick there. i had thought about removing or fading the background on mine and after seeing yours, i think it's the right way to go.

craig

Nanls · #15 02-19-2006, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by palms1

Great project Nancy used Sarsa's hair brush on this one, with opacity at 60%

Palms

Added a second one this time done with Trimoons smudge brush soften edges

I really like the second one, looks really painterly, especially like the beak. I haven't used that brush, will have to give it a try!
~Nancy~