Creative interpretations: Violin

[DannyRaphael]

I thought this was a compelling image... It should be the basis for some interesting interpretations.

Have fun!

~Danny~

[Legacy~Art]

Here is mine, Oil Pastel of a beautiful violin!

Will tell you how i did it when the contest is over!

Nice to see you Danny, i still owe you some chocolates!

Ella xxx

I have a larger size if you need without a signature.

Oh can i include a stamp, for when you send the gift to someone?

Do not count the stamp as my entry the big pic is my entrance picture!!!

[Steve Conway]

Violin or fiddle?

Steve

[dkcoats]

Let's see...this started with some simplification in PSCS2. Then took it into Gertrudis Pro (this is just one of several versions) then went back to PS for embossing and texture.

dc

[studioj]

Dear Steve, I'll answer your question. First of all, this picture it's mirrored, cauze the strings are backwards, the stronguest should be at last.

Another thing, this is a cheap Chinesse violin, and a Fiddle for Americans it's a good violin to play country music. A fiddle have a low angle bridge, and this one it's high angled, also, the Chinesse guys don't do fiddles, they work for the World Wide Market.

Also the fingerboard should be low angled.

I'm a luthier too.

[Steve Conway]

Gracias mi amigo.

I was only trying to have a little joke with my question. But you did enlighten me regarding the image being printed backward.

I did know a man who was a fine fiddle pklayer and injured his left arm in an auto accident. He re-strung his fiddle backward and fingered with his right hand and bowed with his left.

Steve

Originally Posted by studioj

Dear Steve, I'll answer your question. First of all, this picture it's mirrored, cauze the strings are backwards, the stronguest should be at last.

Another thing, this is a cheap Chinesse violin, and a Fiddle for Americans it's a good violin to play country music. A fiddle have a low angle bridge, and this one it's high angled, also, the Chinesse guys don't do fiddles, they work for the World Wide Market.

Also the fingerboard should be low angled.

I'm a luthier too.

[studioj]

He should buy a left handed fiddle, he'll broke the violin doing that, because, in it's interior, the fiddle have different bars for the strings, and the trebles are lower tension.

Tell him to log into www.internationalviolin.com or write to sales@internationalviolin.com they sell great left handed violins, and the sales guy it's a professional fiddle player, he could adjust the violin to turn it into a fiddle

[Alcar]

Danny, thanks for having another challenge. You're right, this is a compelling image and I found it fun to work on. The attached was done in PS using the Impressionist PlugIn with your own djroil-24 style.
I presume we are all limited to only one submission. Is this correct?
Alan

[Nanls]

Welcome back Danny.
Wow, so far beautiful images-all of them.
Here is mine... done with buzz.

~Nancy~

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[Janet Petty]

This was done for the joy of working on this photo and not for the contest.

I "watered" the violin and added a few embellishments here and there.

Enjoy.

Janet

[Nanls]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

This was done for the joy of working on this photo and not for the contest.

I "watered" the violin and added a few embellishments here and there.

Enjoy.

Janet

That is beautiful Janet-very creative!
~Nancy~

[DannyRaphael]

Originally Posted by Alcar

I presume we are all limited to only one submission. Is this correct?

It is... limit 1 for the contest threads. Good catch and thanks for asking, Alan. I just forgot to note that at the top. (fixed now)

re: djroil24
For an accident, that's turned out to be a very handy style if I say so, myself. I'm honored you used it to create such a lovely piece.

[Kraellin]

ok, here's my entry

and for those that dont understand the reference, here's a link to the song lyrics: http://www.cdbfan.com/lyrics/dwdtg.htm

craig

[chiroka]

my variant of interpretation
impressionist and photoshop

Janet - well done!!!

[Janet Petty]

Thanks for the comments all. I'm sure enjoying this thread. There are so many wonderful, creative, and well executed entries, that if it weren't random, I'd surely be hard pressed to choose one above another.

Craig, is that term used to mean "smokin' " as in top-notch, fast fiddlin'? Cool idea.

Janet

[byRo]

As per StudioJ's observations I was turning the violin around (doesn't look too good the other way).
So I played with the blending modes between the two versions and this little guy appeared in the middle.

..So then I touched "him" up a little.

Rô

[Janet Petty]

That is perfection Ro. You found the inner child.

Janet

[raniday]

Oh, my goodness! This is a classy, creative and beautiful thread, everybody!
Here's my effort, done in Painter IX, mostly with the Flemish Rub brush.

Link to larger res image:
http://www.pbase.com/image/57008498

[lkroll]

Some other stuff too; selective cleaning and erasing as well. Enhanced the saturation and color at the end.

[OnAir]

Result of Art History Brush experimenting. Enjoyed to see everybody's work. chiroka - very glad to see another russian here!

[chiroka]

thanks OnAir
your version is well made.

[philbach]

Using Studio Artist

[Kraellin]

janet,

not quite sure what term you're referring to, but yes, the idea was that that song has a lot of very fast fiddle playing in it and things got a bit hot as a result, not to mention 'the devil' was playing also, which would tend to heat things up

craig

[palms]

I found this one quite hard /challenging so this is the result of messing around and redfields craquelere plug in

Palms

[pregan]

Gertrudis Pastel Brush w/Max Saturation

[RL Design]

My Entry...

[Peter S]

Just fiddled with textures and blending modes

[Legacy~Art]

Palms i like that, that be nice if you add a man leaning against the wall playing violin!

[palms]

Thank you Legac,y good idea about a man possibly one in silhoutte? will perhaps try after the competion ends

Palms

[jch71566]

Lots of great stuff here. Figured I'd give it a whirl, too!

-Jeff