Yo Ho Ho and a bottle of fun

[MargaretM]

Thank you Barbara. A nice picture to work with.
Ikroll - what a wonderful theory - till the next morning.
MargaretM

[Fox54Black]

Nothing funner than editing a pirate picture
I like your first version Ikroll
Thanks for the great pictures Janet

[Gary Richardson]

Hi Barbara,

I've no idea where the island in my picture is from, it's just an image I "trawled" off the net and cropped to get the frame I wanted.

Glad you liked the final image, I had loads of fun doing it, and added and subtracted all sorts of things before settling on the final submission.

[palms1]

Had another go at a different photo few more to go ! ! !

Palms

and another

[Swampy]

Oh, wow... some really neat renderings here. What fun

I really managed to garbage this one up.

[Naburi]

Very fun to play around with

[Verywierd]

Yer says ye be lookin for a good used ship? Well I be havin' just the deal for you ....

[Gary Richardson]

Hi Verywierd,

Your ship is flying the white ensign (flag of the Royal Navy), is this a ruse to lure unsuspecting souls into a Pirate trap ?

[Verywierd]

Originally Posted by Gary Richardson

Hi Verywierd,

Your ship is flying the white ensign (flag of the Royal Navy), is this a ruse to lure unsuspecting souls into a Pirate trap ?

The ship is actually a model of the Golden Hind. As a Privateer all who sailed on her were both representatives of the Crown as well as pirates (to the Spanish)

[MargaretM]

The ship is actually a model of the Golden Hind. As a Privateer all who sailed on her were both representatives of the Crown as well as pirates (to the Spanish)

Very weird!
MargaretM

[lkroll]

Not really happy, but I need to figure out the sketch. I'll keep playing until I can simulate it. In the meantime, here's what I've come up with.

[lkroll]

Used Xero's Carravaggio filter along with some additional enhancements (including Impressionist with KentC's Cezanne filte modified for size) to get this illustration.

[Pam]

Wonderful shot, Janet. When I saw the first one, I immediately knew what I was going to do:

- Cut him out of the background, and turned him into a sketch.
- Created a "pirate map" background. I started with a great action called "Ray's Parchment 2006", which is available at Adobe's Studio Exchange:

http://tinyurl.com/fmgur

After running the action, I ran another great action, "Parahamsa Linen":

http://tinyurl.com/memf5

Then I used lots of grunge/stain type brushes to add some dirt and age. You can find tons of these brushes online or at Studio Exchange.

I also added a 1626 map of Bermuda and a few nautical/antique designs. All of these were used at varying opacities and blend modes. Finally, I brushed the edge with grunge brushes to give an uneven/burned/torn/aged look.

To finish I placed the pirate on top of the map, put in a drop shadow and tweaked all the colors. Now if only I can learn how to retouch as fast as I've written this description! ; )

Full sized crop for a close-up view:
http://upload.pbase.com/pam_r/image/61392390.jpg

Link to a larger version:
http://upload.pbase.com/pam_r/image/61392430.jpg

Thank you for letting us play!

[Kraellin]

pam,

excellent! i saw that and immediately thought 'Pirates of the Carribean' with johnny depp. could easily be a movie poster.

craig

[Janet Petty]

Beautiful work Pam. Thumbs up.

Janet