A scenic shot

[dkcoats]

Having a good photo to work with sure makes it easier, eh? I was working in a sort of classic landscape vein here, or at least that was the intention.
CS2/AHB
Bas relief & texturizer

dc

[pavel123]

Gertrudius, dry brush, some smudging.

Pavel

[Kraellin]

nice picture, janet

craig

[patriciakay]

Murray..Like your out in space painting...the colors are great...

dc....Your painting has a really nice texture and the bas relief really brings out the details...

Pavel...Its a lovely painterly look on yours....soft...

Craig.....amazing sky...I always take photos when my sky is those pinky blue colors...usually late summer...Love all of it ...it glows!!!

Patricia....

[Kraellin]

patricia,

you realize that if you keep complimenting my work i'm going to get a big head but, thank you

it was a bit of airbrushing for the sky and then some smudge on that. fun stuff

craig

[patriciakay]

Craig...I think you should give credit where its due and i do think you are doing some great things....So often we do things in life and never even get a thankyou or a thats nice but i am always happy for kind words and kind deeds...so if you are gonna keep doing this great art then...Big head it is...

Patricia...

[Kraellin]

hehehe, boy, i guess that was sort of a sneaky way to get extra praise there. it really wasnt intended, at least not consciously, so, thank you again

it took a while to get some inspiration on that one. i've been playing around so much with filter forge and had tried several effects using FF on that image, but just wasnt coming up with anything i really liked. it wasnt till i hit on the twilight idea that things came together and didnt even use FF on it

craig

[Janet Petty]

WOW, this thread really took off with some great creativity and examples to match. I'm so glad you are all having so much fun with the bluff and the river.

Oltenius, both of your versions show great creativity are are bright and vibrant. Quite striking.

Godmother, simply beautiful.

Steve Conway, your smudged and softened one is pretty. Personally, I'd like to see a bit more depth to the brush strokes; but that may be because this old lady is blind as a bat. The frame is a good touch.

jch, yours is abstracted in a good way. Nice use of the brushes.

PatriciaKay, very different and very dramatic. I liked.

Barbara, I really love your style. This picture shows it off well. Your gimp mastery on a linux machine is wonderful. Just don't tell my husband I said so because he's been after me to go linux for years. He's a linux kernal developer btw.

Mr. Monday (or Murray for short), you have a perfect sci-fi execution here. So when does the book come out?

Kiska, what do I say to my friend...? ...that she is simply amazing. Your SA abilities have moved into the realm of master. Great job.

dkcoats, lovely, moody, and evocative of impending rain. Love the texture. I'd hang this one on my wall. Thumbs up.

Pavel, also moody. Has a good brush flow and looks like it belongs on a wall hanging. I like it.

Kraelin, I love the crop, the colors, the contrast, and especially the sky. In fact, yours looks quite a bit like a real sunset picture I took there a few weeks ago...only mine turned out blurry because hand holding a camera in that kind of light wasn't the wisest choice.

Keep up the good pictures folks.

Janet

[oltenius]

Janet, thanks for appreciation and... thanks again for the wonderful posted picture.
Best regards
Dan

[kiska]

Why, HAWG, is that the best you could think to say??????? ..................
thanks!

[Kraellin]

janet,

thank you and i'm glad you noticed the crop

we needed a landscape and that one was quite good. you guys are posting such good pictures that i'm very tempted to get back into it, especially with the digital cameras now.

craig

[barbara]

Janet
thanks very very much for your so warm,friendly and encouraging comments
Janet, please try Linux if you can, only try and see how nice it is, to try Gimp in it's
native environment
Janet, it can only give you some new inspirations, some new experiences !
and you have at home one Linux-Master, so you can immediately have an answer on
each question !
(newest info btw : today I have moved Paint Engine ! - yes, it works on Linux too!! )
Janet, now I will not leave you in peace

[OnAir]

I feel like to make a japanese effect for the picture.

[Kraellin]

onair,

i like that and yes, very japanese. an onion skin texture to simulate paper would also have worked.

craig

[byRo]

Wow, you folks have been busy!
Wouldn't be fair to single anybody out - so congratulations to all.
....and thanks to Janet for (yet) another wonderful image.

I was fiddling around with the Lens Blur filter and discovered that it can give some quite artistic effects. Here I used a greyscale image as the base and also as the mask.

Rô