My Romulan

[Northernshadow]

Okay, so she not really a Romulan, she's a German Shepherd.
Her name is Rommy (short for Andromeda) we just call her the Romulan because she really can be a brat!
I took this last month while we were out camping.

I did her in Painter with watercolor brushes.

[DannyRaphael]

Hi Sherry...

Beautiful dog.

After knocking out the BG and using Levels to bring out a little facial detail, I applied the #djrOils24 Impressionist setting and a little Unsharp Mask.

Thanks for letting us play.

~Danny~

[palms1]

Just a quick go before i go to work ( this work thing gets in the way of play !!!) but i will be back lovely photo

Palms

[oltenius]

Beautiful Romulan > German Shepherd > Rommy > Andromeda...
Nice creations all of you!
Regards

[Fluffbutt]

What a handsome puppy!!

My attempt, a quickeee.

Imp Watercolour layer with Imp Chalk layer with some transparency and layer mask in grey. Overlay with adjusted edges.

[Steve Conway]

When I was growing up, they called these dogs German Police dogs. Anyone remember that? Anyway we had several along the way.

And here is my take on this very nice image. Especially like the way the dog is posed.

Steve

[Steve Conway]

Just noticed...this dog has a tat!

Very up-to-date dog.

Steve

[Northernshadow]

oh my this is cool, I'm loving looking at the results!

Danny I really like that painted look, the looseness of the strokes is balanced with the detail beautifully!

Palms, the clarity really adds a lot of interest

Oltenius LOVE what you did with the color!

Fluffbutt the loose wetness of your watercolor is really lovely

Steve, How did you do that? I love the way the strokes work with the image and the contrast of the dark strokes is really interesting.
I occasionally still get asked if my dogs are police dogs, we do a lot with them but no police work!
tat? OH TATTOO! she's chipped too!

[manta1900]

Closer to reality?
I used some of my filters:
Sharpening
White Balance
Exposure/Lighting/Contrast

[jch71566]

Beautiful Dog, Beautiful Interpretations.

I did mine with Paint Engine, using various masks and selections.

-Jeff

[Steve Conway]

Thank you, it was pleasure to work on such a nice image. Our dogs that we had when I was growing up never did any police work either. But I never heard these dogs referred to as anything but German Police dogs until I was grown. For some reason you never hear them called that anymore.

As for how I did mine, can't remember all the steps, but it involved a cutout filter script, layering, and painting in some detail and then applying painterly strokes with Gertrudis Pro.

Steve

Originally Posted by Northernshadow

oh my this is cool, I'm loving looking at the results!
Steve, How did you do that? I love the way the strokes work with the image and the contrast of the dark strokes is really interesting.
I occasionally still get asked if my dogs are police dogs, we do a lot with them but no police work!
tat? OH TATTOO! she's chipped too!

[palms1]

Glad that i re read original message and that Rommy is a girl cause i made her into a softie

Palms

[Kraellin]

palms,

i think that's one of your best. really looks like an oil.

craig

[recrisp]

Here's a version I did yesterday, I kind'a forgot how I did it now for the most part.
I know it's a sketchy type, and I just outlined it (kind'a, really quick) and dropped in a new background.
I did copy and paste the black linework over the color image, then played around with several layers to get it where it is.
I also used a 'hair brush' that I have to help outline this, but I really just didn't take the needed time to make it look perfect.

http://4dw.net/crisp/gs.jpg

Randy

[Kraellin]

randy,

i like the background. really sets him off well. also like the nice clean, crisp look you have there.

craig