golden retriever smudge - how'd i do

[palms1]

Sorry Steve but cant be of much help here i havent actually seen any tutorials for psp and smudging although i have seen some work done in psp but if i see anything you will be the first to know

Palms

[patriciakay]

Johnnieb...Think you are doing great with your smudging...its just to practice and now we are all graduating from flowers... ...

Britsdad...You are doing great too..nice work on that one...


Lyle...Your filter work is great...more and more new ones from you...

Palms...Lovely ...I like your first one best...

Here is my version...done in Painter IX with the blender brushes..

Patricia...

[johnnieB]

patriciakay, you've done another great smudge -- and i like what you did with the background also.

thanks for the kind words -- i think i'm gonna go back and practice more with flowers, they are much easier!

[Janet Petty]

I admit that this is my very first smudge painting. I've always been bothered by the seemingly too smooth, too slick feel of smudged paintings and wanted to see if I could smudge and still keep a semblance of reality. This was a great picture to work on and try my experiment. My only problem was that when I finished the dog looked as if it was floating in a sea of green. It looked so funny I had to laugh and go back to the drawing board (errr....mousepad) and try again.

My hat goes off to those of you who accomplished great work on the dog. I found out smudge painting is harder than it looked.

Janet

[johnnieB]

janet, i am certainly no expert, but i think you did a fine job for your first smudge.

[palms1]

Janet great first smudge hope it wont be your last

Johnnie funny thing i think flowers are harder ! !

Palms

[Britsdad]

Hi all,
Is everyone going smudge crazy? (I know I am!) Love playing!!!
johnnieB, download these hair brushes http://www.innographx.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3666 and have a go at this pic http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-based-art/13902-my-romulan.html you'll see mine near the botom of page 2, to me this was easier to do than yours...I used the the larger brush, number 2, at 60-80% strength, about 20-30 pixels in size......John

[patriciakay]

Janet...Great for a first smudge...think its a fun way to paint....

Johnnieb....Glad you liked my version...thanks for your comment...what program are you smudging in???

Patricia...

[Britsdad]

Oh yea, good call Patricia, johnnieB which program are you using?....John

[johnnieB]

patriciakay and britsdad, my program of choice (cheapest on the market) -- photoplus10 -- britsdad -- i don't know if i can download the brushes but thanks i'll give it a try and will give the image a try. smudging is extremely addictive!

p.s. to britsdad, great job on the german shepherd!

[patriciakay]

Hi Johnnie...

A new program to me.....Twisted Brush and Deep Paint are really good...they are both free and have lots of brushes...i got them from download.com

Patricia....

[johnnieB]

patricia,

thanks, i will definitely try those out later today.