Creative Interpretations - Mallorca Cafe

Swampy · #1 07-17-2007, 11:35 AM

I love these plaza and outdoor cafe scenes. Here's one from Spain and my watercolor version. Have fun! Enjoy

Alcar · #2 07-17-2007, 11:43 AM

Swampy, I really like your watercolor. Is this from one of your tutorials?
Alan

Swampy · #3 07-17-2007, 12:07 PM

No, Alan. If I can remember...

I worked kinda backwards on this trying some new things. Duped the background, ran find edges, desaturated and ran a buzz on the black and white. Put this on the top of the stack with blend mode set to Soft Light and Opacity at about 88%.

I then made another copy of the background, ran buzz again, set that as the history point and painted with a very splotchy brush in vital color areas. (See a pic of my paint layer below with the sketch layer turned on). Then I sandwiched a hue/sat adjustment layer between the black and white and the paint layer and ran the colors of the paint layer up.

I had a lot of white areas, so I duplicated the original again, placed it under the paint layer and reduced the opacity to about 25%. This filled in the otherwise white canvas with some color that gave a soft "underpainted" look.

Hope that helps. :-)

Photoshop.. If you don't have Buzz, you can probably use the Noise/dust&scratches filter to muck up and simplify the photo.

Steve Conway · #4 07-17-2007, 03:21 PM

Here's another look at dining on a lazy afternoon.

Steve C.

Swampy · #5 07-17-2007, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Steve Conway

Here's another look at dining on a lazy afternoon.

Steve C.

It's probably the thoughts of food that attract us to these outdoor cafe pics, Steve. LOL

Alcar · #6 07-18-2007, 08:06 AM

Some buzz and fine edges followed by painting with a watercolor brush.
Alan

oltenius · #7 07-18-2007, 11:36 AM

Interesting image and great artwork, everyone!
Dan

sylvia1065 · #8 07-18-2007, 12:27 PM

Simply beautiful!
Sylvia

palms1 · #9 07-18-2007, 01:21 PM

After posting this in the wrong thread hopefully i have it right now ! ! ! ! !

Palms

Kraellin · #10 07-18-2007, 09:01 PM

thanks for posting this, dee dee and nice rendition.

here's a bit of an odd but fun one from filter forge. the filter is called 'crumpled'. i think you'll see why

lkroll · #11 07-20-2007, 12:44 AM

Playing with Mathmap for the Mirror Globe. Click here for more globes.

palms1 · #12 07-20-2007, 05:21 AM

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Originally Posted by lkroll

Playing with Mathmap for the Mirror Globe. Click here for more globes.

They are cool lkroll

Palms

lkroll · #13 07-20-2007, 11:31 AM

Thanks Palms; still can't quite get over my Tessellation stage. lol

pavel123 · #14 07-22-2007, 09:05 AM

Swampy, nice photo.

Photoshop, layer masks.

Pavel

lkroll · #15 07-22-2007, 12:26 PM

Nice one Pavel. Also wanted to add that everytime I see your cat, it reminds me of my former three (was four, but one of the kittens passed on) Tuxedos that I had the priviledge to raise and take care of. Man I miss them; due to financial reasons, I had to give them away, but they are doing fine, living on a farm in northern Alabama (my sister, who actually found a home for them, gives me info once in a while on their state; just 3 weeks ago I had the latest which is cool).