Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

[Swampy]

Nicely done, Palms.

The whole time I was doing mine I kept wondering what kind of soup she was serving. The ladle is too clean for it to be anything except a boullion or broth. What say you?

[Kraellin]

thanks, dee dee. a fun picture to play with

[Mitch]

Hi all,
Those pots would cost a fortune over here.
I tried for a graphic effect here, but it didn't quite come out as I saw it in my mind.
Used Buzz simplifyer2
PP Pencil2 with colour
Sheilsoft Supersat(In PSP)

[Swampy]

Nice emphasis on the waitress, Mitch.

[gholmes1936]

Here then is my entry into this endeavor. I used Photoshop only. Used 4 different layers, and Inner Glow, Smart Blur, Rough Pastels, and a Texture.
thanks,
George

[sylvia1065]

Thanks for the wonderful picture, Swampy.
Boy oh boy, you all did a fantastic job on this great picture!!!
Done with my Tut 14.
Sylvia

[Swampy]

George, the second one is my favorite.

Sylvia, Tut 14 is wonderful. Great crop!

[sylvia1065]

Thank you, Swampy!
Sylvia

[Frank Lopes]

Swampy,

I came across this article on Webware http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9814391-2.html?tag=bl

and I had to take a look at it myself.

In essence it is a free online service that converts raster/bitmap images to vector. Something Photoshop just doesn't handle very well...

This is the result of its work in JPG format. If you really want to be impressed download the EPS file from my site: get eps file

Originally Posted by Swampy

It's not the Soup Nazi, but it could still be fun to paint.

Mine was started in Painter then brought over to Photoshop for cropping, texture and a little paint with light.

[Swampy]

Good info, Frank. I d'led your EPS and opened it in Illustrator. The linked service does a good job. I used Illustrator's Live Trace and got pretty much the same results after a little tweaking.

[Swampy]

I wanted to try some new texturing techniques to increase the hand painted look with the AHB.

Finished Layer set up. Top down
4-AHB swashy ground work embossed layer-set to vivid light-66% opacity
3-Dupe of Painted History brush detail- desat & embossed-set to over lay
2-Painted History brush detail - normal
1-White.

1. first pushed some pixels around using a displacement map at 4x4 and the frosted glass texture.
2. Saved this as a PST pattern
3. Used a Bristle brush, pretty big and the AHB with impressionist turned ON and just laid down big swashy strokes of color.
4. Duped this layer of ground work, desat and ran emboss, set to overlay. Merged down- Set this layer to Vivid Light at 66% opacity.

5. Used the same brush on a layer below the grounding, but turned Impressionist OFF. I mostly restored soft detail in the pots, the woman and a few details here and there.
6. Duped of detail layer, desat, soft emboss. Set to Overlay

These are the basic steps and settings. The rest is the usual Stamp Merge, add borders, signature etc.

Hope this gives you some ideas.