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Old 11-12-2007, 11:37 AM
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Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

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

Mine was started in Painter then brought over to PS for cropping, texture and a little paint with light.
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Old 11-12-2007, 02:04 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Another nice one Swampy
I thought I'd get this one going. Too many steps to recall, also I'm still playing about with the way I've done this.

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Old 11-12-2007, 02:44 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Peter, try this.
Duplicate your original photo desaturate it. Put it at the top of the stack (over your above version) set the blend mode to softlight and watch the shadows pop. Adjust levels or opacity of the b/w to suit your taste.
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Old 11-12-2007, 03:14 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Thanks Swampy, tried it, nice, certainly increases the contrast.
You can get a similar effect with a black layer set to soft light as well, though it is more global, whereas your idea is governed by the picture to a large extent.

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Old 11-12-2007, 03:30 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

I've used both black and white layers at different times and you're right, black really increases the contrast. In addition to opacity and Levels, you can dodge and burn on that b/w layer for more or less affect. I've done some stuff like run Buzz on that layer or different textures. Lots to play with once you know it's there to work with.
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Old 11-12-2007, 09:18 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Supersmooth, Grain Extract Overlay and a few other GIMPy things.

Link to hirez/quality version below; attached is a very low quality crop (51% quality that is).

http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/5...kitchenzm2.jpg
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Old 11-12-2007, 11:38 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

i wanted to give this sort of an old world look, so i borrowed a filter forge filter from one of the resident geniuses, crapadilla. this is his 'wormcraft' filter, very slightly modified to allow more opacity of the original image. the original filter simulates a worm-eaten, carved piece of wood.
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Old 11-13-2007, 12:47 AM
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A little abstract with a cutout filter.
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Old 11-13-2007, 07:19 AM
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LK goes Gimpy! Looks good to me
Craig, Awsome!
Chillin, Abstract works well on this photo.
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Old 11-13-2007, 09:07 AM
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Looking at the weather at this place, I can see why this would be a thriving business.

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Old 11-13-2007, 10:10 AM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

I think it's sufficient soup for the users of this thread!
Very nice jobs, all!
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Old 11-13-2007, 10:14 AM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Dan, nice, colorful image. I thought a low key might be interesting. Painted in Photoshop.
Alan
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Old 11-13-2007, 10:20 AM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Steve, Dan and Alan...more great interpretations. That's what I love about this site, there are so many talented people with such different takes on one subject.
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Old 11-13-2007, 10:21 AM
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Alan, Swampy, Thank you!
Alan, excellent light technique in your artwork.
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Old 11-13-2007, 12:09 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

"Soup er" renditions everyone great subject Swampy

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Old 11-13-2007, 05:29 PM
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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?
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Old 11-14-2007, 12:35 AM
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thanks, dee dee. a fun picture to play with
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Old 11-14-2007, 09:45 AM
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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)
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Old 11-14-2007, 09:54 AM
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Nice emphasis on the waitress, Mitch.
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Old 11-14-2007, 10:15 AM
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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
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Old 11-16-2007, 08:33 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

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
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Old 11-17-2007, 03:02 AM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

George, the second one is my favorite.

Sylvia, Tut 14 is wonderful. Great crop!
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Old 11-17-2007, 09:26 AM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

Thank you, Swampy!
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Old 11-17-2007, 01:59 PM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

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


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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.
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Old 11-17-2007, 03:14 PM
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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.
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Old 11-27-2007, 11:45 AM
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Re: Creative Interpretations - The Soup Kitchen

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.
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