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| | Photo-Based Art Emulating natural-media painting techniques | 
02-01-2008, 07:11 AM
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| | | Valentine Challenge Yep its time to do something nice and romantic for Valentines Day anything goes but come on make it sugary sweet and soft and romantic    It dosn't matter if it is made from scratch or a photo be creative
so here we go with some links
brushes http://www.webresourcesdepot.com/pho...es-collection/
Valentine card/wallpaper etc tutorials http://www.rnel.net/search/photoshop...ne-tutorials-1
not forgetting the photosphere and snowglobe tutorials we used for the baubles http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/pho...challenge.html
and last but not least (let me know if you have any other links ) a photo of a rose for you to use if you so want except its not red so you will have to change that ! ! ! and a quickly done sphere to start of with
Palms | 
02-02-2008, 09:16 PM
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| | | Heart of Hearts. Here you go Palms. Just a hodge-podge of hearts.  | 
02-03-2008, 12:22 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge just something quick and simple  | 
02-03-2008, 03:28 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge That's lovely lkroll lots of nice hearts there
might of been quick and simple for you yelhsaneerg but very nice it has got a romantic feel to it
Palms | 
02-03-2008, 09:44 PM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge thanks Palms *i must say just when i was losing faith in this site after over a year i'm regaining my confidence that there still are nice people here* | 
02-04-2008, 08:41 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge Wasn't sure if this is what you wanted, but here's mine.
Original photo is from stock exchange. | 
02-04-2008, 09:12 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge [quote=mikajomc;182156]Wasn't sure if this is what you wanted, but here's mine There is not right or wrong for this thread It is different in that instead of one image it is a theme and anything goes,It is just a way of incorporating all different disciplines 
Original photo is from stock exchange.[/QUOTE And that is a great image very nice  | 
02-04-2008, 01:56 PM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge | 
02-04-2008, 03:38 PM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge What a fun thread. Happy Valentines Day.
Here are some smackeroos for all of us who LOVE chocolate.
Janet | 
02-05-2008, 05:40 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge I wrote this poem for my wife before we were married. I guess she liked it. This year we will celebrate our 35th anniversary. | 
02-05-2008, 07:14 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge Great one Janet i LOVE chocolate
Gerry, Aaah that is so lovely, nice to know there are some romantic men out there .
Palms | 
02-10-2008, 04:43 PM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge Sonnet XVII
I don't love you as if you were the salt-rose, topaz
or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:
I love you as certain dark things are loved,
secretly, between the shadow and the soul.
I love you as the plant that doesn't bloom and carries
hidden within itself the light of those flowers,
and thanks to your love, darkly in my body
lives the dense fragrance that rises from the earth.
I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,
I love you simply, without problems or pride:
I love you in this way because I don't know any other way of loving
but this, in which there is no I or you,
so intimate that your hand upon my chest is my hand,
so intimate that when I fall asleep it is your eyes that close.
-Pablo Neruda-
My favorite poet most likely. Sorry I submitted old work (one of my Wanderlust series) but it's gonna be seen where it needs to be and it is as true as the day I created it. Hope you enjoy the writing too.
Peace, hearts and roses to all of you. Never give up.
c
Last edited by Sweetlight : 02-10-2008 at 07:14 PM.
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02-11-2008, 04:58 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge Thanks for the challenge. I have been playing with this adorable picture of my niece giving her big brother a kiss for years. This seemed like a perfect place for it. I used high pass filter and threshold to get a couple different edges and then blended them into the sillhouette.
Shari | 
02-11-2008, 05:30 AM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge Sweetlight great words there ! And i like your image very much ( you could read loads into it )
Shari That is so sweet a treasure to treasure
Palms | 
02-12-2008, 08:52 PM
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| | | Re: Valentine Challenge Another one.
reference (just don't shoot me for borrowing; will remove if asked; not trying to profit from any work that I do): http://impressionsareeverything.com/item811.htm |
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