Basil (cat)

[palms]

Yes another cat, i have been minding this one while his owners are on holiday.
enjoy
Palms

[Swampy]

Watercolor version of a Fluffy Cat. Thanks for the play, Palms.

[flice]

Boss was out and I love cats, so thought I'd play around. Nothing much... just basic light and color adjusting on a whim.

[palms]

Swampy that is lovely
flice send the boss out more often ( oh and expect some good humoured stick off certain members for liking cats i get it all the time )
will have to wait till monday to show the owners they will love both of them

Palms

[Steve Conway]

Palms, I expected this fine feline to be nestled in a bed of flowers. 8-)

Steve C.

[Ziaphra]

Thought I'd do a sketch.

[palms]

Steve funnily enough this feline does like to sleep in the flower beds ! great work on this one as well from you

Ziaphra that is a super sketch as well

Palms

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by palms1

Steve funnily enough this feline does like to sleep in the flower beds ! great work on this one as well from you

Ziaphra that is a super sketch as well

Palms

Now how could I not have guessed that you would not be posting anything that didn't like flowers.....8-)

Being a cat person, that was a nice one to work on.

Steve C.

[0lBaldy]

Well shucks, I just had to stick a flower in there somewhere!

Gotta keep certain people happy you know!

[Swampy]

Hehehe, OB. Looks like you stuck _two_ flowers in there

[lkroll]

Sketch too.

Click here for the rendering; attached is just a thumbnail.

[Kraellin]

see, now that's a true cat look... "you woke me up for this?".

[Kraellin]

i had to have a go at this. basil reminds me a lot of a cat i used to own. i miss that cat

sometimes i prep an image before adding any photo art processes and sometimes i decide i just like the prep work

[lkroll]

Why not another smudgestick.

Click here and expand.

[palms]

Thank you for the flower Ol Baldy not sure how you know but i do like flowers

Ikroll great sketch may have a try at something later with it, if you dont mind
Although i really like your smudge stick

Craig you are right sometimes just the prep works well, as this one does

Steve i am blaming YOU for this (cat's are well spooky ) My cat has not done this before but this morning there she was in middle of flower beds in the ornamental grass and carnations ( beware photo's to come when they open ) you must of put the thought into her head ! !

Palms

[lkroll]

Glad you liked the smudgestick work Palms. Been on a binge with that type for a few days now. Thought longer stroke smudgestick would work for this one. Mainly Impressionist/GREYC combo method again, but I had to add some additional clone work for cleanup. I also started out using Accelerating Daisies filter to give the overall impression.

Again, here's the rendering.

[Sweetlight]

Hello all my friends, Long time no see. Work is crazy so I am taking a couple weeks off, out of ANY airplane 'cause I am sick of getting SICK from everyone else. BoooHooo!

Palms, Nice shot (for a cat!) Not a big cat fan but I love the muted tones in your shadows and such.

Just did a part of one of my "painting with light" techniques. Hope you all like it.

Original Image >

Add new layer>

Fill said layer with 50% gray at 100% opacity>

Blending mode of said layer to Color Burn (This will make the image quite dard and saturated so tweak the opacity to your liking.)

You can freestyle your light beam or beams or use the straight line lasso tool to create your beam outline>

Fill in your beam with very soft, white, airbrush at about 2-3% and stroke in even strokes until it is as bright as you like>


Keeping the selection, I then used hue/saturation to warm it up or in CS2 you can use the warming filters in the Photo Filter section under image adjustments.

This is a great techique for still lifes for adding a nice directed beam onto certain areas such as labels etc.

Hope you like.

c

[palms]

that one again is very nice Ikroll it even got the response "weird but i like it " out of my other half

Sweetlight nice to see you back, like your version with the light beam and the eyes

Palms

[Steve Conway]

Originally Posted by palms1

Steve i am blaming YOU for this (cat's are well spooky ) My cat has not done this before but this morning there she was in middle of flower beds in the ornamental grass and carnations ( beware photo's to come when they open ) you must of put the thought into her head ! !

Palms

Now that's funny! Didn't know I had this kind of influence on cats.......especially from so far away too.

She's a beauty.

Steve C.

[lkroll]

Glad your "other half" liked the smudgestick. Went oil brush on this one. Sort of Impressionistic looking though not pointillistic.

Click here and expand for the rendering.

[Kraellin]

thanks, palms

i like that one, sweetlight

[Trimoon]

Here is my try at it: Larger View

[palms]

Originally Posted by Trimoon

Here is my try at it: Larger View

That is super, great sketch technique,

Palms

[lkroll]

I like the sketch too Steve. Glad to see your posts when you do.

[Peter S]

With paws like this I'll bet he's a proper clown.

Peter

[Janet Petty]

Peter, you are such a cut up. Cats sleep in shoes, right?

Janet

[Peter S]

Originally Posted by Janet Petty

Peter, you are such a cut up. Cats sleep in shoes, right?

Janet

You could be right there. I never thought of that one

Peter

[palms]

Originally Posted by Peter S

With paws like this I'll bet he's a proper clown.

Peter

Poor Basil ( is this a good time to tell you that Basils owner is a black belt in karate and huge ! ! ! !)
although i haven't stopped giggling yet and what's worse i like it !

Palms

[mikajomc]

I am a cat person too Palms. Thanks for the play.

Here's mine-
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikajom...28964/sizes/o/

[Kraellin]

good one, jordan. i like the color of the cat contrasted against the more drab cement/background.