Creative Interpretations - Iron Horse

[Swampy]

Another photo fun to paint. Enjoy!

[palms]

played with textures instead of painting this one,

Palms

[Peter S]

Ohhh a train set, must do this one
Thanks Swampy and nice pics you two.

Peter

[dkcoats]

Thanks for another great pick, Swampy. I like what you did with it - and can't believe no one else has tackled it.

I did mine in Painter with a fair amount of pre- and post-futzing in CS2.

[Steve Conway]

I like choo choos.

Steve C.

[Swampy]

Palms, nice texture play. A certain sooty grittyness that just fits.
Peter, love the color you used.
DC, I like the way the steam just billows in yours.

Toot Toot! :-)

[Swampy]

Nice one, Steve. Well simplified.

[smak]

Something different. Not painted.

[Swampy]

Ouch, Smak! LOL

[lkroll]

Enjoyed the swirl oil play and thanks for sharing Dee Dee.

[mikajomc]

Really like yours Palms, looks kind of vintage.
Thanks for the play Swampy!

Here's mine.

[Swampy]

Nice one, Jordan. The only suggestion I have is using the smudge or blur tool to clean up some of the small pixels in the smoke areas that are distracting.

[Kraellin]

good picture, swampy and another wonderful watercolor.

i played around in filter forge for quite a while to find something i liked. i knew i wanted something to highlight the black and bring it out more. i finally found a pencil sketch and used that combined with the original in psp xi with a blend mode.

[mikajomc]

Originally Posted by Swampy

Nice one, Jordan. The only suggestion I have is using the smudge or blur tool to clean up some of the small pixels in the smoke areas that are distracting.

Thanks for the C&C Swampy. I was in a hurry to post and didn't look it over as closely as I should have.

Nice one Craig. I like the shadows on the man, putting the spotlight on the train.

[Kraellin]

thanks, jordan

there's a great 'laser print' of a train going through the snow covered mountains that i've always liked. i was trying to get some of the contrast of that great print. what ever happened to 'laser prints'? i always thought they were pretty cool.

[Joeven]

I like these old steam trains.

Joe

[FranS]

This was a good photo to resurrect, Joe.

I used Akvis Sketch, Topaz Simplify and Adjust, and Photoshop for my version.

Fran

[Steve Conway]

Glad to see this one again. Love them Choo Choos.

Steve C.

[Crapaud]

The original pic looks awfully modern - you're not still travelling on them are you? Does it stop at Hogwarts?

Anyhoo, a beautiful looking machine: plenty of detail to draw out and play with.

Thanks for posting it, Swampy (if you're still around).