Phalaenopsis

ghealy · #1 08-29-2009, 02:36 PM

Original is a photo I took back in 2006 at the Montreal Botanical Gardens. Played with in DAP using the Pastel template. Further tweaked in PSPv9.

Look forward to seeing how others play with it.

geepee52 · #2 08-29-2009, 04:22 PM

Nice pic for play Gene.I used two Fractalius layers and blended them then finished with a bit of Buzz and Impressionist.Thanks for the play.

Grant

amica999 · #3 08-29-2009, 06:22 PM

Nice Pic, Gene. Thanks for the play.

I do like DAP and your rendition looks great.

Grant, nice frac touch.

I played with textures, Frac and blended an Impressionist layer into all... Not so sure about the outcome, though. Well, I post anyway

MiningArt · #4 08-29-2009, 06:47 PM

Enjoying the different renditions. Made a few adjustments and merged overlays, finished up using Impressionist for texture and strokes. Nice image to work with, thanks.

lkroll · #5 08-29-2009, 09:33 PM

Thanks for sharing Gene; enjoyed the play.

lkroll · #6 08-29-2009, 09:58 PM

Decided to make a seamless tile out of my last effort as well (for all the wallpaper lovers out there).

0lBaldy · #7 08-29-2009, 11:44 PM

Nice shot Gene!

Thanks for the play!

Sweetlight · #8 08-30-2009, 01:13 AM

GeePee,
Wow my brother, excellent work. I love how you muted down the lavenders and magentas. From your crop all the way to the finest of tweaks what a beautiful rendition.

c

FranS · #9 08-30-2009, 05:40 AM

I'm amazed at how many different, wonderful ways one photographed can be interpreted. I dabbled in Photoshop, went to DAP Benson, and dabbled some more in Photoshop.

Fran

ghealy · #10 08-30-2009, 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by geepee52

Nice pic for play Gene.I used two Fractalius layers and blended them then finished with a bit of Buzz and Impressionist.Thanks for the play.

Nice one, Grant. Especially love the colour changes you did.

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Originally Posted by amica999

Nice Pic, Gene. Thanks for the play.

I do like DAP and your rendition looks great.

I played with textures, Frac and blended an Impressionist layer into all... Not so sure about the outcome, though. Well, I post anyway

Never used Fractals myself. They can add interesting aspects to images. Appreciate your kind words, Amica. And Thanks for playing.

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Originally Posted by MiningArt

Enjoying the different renditions. Made a few adjustments and merged overlays, finished up using Impressionist for texture and strokes. Nice image to work with, thanks.

Glad you had fun with the play. What presets in Impressionist do you use for the textures & brushstokes, John?

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Originally Posted by lkroll

Thanks for sharing Gene; enjoyed the play.

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Originally Posted by lkroll

Decided to make a seamless tile out of my last effort as well (for all the wallpaper lovers out there).

Real nice play, Lyle. But that seamless Tile rendition is a Wow!. Can you point me to a tutorial or something that would explain how I'd do that? Based on your results, that image would make an outstanding note card image.

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Originally Posted by 0lBaldy

Nice shot Gene!

Thanks for the play!

Ooooh 3D even. <grin>

Really love how you gave the petals a mother-of-pearl finish. Well done. And thanks for playing

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Originally Posted by FranS

I'm amazed at how many different, wonderful ways one photographed can be interpreted. I dabbled in Photoshop, went to DAP Benson, and dabbled some more in Photoshop.

You and I both, Fran. (Amazed that is. <smile>) Nice play. DAP can produce some outstanding results. Really like the brushstrokes here.

Question Peoples: I've seen several participants mention using BuZZ. Would that be the now free BuZZ Pro 3 plug-in? (It shows as Buzz.stack in PSPv9) Was wondering where I might find some tuts or basic info/help in how the plun-in can be best used.

ghealy · #11 08-30-2009, 08:19 AM

Just to add to my last post about looking for info related to BuZZ Pro, I have found the manual. But am still interested in any links to tutorials, etc. as I learn best by following along as opposed to just reading the instructions.

TIA

lkroll · #12 08-30-2009, 08:57 AM

Glad you liked the results Gene. I did start out by using G'MIC's (it's a GIMP filter; think of it like a filter of filters) Faded Array preset, but then I had to blend it with GIMP's Make Seamless (with selective erase throughs I did), and some more clean-up to remove some noticeable seams. Not easy to explain; more labor intensive then I would like, but it's the only way (short of getting this filter) to create seamless textures without ghosting (one day I might splurge, but I'm not a spender, so, unless I can't duplicate an effect and that effect if so important to me that I splurge {like Flaming Pear's India Ink for instance}, I just don't buy).

geepee52 · #13 08-30-2009, 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Sweetlight

GeePee,
Wow my brother, excellent work. I love how you muted down the lavenders and magentas. From your crop all the way to the finest of tweaks what a beautiful rendition.

c

Thanks for your comments Sweetlight, much appreciated.

Grant

amica999 · #14 08-30-2009, 11:25 AM

Another go :-)

FranS · #15 08-30-2009, 11:31 AM

Amica, what a great job!! Would you mind sharing what you did? Fran

amica999 · #16 08-30-2009, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by FranS

Amica, what a great job!! Would you mind sharing what you did? Fran

Thank you, Fran, your comment is much appreciated.
I simplified the picture using Topaz Clean (but you might as well use something like Dry Brush, underpainting etc.) I added a blank layer and painted with the AHB (Art History Brush) the background (Impressionist turned on). I made a pattern from the simplyfied image and used the pattern stamp tool at rather low opacity yet on another blank layer. Picked up some color from the painting for the canvas (you know: increase canvas size, stroke, bevel and emboss etc.) Hope this helped some

ghealy · #17 08-30-2009, 12:52 PM

@ Lyle: Thanks for the info. Some of that's Greek to me, but I'll do some further investigation. Thanks for the leads.

@ Amica: WOW! & Double WOW! Absolutely love the mauve tones here. Please, please keep playing. <grin>

FranS · #18 08-30-2009, 12:54 PM

Thank you for your reply, Amica. I've been admiring your work for some time now. I'm fairly new at digital painting and I appreciate your sharing your work flow. Fran

MiningArt · #19 08-30-2009, 01:33 PM

What presets in Impressionist do you use for the textures & brushstokes? I just adjust by trial&error. What I called texture is the paper setting, which a setting of 2 begins to be noticeable. The brush I think was set for 3 unique sizes using a brush set series.

For this version I tried to concentrate on the flowers, and then added a swirl effect. Finished up with a simple frame.

lkroll · #20 08-30-2009, 01:51 PM

Here's a little help Gene.

http://gmic.sourceforge.net/gimp.shtml

ghealy · #21 08-30-2009, 01:56 PM

@ John: Thanks for that feedback. Gives me an idea of where to start.

@ Lyle: Thanks for the link. Lots of nice features in GIMP. I tend to play in Paintshop Pro. And I was lucky enough to figure out how to make seamless tiles in it as the attached demonstrates.

amica999 · #22 08-30-2009, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FranS

Thank you for your reply, Amica. I've been admiring your work for some time now. I'm fairly new at digital painting and I appreciate your sharing your work flow. Fran

You are more than welcome. I learned all here. Before I've joined I didn't even know that photo based art existed

Thank you, Gene, your comment is also much appreciated

Might have another go soon

MiningArt · #23 08-30-2009, 03:16 PM

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Originally Posted by lkroll

Here's a little help Gene.

http://gmic.sourceforge.net/gimp.shtml

Really like opensource software. Are you using GIMP on a
linux box?

geepee52 · #24 08-30-2009, 04:48 PM

Such a great image for play I decided to have another go.I used an action called Matisse and then added a pattern fill layer and a texture.

Thanks
Grant

lkroll · #25 08-30-2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MiningArt

Really like opensource software. Are you using GIMP on a
linux box?

Though I do have Jaunty Jackalopes running on a VM, I only occasionally use GIMP in Linux (mainly to run Texturizer since this plugin is a little buggy in Windows unfortunately). Still using XP, but I did attempt (and still hope) to purchase Win7 Pro for $99 (Tigerdirect still hasn't given me a confirmation; refuse to buy it at any other price). Hopefully, a window of new releases will open a month prior to the official release so that Tigerdirect can honor the order. I know; I know; call me chicken. I still have occasion to run CS2 and CS2 really doesn't like to run native in Linux (I know that WINE can do a lot, but still...).

MiningArt · #26 08-30-2009, 08:13 PM

I read that Microsoft's idea of XP compatibility is to run XP as a Virtual Machine, a Win7 add on$$. The only reason to get Win7 that I can see, is to run Win7 only software upgrades. I'm running XP also and use Parallels VM for Linux, dos or whatever.

lkroll · #27 08-30-2009, 08:31 PM

Win7 Pro suppose to have the VM XP built in. We shall see. I'm still very reluctant to diss my dependable XP, but the OS is over 7 years old now.

amica999 · #28 08-31-2009, 06:23 AM

Almost same technique as the mauve one, only a little frostier

Peter S · #29 08-31-2009, 10:07 AM

Nice pic to work with, thanks

Peter

ghealy · #30 09-14-2009, 05:24 PM

Sorry I've taken so long to reply. RL tends to get in the way every once in a while.

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Originally Posted by geepee52

Such a great image for play I decided to have another go.I used an action called Matisse and then added a pattern fill layer and a texture.

Nice, Grant. Also really appreciate the explanation. Helps us newbies. <smile>

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Originally Posted by amica999

Almost same technique as the mauve one, only a little frostier

Oh my. My favourite colour!. <grin> Almost looks as if it was done on fabric -- corduroy actually. Nice.

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Originally Posted by Peter S

Nice pic to work with, thanks

Now that's a WOW! Especially love the radial blur vignette.