Photo-Based Art - - Creative interpretations: Desert 01 - Page 2

Axleuk · #16 01-12-2005, 05:42 AM

Hey Raniday - What a nice idea, would like to have seen it on a clearer image, but great effect.

Janet - Nice idea, but i am having problem seeing the images you have faded in the background. I understand your theme and maybe thats the way you wanted it, but would have liked to have seen the designs a little clearer ( could be my monitor though)

Janet Petty · #17 01-12-2005, 07:44 AM

I agree Axle, with the comment that they are a bit difficult to see. I made a mistake when I posted by thinking I could put the screenshot and the picture together. That made the compression too much. I would have been better off doing each separately. I can't repost the image because I deleted it. Sorry folks. My computer is approaching FULL so I do't keep much of anything these days.

Great idea Raniday. Very creative.

Janet

raniday · #18 01-12-2005, 08:25 AM

Hi Axle. I usually post the link to the photo where it's easier to view. Here it is for this one.
http://www.pbase.com/catbounds/image/38560635
I was aiming for a watercolor and ink look, done mostly w/ the smudge tool in layers, blending mode changes, line drawing, and texture on a photo borrowed from Morguefile.
cat

DannyRaphael · #19 01-12-2005, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by raniday

Hi Axle. I usually post the link to the photo where it's easier to view. Here it is for this one.
http://www.pbase.com/catbounds/image/38560635
I was aiming for a watercolor and ink look, done mostly w/ the smudge tool in layers, blending mode changes, line drawing, and texture on a photo borrowed from Morguefile.
cat

I woud have opted for a margarita, but that would have eliminated the liquid transparancy.

In any event this is simply TERRIFIC! I applaud your vision and execution.

No problem posting pBase links to view a larger version in addition to forum attachments like you did for this interpretation. Sometimes that's the only way to see important detail like this.

~Danny~

raniday · #20 01-12-2005, 12:29 PM

Thanks,Danny.
Make mine a frozen Margarita. Enough of 'em, and maybe we could start to see desert reflections in the glass. Worth a shot anyway.

Usually the thumbnail is fine by itself, but this one did need more pixels. I'm still learning..........hope I always will be.
catherine

CJ Swartz · #21 01-12-2005, 01:20 PM

It fascinates and impresses me to see the different renditions submitted for some of these images, and you all have continued to impress me with these submissions!

Janet, your interpretation led me to depict the current threat to the desert in which I live -- the ever-growing need for housing coupled with the desire to find cheaper land on which to build...

Adjusted saturation and color to look more like Arizona, then added a photo of some construction and masked/cloned to try to make it look a bit more realistic.

Janet Petty · #22 01-12-2005, 04:44 PM

Wonderful CJ, your interpretation really makes a profound statement. How true you are. Your picture leads me to wonder if they are as short on water there as they are other places that have "blossomed" in the desert?

Thanks for the comments,

Janet

DannyRaphael · #23 01-12-2005, 10:48 PM

catherine:

I'm with you on a couple fronts:
* "I'm still learning..........hope I always will be." Definitely.
* "Make mine a frozen Margarita... Worth a shot [of good tequila] anyway." Here, here.

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CJ:

Hey, that's a very cool composite. You did a great job matching up the images proportionally. The "tracks in the sand"-work was especially well done.

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This is one is based on a Jim DiVitale method for achieving an Ansel Adams-like, written up in The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers by Scott Kelby.

The frame was rendered by an action available at Johny Akerlund site where you will find some great black and white and toning effects:
http://www.jakerlund.net/

~Danny~

DannyRaphael · #24 01-17-2005, 11:26 PM

I was facinated by the method TPaul described in this post (click HERE), so I decided to try it on this one.

I liked it so much that I (literally) applied the steps three times in succession, then finished off by flattening the image and applying the #djrOil24 custom Impressionist preset (available HERE), which was faded to about 60%.

~Danny~

Axleuk · #25 01-17-2005, 11:31 PM

Danny, that sure is a gem of an image, in particular the clouds, they have a genuine painted look and the colour contrasts are stunning

DannyRaphael · #26 01-18-2005, 05:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Axleuk

Danny, that sure is a gem of an image, in particular the clouds, they have a genuine painted look and the colour contrasts are stunning

I credit T's method plus some additional saturation. It pretty much created itself.

Thanks for your kind words.

Legacy~Art · #27 01-18-2005, 05:57 AM

Well i duplicated, flipped, reduce opacity, used eyecandy 4000 on the motion trail and the rest i cannot remember...

Looking at it though i think i need to get out more lol!

Legacy~

PamSav · #28 01-18-2005, 07:59 AM

I love what you did to this !!

Legacy~Art · #29 01-18-2005, 03:18 PM

Thank You!

raniday · #30 01-28-2005, 05:08 AM

Here's one just for fun. I've been playing around, trying to imitate Polaroid manipulation. Sort of "other worldly"

http://www.pbase.com/image/39134914