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| | Photo-Based Art Emulating natural-media painting techniques | 
02-01-2005, 12:42 PM
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| | | Creative Interpretations: Prague This is a crop from the photo i took today. This sculpture by Bohuslav Schnirch is on top of National Theatre, Prague.
Hope this will be inspirational for you.  | 
02-01-2005, 01:20 PM
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| | very simple one...
the imp - pencil sketch had "orientation" changed to "optimally", number of angles 4... | 
02-01-2005, 04:19 PM
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| | Marvellous architecture and yes, I was inspired. Thank you.  | 
02-04-2005, 08:16 AM
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| | | Beautiful piece of sculpture.
Very nice renditions, J.C., Neve. Neve, i'm always floored by your gorgeous frames!
I used a art-history brush, which I modified based on a tip from Jay Arraich, and blended it with a layer of smartblur-edge only. | 
02-04-2005, 08:52 AM
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| | Neve - very nice, love the simple look
jaykita - the smart blur-edge only gave it just the right touch  | 
02-04-2005, 09:40 AM
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| | | Nice pic. I like the angle of the shot. Inspired by Neve's lovely rendition. Here's an infrared effect with a hint of Impressionist.
Cheers
Dave | 
02-04-2005, 10:10 AM
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| | | I *LOVE* the picture!
I went for a post-impressionist look, sans strokes.
Used adaptive equalization, and a lot of stuff to change colors and add/subtract detail. (Paint Shop Pro Edge Preserving smooth, Adobe variations, Polaroid Dust&Scratches, Paint Shop Pro Salt&Pepper, AmphiSoft Convolution Shaman, buZZ, ???)
Thanks for the pic!
-Jeff | 
02-04-2005, 10:28 AM
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| | wonderful rendition, Dave... looks like night-vision shot during the moon-rise
Jeff - great one  love the boldness of it
i got almost run over by a tram while taking that photo... unfortunately, almost all sights in prague can be shot in interesting angle only while standing in the middle of the road  here's a small view of the whole national theatre... front shot is almost impossible... there's a river there  : | 
02-04-2005, 05:22 PM
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| | Jaykita, the frames come bundled with PSP8  Love your result, very pleasing.
Duv - Great result - it's fun experimenting. I just used the User Defined Filters in PSP8.1 (7x 7 laplacian ??)
JCH - Well done - I like using the AE filter quite a bit. | 
02-04-2005, 07:31 PM
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| | JustChecking, I'm very glad you survived your photo-taking adventure. I Buzzed your photo, ran VP on watercolor w/ stucco background, made 2 layers w/ one in softlight blend, then put an edge mask on it. http://www.pbase.com/image/39394646 | 
02-06-2005, 01:57 AM
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| | | Hi,
Hope you like my rather tardy attempt.
I sellected the sculpture and copied it to a new Layer. I then created a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer, merged them when I saw a result I liked and ran the Radial Blur filter over that.
Finally I used the Render Lighting Effects again on the Background to emphasise the sculpture.
For the final step I used a Mask on the Sculpture Layer to help merge the two into one image.
Regards
Con Looymans | 
02-06-2005, 01:13 PM
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| | Thanks for the great photo, JC. I tried your game of making an AHB mess (well, an Elements2 "Impressionist Brush" mess, same tool I think, but it only works on a real layer, not a hidden snapshot). I've yet to get anything likeable from this tool. So, here too, I had to add a bunch of other effects (random walk mode - don't ask for a "how to"), to try and get something interesting. I still didn't like the look, so I put it aside. Today, playing with different layers on/off, blending modes, etc, I chanced upon something agreeable. I think the AHB layer is off, however.
So far, I especially like the creations from Duv, Raniday, and Con L.
Con - I think your image could go from great to awesome if you blend the edges of the statue (esp the chariot rider) into the background some more.
-Mark | 
02-08-2005, 05:46 AM
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| | | Hi J.C, S.W.,
I've had a bit more time today and have just reworked my attempt.
Hope you like it.
Regards
Con Looymans | 
02-08-2005, 07:52 AM
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| | | Line art?? Desat, render lighting (modified pencil sketch), usm.
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I didnt see Jeff's rendition. Seems similar to mine though yours is in color. And so very different techniques.
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02-08-2005, 06:28 PM
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| | | Man, what a terrific potpouri of wonderful renditions. Isn't this a hoot!!
Con, I'm really captivated by your creation! It has such a powerful, mythical quality to it, like the gods exploding out of the sky. It seems reminiscent of something I've seen before but I can't put my finger on it. Maybe "Back To The Future?"
Cheers
Dave |
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