Virtual Oil Paintings

Hi Brad. I like what you did on my 1st attempt. Appreciate the effort.

Something different and very loose. Photograph was from Stockxchange.

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Like your portraits better Brad , not keen on the texture being on top of the subject upper body kinda crys filter , this is very Michale Campbell , he used to knock them out in minutes , your clean style is better I feel .
Rod

Here is a very good tutorial on photo to painting done in Corel Painter and Photoshop for interested people , Im sure there are many tips you can use in PS .
8mg PDF
http://www.corel.com …_PhotoshopUser_​Sept05.pdf

Another good PDF
http://www.computerart​s.co.uk …s_pdfs/cap56_po​rtrait.pdf

Painting in Photoshop
http://www.admemento.c​om/tutorials/PS-Basics/

Big list of tutorials and resources , old link
http://www.3dbuzz.com …m/showthread.ph​p?t=105003

Hey Brad do you remember Antonino , I was digging through some old stuff and wondered what he is doing , he was so good so quick , he got bored with the photo to paint he said , I reckon he would be doing some good artwork now .

Here is one of his very first pic to painting using a mouse , he was very talented .

This is his selective color settings to get that oils look tone.
Colours: selective colour correction. On reds: -80 cyan and +80 yellow. On yellows: -80 cyan and +80 yellow.

Oh GOD! They look so much better in thr painted version!

I like Brad's version, nicely done. I can see what some are saying about the filter look. It needs a bit more work for me to look at the cracks on the body before I will say "WOW". But still 10 times better than what I can do at this time.
I do not care for the couple photo, to cartoonish. It definatly needs Brad's touch.

donlavange wrote in post #2750541
Oh GOD! They look so much better in thr painted version!

Careful Don, we don't know where that pic came from. For all we know they could be members here.

RodBarker wrote in post #2749826
Like your portraits better Brad , not keen on the texture being on top of the subject upper body kinda crys filter , this is very Michale Campbell , he used to knock them out in minutes , your clean style is better I feel .
Rod

Here is a very good tutorial on photo to painting done in Corel Painter and Photoshop for interested people , Im sure there are many tips you can use in PS .
8mg PDF
http://www.corel.com …_PhotoshopUser_​Sept05.pdf

Another good PDF
http://www.computerart​s.co.uk …s_pdfs/cap56_po​rtrait.pdf

Painting in Photoshop
http://www.admemento.c​om/tutorials/PS-Basics/

Big list of tutorials and resources , old link
http://www.3dbuzz.com …m/showthread.ph​p?t=105003

The 3rd one,Adamento, has a lot of dead links but there are still many good ones!

kona77 wrote in post #2750574
I do not care for the couple photo, to cartoonish. It definatly needs Brad's touch.

Funny you should say that Kona as Brad was in the thread they came out of saying quote " WOW " ,,, thats why I brought Antonino up , I now Brad loved his work at the time and might know where he lurks these days .

Also remember its his very first or second painting , no DVDS just a few tuts and he used a mouse only , ,,, I ,ll see if I can find some of his later stuff .

Yeh Don , some of the links would be very old , I have loads of this stuff scattered all over , some are not photo specific but this artform really does need traditional art values for someone to be really good at it , its hard for photographers to get away from pin sharp and go to broad texture .

Rod

kona77 wrote in post #2750579
Careful Don, we don't know where that pic came from. For all we know they could be members here.

Yeah, but if they are on this forum, they will know that the "Artistic Touch" can improve upon any subject. Besides, if they are Canonites, they have very thick skin. My avatar is not what I look like. I have had 2 years of Chemo and radiation since then. I REALLY look different, but heck, I'm still here clicking away!

Vixtran wrote in post #2749755
Something different and very loose. Photograph was from Stockxchange.

I'd love to see the before Pic!

donlavange wrote in post #2750976
Yeah, but if they are on this forum, they will know that the "Artistic Touch" can improve upon any subject. Besides, if they are Canonites, they have very thick skin. My avatar is not what I look like. I have had 2 years of Chemo and radiation since then. I REALLY look different, but heck, I'm still here clicking away!

Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We know the feeling.

kona77 wrote in post #2751109
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. We know the feeling.

Why, Thank you Kona!

Vixtran (or anyone else out there ) - got your DVD's and am working my way through them. Just a quick question - not sure how to phrase this correctly but any suggestion as to how you deal with subjects with glasses / spectacles. Are the glasses painted at the same time as the face or dealt with as a seperate layer.

Thanks

donlavange wrote in post #2750976
My avatar is not what I look like. I have had 2 years of Chemo and radiation since then. I REALLY look different, but heck, I'm still here clicking away!

wow Don.... so then you're doing good now? Thats a pretty big deal to go through, my mom just did it last spring and it was pretty effing scarey to say the least!