~~ New Oil Painting Tutorial! ~~
janeecake
You know how we are always trying to make our paintings look
like photos and our photos look like paintings? Well i have
just finished a tutorial in which i took a photo of my
husband and made it into an oil painting look-alike. (This
is in addition to the two watercolor looks that i've written
up already.) My oil paint effect uses PS 6's "Liquify"
command and I rather like it! I'd appreciate if you would
have a look at the tutorial and let me know what you think,
especially if you think that there is something that i could
say differently/better, if there is anything unclear, or if
you find <shudder> an error. I look forward to hearing your
feelings about this one. The URL is
http://www.myjanee.com/painted3.htm
By the way, I have moved all of my tutorials onto the
myjanee domain. Although i think i have all of my links
updated and i have a redirect set up, you may want to update
your favourites. www.myjanee.com ! EZ!
Always me, Janee
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Ozymandias
and I needed those tutorials so big thanx tou you and all those out there
making them !!
also want to say that the flower is REALLY pretty, very nice. But those
other two are a bit less, perhaps leave out more color detail in the faces
and get rid of those 'swirly thingies' in there, the painting looks a bit
faked now especially in the faces. And make the shirt a flattend color.
Nobody would paint a shirt like that, it would take away the face and draw
too much attention. So if your subject is wearing something like that, you
would generalize it into a few colors.
whell, hopefully you don't take me as too much of a critic, since I really
apprechiate your work !
(sorry about the spelling too, I am Duch, so forgive me..)
greetz Ozy
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Crouching Brandon, Hidden Dragon
interesting things going on in both, ulitimately I find they have a fake
look to them. It's something you might be able to impress non-artists
with, but most to most artists I suspect it'll look like what it is: a
photoshoped picture. I'm not slamming you, indeed I like to play and try
to make photos into paintings, but in the end, I find doing the actual
painting is better.
just my two cents.
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janeecake
A7A3AF.220...@netnews.worldnet.att.net>,
nom...@worldnet.fingers.att.net says...
> I looked at both the oil and water color tutorial. While there are some
> interesting things going on in both, ulitimately I find they have a fake
> look to them. It's something you might be able to impress non-artists
> with, but most to most artists I suspect it'll look like what it is: a
> photoshoped picture. I'm not slamming you, indeed I like to play and try
> to make photos into paintings, but in the end, I find doing the actual
> painting is better.
>
> just my two cents.
>
Hey that's cool. I appreciate your "slamming". I agree that
it isn't any sort of great master work. <g> I did that
portrait in an hour, including making the screenshots and
doing parts of the writing for the tutorial. It is intended
as a suggestion for how someone might proceed if they were
trying to do this effect. My goal when making a tutorial is
never to show what a great artist *I* am, but to inspire my
student to discover what a great artist *they* can be. I do
put effort into trying to come up with a passable result
myself, but i put much more time into the writing and
organization of the tutorial.
Thank you for your compliment of the crocus, Ozymandias! I
like the way that turned out too. Flowers do tend to be
quite forgiving. I agree that the sweater that he was
wearing was not ideally suited to do in a painting. The
background was not what i'd have picked either.
I've not yet garnered the courage to pick up an actual brush
and actual paints yet, myself, but i have no doubt that it
would look at least more like a painting if it were done
that way. <g>
Thank you both for your useful and thoughtful criticisms.
Always me, Janee
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Jill
Thank you for the easy to understand tutorial....you do a great job!
I can take those techniques and apply to a lot of other things I am working
on.
While I was there I also skimmed thru a few other tutorials and picked up
some more tips.
Wanted to say thanks again and you have a great vacation!
*Jill*
Crouching Brandon, Hidden Dragon
janeecake <jane...@att.thetrash.net> wrote:
> I've not yet garnered the courage to pick up an actual brush
> and actual paints yet, myself, but i have no doubt that it
> would look at least more like a painting if it were done
> that way.
You've to try. One it's fun, though frustrating at times. Two, the best
photoshop artists are *usually* those who have the hand skills and
translate those skills to a digital canvas.
janeecake
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nom...@worldnet.fingers.att.net says...
> In article <MPG.1527d2ce4...@netnews.att.net>,
> janeecake <jane...@att.thetrash.net> wrote:
>
> > I've not yet garnered the courage to pick up an actual brush
> > and actual paints yet, myself, but i have no doubt that it
> > would look at least more like a painting if it were done
> > that way.
>
> You've to try. One it's fun, though frustrating at times. Two, the best
> photoshop artists are *usually* those who have the hand skills and
> translate those skills to a digital canvas.
>
Thank you for that encouragement! Yes i would bet that i'd
enjoy it. I was once a pretty good hand engraver. (No i did
not engrave hands.) and i have been a cake decorator and
sometimes frosting is something like paint i guess..
<chuckle> I wonder if when you make a mistake on real canvas
or paper or whatever if you are tempted to click Ctrl-z!
Always clicking ctrl-z, Janee