Pin-up/litho style artwork question
Buckshot
to convert normal photos to this style? The poster edghes filter gets kinda
close, but does anyone have a better way, or some preferred settings?
anon
I am a fan of mildly naughty pictures <G> Can you post a link to an example
of what you are looking for? Are you looking for a 'Vargas' look, A classic
'hollywood' publicity still look, what?
I tried to make a tutorial a while back for a 'Vargas' look, but this *really*
depends on the lighting of the original picture... Vargas was known for
strong lighting at a high angle, plus his medium was... surprisingly...
watercolor.
He also used airbrush techniques... I've never seen a Vargas up close, but
I suspect he did the base features in watercolor and the real 3-d and highlight
effects in airbrush. (any art majors out there know?)
Post a link to an example, and I'll see what I can figure out.
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Dagnytgrt
some of the images he has or even buy one to get an idea - do a search on
seller "Phranque".
Sally Milo
http://www.milodesign.com
Tucson, Arizona
Buckshot
respect to color. Elvgren's work is great. There is a ton on eBay, or the
rest of the web, if you need to see any.
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anon
> Anything from Elvgren or Vargas. Vargas seems a little washed out in
> respect to color. Elvgren's work is great. There is a ton on eBay, or the
> rest of the web, if you need to see any.
I've seen Elvgren's work.. I just never knew the artist's name... (Did he
do the old 'Santa Claus Coke' ads? They look like his paintings)...while they
are
similar to Vargas, Elvgren appears more 'rough' and 'brush-stroky' <G>
They are similar in that they have very strong light sources.. Vargas tends to
be a more natural 'bright sunlight' look from high above.. Elvgren is more
artificial
light (i.e. lamplight, firelight, spotlight) from all angles. I also *believe*
that most
of Vargas' works were straight from his imagination (not models)... I think
Elvgren
at least used models on some of his paintings.
You would be very hard pressed to get an accurate photoshop reproduction
of these 'styles' without the original picture being strongly lit as in the
pinups.
If you had very strongly lit models with clear highlights accentuating the
skintone
and curves of their forms, you could probably then apply some watercolor
filters,
adjust the brightness/contrast to really bring out the highlights, then apply a
mild texture to give the illusion of canvas or watercolor paper to soften it up.
Here is a *rough* idea of how to do it:
(note - I tried this last night, I didn't save the procedure though.. just from
memory)
Get a picture with a STRONG light source (a nice shot on the beach will do)
For a 'Vargas' style... you must make all the background a solid color. (he very
rarely had backgrounds... maybe a blanket or rug) If you want a 'Elvren'.. just
leave it as is...
1. make a black layer above the original layer
2. copy a new layer from the original to work on.. above the black layer
3. take this top new layer and set it to hard light.. then adjust
brightness/contrast
to bring up the highlights
4. apply gaussian blur to the 'hard light layer until it is smooth and a little
blobby(?)
(note - we are doing this to find and smooth the highlights).. it's gonna look
a little 'orangy'.. thats ok
5. merge the 'black' layer and the 'highlight' layer
6. set this combined layer to about 50% opacity... adjust the
brightness/contrast..
bring up the contrast just a bit to accentuate the highlights some more
7. merge the highlighted layer with the original layer
8. do a filter/sharpen edges (to get back a little detail)
9. apply filter/texture/texturizer.. set at sandstone, 50, 2, top right
10. enjoy!
(note - these instructions assume you know all the filters/techniques without
explaining the little details. Also, results may vary by resolution of original
picture. I used a picture about 300x500 @ 72dpi. You could try applying
brush strokes or watercolor filters somewhere between steps 4 and 7?)
howldog
>Buckshot wrote:
>
>> Anything from Elvgren or Vargas. Vargas seems a little washed out in
>> respect to color. Elvgren's work is great. There is a ton on eBay, or the
>> rest of the web, if you need to see any.
>
>I've seen Elvgren's work.. I just never knew the artist's name... (Did he
>do the old 'Santa Claus Coke' ads? They look like his paintings)..
nope, that was some swedish guy who lived in Chicago. Sundblom I
think.