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flowbug — Rob Quixote and Nancinea
Published: 2005-08-23 05:34:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 123; Favourites: 0; Downloads: 7
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This was my original attempt, which was initially posted as a completed deviation.Due to some feedback I received, I decided to backtrack a bit, and go in a new direction. Overall, I'm glad for the revision. I think I'm more satisfied with the second version, but I really liked this effect too.
I "painted" in the bodies by referencing an old photograph from the "Don Quixote" ballet, and added the face detail from a photograph of the happy couple. I haven't put much time into experimenting with different brush settings, so the brush was just a basic feathered circle, and it turned out quite blurry.
To keep the blurriness from looking bad, I tried to make it look more like a traditional painting by applying the "smudge stick" filter. This worked well, but as comments revealed... wasn't very convincing.
I ultimately decided to rework the piece by conjuring extra detail, and making my manual strokes more apparent. I achieved this by smudging over the blurry version with sort of a swirly motion. This created a greatly different visual appeal, which I am very happy with. I did apply a filter to the new version, but this time I went with "watercolor" which didn't cover up my strokes, so much as define them.
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hi, was just browsing through the digital art and I spotted this piece
I have no idea how it looked before you ran the filter on it, but you might want to consider jumping back a step on that, because with that particular filter. My personal opinion is that those filters tend to look too unnatural, because a person's natural strokes generally have a curve to them because of the way their wrist moves. Plus so many people on DA try to run filters on photos and claim it as original art that it would be ashame if someone came by and accused you of that. I think it would be more interesting to see your strokes rather than the ones that the filter put in for you. The other piece you did for your parents has a very nice fluid look to it, and it might be cool if this seemed more in sync with that piece.
But that may just be my personal issue with filters in photoshop. If that's the case, just ignore me.
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I really appreciate your feedback.
I was thinking along the same lines, and I had been fearing the accusations you refer to. I respect the way you addressed that, rather than making the accusation outright. I think I may go back to this one, if there is time.
If I were to take it a step backward, I'd also want to take it a few steps forward as well... figuring out how to add the effect I want to my manual strokes. I was playing with filters, and found I liked this look the best. I was worried I wouldn't be able to get all of the art finished on schedule, so I took the easy road.
Now that you mention it, it's starting to nag at me... so I might just go over it the "right" way. It just might be a pain, and could end up making me repaint it all over again.
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