Topic awaiting preservation: Wip III

What else? A Rose. Or I hope that is what it turns out to be.

Ahh... I have forgotten the joys of staying up until 3 am painting. I really do not know if I will finish this by Christmas, but I plan on giving it the ol' college try. heh.



I am working from 3 or so reference pictures I took last summer. I will try and post them some time just for your pleasure. Funny, I don't even know who "you" are anymore. So lets get the peace pipe heated up and pass around the mop!

well, it's starting out rose shaped all right ;-)

(Uh - and how about a rose asylum logo for valentine's day?)

(Edited by Tyberius Prime on 12-21-2005 15:00)

Just some rough filler to get a feel of the body.

I now understand why Weedz used a *hard* edged brush... and why he said to paint *HUGE*. If you use a large soft brush at huge size - computer no workie.

Large Hard brush with opacity control = really nice blending at enormous dimensions - that is, if you have a tablet. And enormous dimensions makes detail work a snap when you size it down. Slop away! WooHoo!

And, here are the photos I am refing,

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he said to paint *HUGE*

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So how HUGE are you talkin' here?

I like it btw... especially because I can see what you pretty much started with.

How many layers?

Layers? I scoff at layers! Bah Ha Ha!

[edit] uppon further reflection, Once I start to tweak the painting and get detailed I will start to paint on a second layer. Once I get it how I like it I will merge the new layer down and then pop up a new layer. I usually don't have more than 3 or 4 in a painting like this. [/edit]

Errrmmm... it is around 9200 by 7400 px. Will be printed at 8 ish by 10 ish I think. So it is about 8X10 at 900DPI at the moment. When I go to print I will scale it down to 300, sharpen it, and then do a final brush over. (unless i decide to play around with it in painter)

So, that is the plan.

Here is a shot of the center at 100%.


Okay, Awesome tip #Foo. I just found out that you can run a proof setup on a secondary window view. So I can paint at 100% in color, open a new window and scale down, to see the whole picture, and I can also view that preview in gray scale so I can easilly see the depth and shading I am doing in color.

In the past I always started to paint in Gray, and then go colorize it... But I prefer to paint in color.... So I can now paint in color and preview in gray And color! WooHoo!



(Edited by eyezaer on 12-22-2005 03:53)

"Layers? I scoff at layers! Bah Ha Ha"! heh.

Beautiful work eyezaer. When you say "run a proof setup on a secondary window view." How have you done that? Oh, unless you mean in Painter, not PS. Thanks for reminding me about the brush type when working large. I had forgotten about that.

::tao:::: ::cell::

TP, valentine's day logo? Yah! that would be cool. I think something alittle cleaner cut that this, but I dig.

Tao, yah in photoshop, View>>>Proof Setup>>>Custom...

And more on brushes... I have been playing around with settings to keep that lag down when painting. I always kill the brush "shape dynamics" It slows ya down way to much for painting quick with a large brush. I use a tablet, so I turn on the "Other Dynamics" and set both Opacity and sometimes Flow Jitter to 0% The only thing I tweak really is the brush spacing in the "Brush Tip Shape" window. I have it set to 10% at the moment, as I can get a smooth enough edge while stroking quickly with minimal lag.

I have been workin on the highlights... Will get some pics up soon. I gotta finish this thang tonight if at all possible.

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(Edited by eyezaer on 12-24-2005 02:41)

hrmpft. I couldent be happier with what I have done so far... but now past 2:30 am, I just remembered that this painting needs to be portrait, not landscaped... at 13 x 11, not 8 x 10. Good deal. Killians is no substitute for coffee. That is what I have to say about that.

So here is the last landscaped update...
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I love your colour selection. It almost looks like it was painted with water colors =).

Just bloody excellent man... don't know what else to say. Really like the leaf work on the left.... nailed that right on.

Thanks for taking us through it.

lovely, and it has no thorns!

I should really think about investing in a graphics tablet......hmmmm yes graphics tablet is sounding good.

On a different topic somewhat- mind if I ask what your screen resolution is set to? your screen shot seems wider than the norm i'm curious

ooooooh! nice ending there man! very good!

I assume you were out of th eoffice last week? I mailed you a Christmas greeting from the boy...

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Mrluvrluvr said:

mind if I ask what your screen resolution is set to? your screen shot seems wider than the norm i'm curious

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that'd be a dual monitor setup there, looks about 3200x1200 by the relative toolbar sizes

Love the finished piece eyezaer, I can almost smell it
I'm using CS now and I found that useful tip about a new window in a slightly different place.
I's in a part of the PS file system that I have yet to venture into. Window>Arrange>New Window. The View>Proof Setup options look totally wild I almost have no idea. ~ makes the first of many "notes to self" for things to learn in the next few months ~
I love finding new things in PhotoShop MMmmmmmmm photoshop
~ wanders out

::tao:::: ::cell::

(Edited by Tao on 12-27-2005 02:20)

I is tired. Too much turky... mmmm.... turky....

anywhoo, Yah, I am going to work on it a bit more I think... I never actually got a official print.... So anyone know anything about digital prints? I would like to get it done on water color paper or something nice. Aka, not high gloss photo paper.

Word, Insider, thanks man. I used to use a lot of off colors when I painted with actual paint, and I was trying to get away from the realism I normally attempt with digital work.

ah, and good catch velvetrose, I probably need to add a few thorns although, I do hate those things.

yah, Jason, I was out. Am out this week aswell. And I have forgotten how to log in from home. Ah, and close on the screen rez... tho i believe it is... are? two 1280x1024's. Once you go wide, you can't go back

have a 8x10 tablet... which I have mapped to the screens at the same aspect ratio, so I don't use the entire tablet. Seems to work just great like.

Mo latter. I got a movie to watch, and I am poop-ed.

Hope yall had a great christmas.

Very nice Izz. Well done.

Hokay, so many more little things I *could* do. That is close to the end though. Hey bob.

Thanks for the comments all. It was good for me...

heh.



(Edited by eyezaer on 12-28-2005 06:42)