posted May 26, 2008 11:54 PM
Digital painting that is. I downloaded a trial of Painter X. Here is my first attempt at a digital oil painting. It's not quite as much fun as real painting, but a lot less messy. I have a friend who has been battling cancer for a couple of years now and is nearing her time. She loved her garden and flowers so I'm going to get a canvas printed and give her a copy. Maybe it will brighten her room.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted May 27, 2008 10:31 AM
Once you get going it really isn't all that much different from actually painting. Your wacom pen acts as the brush and the paint follows the lines of the strokes. There is a pallet where you can mix colours and load your brush and they have "real bristle brushes" now that actually show the texture of the bristles. The brushes fan out and drag according to the pressure you use.
I'm betting that someone here is going to figure out that you can use the program to handletter digitally. I can see it being a very useful skill. I guess we'll have to put the bug in their ear to develop a line of digital quills.
I'm trying to break the learning curve because I have a mental visual for a mural that I have been wanting to do for a few years now. I believe would be very sellable in our area, but it's hard to verbally express what's in your minds eye.
With Painter everything can be done in layers and there is a lot more flexibility for colour, size, content adjustments, should the project take. Most importantly, though you can do up something in your own style. If the mural is contracted you then have a digital rendering that can be used for your portfolio as well as given to the client for promotional items.
I realize that a lot of the veterans in this business will find the idea offensive, but it's just another tool in the business, one that allows you to be much more expressive and part of the process than most software. You can really easily pick up where you left off and work for five minutes or four hours depending on your mood. There is room for lots of experimenting and by saving often you have room to experiment and try different things that you wouldn't normally dare on an actual physical piece of art.
In the end, it's just another tool, it takes the artist to make it sing. Anyone who has watched Dan do his digital sketching will know what I mean. Drawing and painting in Photoshop and Photopaint wil produce similar results, but painter is a little more geared towards what I need.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted May 27, 2008 10:41 AM
That is very beautiful Kelly. Sounds like you are having fun!
Thanks for posting!
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posted May 27, 2008 11:34 AM
Kelly...nothing wrong with more tools.... What a beautiful 'painting' and what a beautiful thought for your friend. I think it looks soft, peaceful and quite magical. Best of all .....it's pink!! Great job!
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posted May 27, 2008 07:37 PM
Pink???????? - must be your monitor Sue! Actually, nature wears pink well. (You do too, truth be told.)
Pat you mean learning Photopaint ot this particular image? About three hours or maybe more. I get lost in time when I play.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted May 28, 2008 09:47 AM
Looks good Kelly! I don't find it offensive, posting pictures of Zuchini is offensive. (But I'm told it looked great on "ZuchiniHeads Website.)
I would like to learn some o those new fandangeled things someday...I still use mouse!
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posted May 28, 2008 10:19 AM
Thanks for the nice comments. Neil, I've never been a fan of the artisitic filters..in the end they look like just what they are, filters. There are certain circumstances where they are useful, but they can't know what direction a petal grows. Mike I was talking about the idea of painting digitally, not posting...you're just too sensitive.
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Kelly Thorson Kel-T-Grafix 801 Main St. Holdfast, SK S0G 2H0 ktg@sasktel.net Posts: 5496 | From: Penzance, Saskatchewan | Registered: May 2002
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posted May 28, 2008 01:13 PM
Just amazing, Kelly- one more skill!
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posted May 29, 2008 01:25 PM
Did I ever say how proud I am of you. You amaze me. Keep up the good work.
I may give this medium a go. Perhaps I'll give you a call when that time arives.
Joe
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