What do you think? oil painting

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  1. Paul Masson

    Paul Masson MCCI Atlantic Canada Rep

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    I prefer to use the program I was born with: "Hand and Eye Coordination";)

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    The top painting I did in 1997 of my first Maverick.
    The bottom one was one I painted in 2000 of my "dream car". I even included a chin spoiler, LOL!:rolleyes:

    And before anyone says anything, I know the Grabber has the 76-77 park lights, and is missing the small-bumper turn signals in the valence, AND the 77 has the older cross-hair lights but hey, it's called "artistic license"!:cool:
     
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  2. Acornridgeman

    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    That is awesome Paul, to have that kind of talent for painting.

    I tried to do art by hand once - it looked worse than a drawing of "Terrance and Phillip" :)
     
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  3. Craig Selvey

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    Try this picture:

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    It is a picture I took of my Dad's truck.
     
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  4. Acornridgeman

    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    Here you go ......... :)

    It was a pretty small file to start with - that is why the finished print is smaller.

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  5. MSmithPDX

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    Just a tip for any pictures taken in the future. Hang a sheet or something behind you to cut down on reflections on the surface of the car. When applying filters to the picture they typically enhance that reflected image. If you find that your picture is to *shiny* look for a dull section and then use a blend tool to spread that duller area across the shinier colours, when done right you can tone done the brightness without remove the contour and details that the lighting brings out.

    I've done graphics touch up for print for years and the new software that's available now is just amazing. The things that you are doing to these photos are things that I have spent literally weeks applying by hand pixel by pixel to images in the past.
     
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  6. Craig Selvey

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    That looks pretty good. So how long does it take you to convert a picture?
     
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  7. Acornridgeman

    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    Now that I know more about the program it only takes me a few minutes to set up all the picture parameters. It only takes a few seconds after setting the parameters for a small picture like yours. Some of the larger files (2+ megs) I was using yesterday can take a couple minutes to process.


    :thumbs2:
     
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  8. Acornridgeman

    Acornridgeman MCCI Wisconsin State Rep Moderator Supporting Member

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    That is very cool! I can't imagine doing this by hand pixel by pixel. This software has tons of programming I'm not even using and as I just answered Craig, takes only minutes to run.
     
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    My little sister painted a maverick for her art class..The teacher liked it a lot and placed it in the City Art show
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  10. predfan2001

    predfan2001 David in Tn

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    I had to do some serious digging here but this is a cartoon I drew when I was a teen.

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    That's a pretty good job on the perspectve there. Very nice :yup:
     
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    I've done a lot of cars over the years.......need to do a Comet/Maverick some day!
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    predfan2001 David in Tn

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    Very nice. Those wheels are hard as heck to get right in art work. Those look great.
     
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  14. Paul Masson

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    Very nice work vvr210, predfan and grrr428! I love the look of the ultra fine lines done with the water colour! And yes, wheels are hard to get right, especially ones with that many holes.
     
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