Just playing with digital painting and framing.

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/whtehouse_pnt.jpg

Post yours too. :)

nice one @Mitz diba pwede na may parang may texture ang dating ng image.... tanong lang?

Mitz, I know you know what my comment is right!! :) Of course something on a possitive note... :)

hi mitz, whats d workflow of this? care to post original image? i like it.

Right Buddy, i forgot to put a texture and the edges are too straight and unrealistic.

Here's the 2nd version. Texturized with muslin canvass (scanned from real muslin canvass). Added a wooden frame. All done in PS.

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/normal_whtehouse_pnt2.jpg

This is the original image. No PP except resize to web.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/126/381464401_f86d057c82.jpg

hi mitz, whats d workflow of this? care to post original image? i like it.


Hi Dave,

I didn't write my steps so the i'm not really sure about the settings. It's a lot of trial in error. Anyway, here's the workflow as much as i can remember. All in PSCS2.

1. Apply image enhancement. Curves and Saturation.
2. Duplicate Layer.
3. Filter-Noise-duct & Scratches (2,0)
4. Duplicate Layer
5. Filter-Blur-Smart Blur (1,40,high,edge only)
6. Image-Adjustment-Invert (this will turn the edges from white to black)
7. Adjust Level (for more contrast edges)
8. Adjust layer blend to Multiply, opacity 20%
9. Flatten image
10. Make layer- Fill with white and make this the background layer
11. Make layer mask to the painted image. Select a brush, opacity bout 50% and bruch way the edges to make it rough and realistic painted edge.
12. Flatten image
13. Apply Texture. Filter-Texture-Texturizer (load scanned image to be used as texture).

I didnt use the built-in textures because i find it so unrealistic. The texture is too uniform and symetrical. I used a scanned image from a real muslin canvass.

Now for the MATTE

14. duplicate Layer
15.Increase canvass size (W=110% height 112%)
16. Fill with color you want (i used white)
17. Set layer style- Bevel & Emboss, Texture (cant remember my settings here)
18. select original layer (background layer)
19. Set layer style -Stroke, position-outside, fill-color, size-6px, set the RGB color)
20. Flatten image.

For the wooden FRAME

21. Duplicate layer
22. Fill using foreground color
23. Canvass size (w-110%, h-112%)
24. Create new layer
25. Set foreground color to RGB (154,80,24)
26. Filter-Render-Clouds
27. filter- Noise-Add Noise (7, gaussian, monochromatic)
28. Filter-Artistic-Dry Brush (10,10,2)
29. Filter-Blur-Motion Blur (-52, 3px)
30. Adjust Level
31. Filter-distort-Shear (27,0/11,13/-14,18/-59,35/0,97/35,102, wrap around, start-0, end-7)
32. Set layer style of current layer - drop shadow
33. Set layer style of background layer- Bevel & Embossed
34. Flatten image.

I hope i didnt missed anything. Well if you want it easier, use a painting software (Corel Painter) or plugin (virtual Painter) and use a plugin of the matte and frame (like Extensis or Photographic Edges).

HTH.

you did a great job bro, but i like the original image way more. :)

@Mitz

Wow, that's a long workflow... will try it one of these days. Or maybe later... it's really nice and interesting!!!

Thanks for sharing.

TwinEarth

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/twins_paint_web.jpg

maybe we have another paintographer in the making... very nice job

Thanks Marcos :Grin:.

Hello Mitz , musta ?

I like the Twin Earth. Looks like a rennaisance painting. Thanks also for the workflow. I think I should grab this opportunity to ask questions regarding digital painting.

I found this photographer in Indonesia named , Rarindra Prakarsa and his works are more of a digital art than a photograph. While it is nice to try and play around a photo to make it look like a painting , I think I should also try to learn how Rarindra's images are achieved.

Right after looking at his work , you know that it is brushed or painted. However, the effect is subdued, so to speak, that it makes the viewer think that it is still a photo. It is more of a realism oil painting. Any thoughts about this Mitz ?

Here are some samples :

http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=5501997
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6149517
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6160670

If this is running off topic , then I may need to start a new thread about it. Thanks Mitz. Great works of art. : )

Hi Ryan,
Those are photographs post processed to add some drama (artificial lighting/smoke/fog, toning, etc.). These can be achieved with PS or any image editing software. Even a photorealist painting doesn't have the details like those of your sample images.

Wow Mitz!!! Tsk Tsk!!! Teach us in person! Haha!:Grin:

Hi Ryan,
Those are photographs post processed to add some drama (artificial lighting/smoke/fog, toning, etc.). These can be achieved with PS or any image editing software. Even a photorealist painting doesn't have the details like those of your sample images.


Thanks Mitz. Any idea or suggestion on the workflow how that effect was achieved ? Thanks again.

Rarindra Prakarsa works are quite hard to duplicate as Mitz says, it is a good combination of lighting(he has to wait for the right time of the day to take his pictures) and lots of post processing.

members of dpreview who are good in post processing cannot duplicate Rarindra's pp effect.

Nice Work Mitz!!! And thanks for sharing the work flow.

is this considered as DigiPaint? :Grin:

http://img105.mytextgraphics.com/photolava/2007/11/13/child-48huvro6o.jpg

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee285/alpine-guy/Miguel004copy.jpg

"Mexiketch"

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/msmexicoetch_web.jpg

Rarindra Prakarsa works are quite hard to duplicate as Mitz says, it is a good combination of lighting(he has to wait for the right time of the day to take his pictures) and lots of post processing.

members of dpreview who are good in post processing cannot duplicate Rarindra's pp effect.

Yeps , found that link discussing his workflow. I even found a site saying that he's dealing with 30 layers or so in PS. Thanks.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2406/2021374606_9f35c78539.jpg

Hi Dave,

I didn't write my steps so the i'm not really sure about the settings. It's a lot of trial in error. Anyway, here's the workflow as much as i can remember. All in PSCS2.

1. Apply image enhancement. Curves and Saturation.
2. Duplicate Layer.
3. Filter-Noise-duct & Scratches (2,0)
4. Duplicate Layer
5. Filter-Blur-Smart Blur (1,40,high,edge only)
6. Image-Adjustment-Invert (this will turn the edges from white to black)
7. Adjust Level (for more contrast edges)
8. Adjust layer blend to Multiply, opacity 20%
9. Flatten image
10. Make layer- Fill with white and make this the background layer
11. Make layer mask to the painted image. Select a brush, opacity bout 50% and bruch way the edges to make it rough and realistic painted edge.
12. Flatten image
13. Apply Texture. Filter-Texture-Texturizer (load scanned image to be used as texture).

I didnt use the built-in textures because i find it so unrealistic. The texture is too uniform and symetrical. I used a scanned image from a real muslin canvass.

Now for the MATTE

14. duplicate Layer
15.Increase canvass size (W=110% height 112%)
16. Fill with color you want (i used white)
17. Set layer style- Bevel & Emboss, Texture (cant remember my settings here)
18. select original layer (background layer)
19. Set layer style -Stroke, position-outside, fill-color, size-6px, set the RGB color)
20. Flatten image.

For the wooden FRAME

21. Duplicate layer
22. Fill using foreground color
23. Canvass size (w-110%, h-112%)
24. Create new layer
25. Set foreground color to RGB (154,80,24)
26. Filter-Render-Clouds
27. filter- Noise-Add Noise (7, gaussian, monochromatic)
28. Filter-Artistic-Dry Brush (10,10,2)
29. Filter-Blur-Motion Blur (-52, 3px)
30. Adjust Level
31. Filter-distort-Shear (27,0/11,13/-14,18/-59,35/0,97/35,102, wrap around, start-0, end-7)
32. Set layer style of current layer - drop shadow
33. Set layer style of background layer- Bevel & Embossed
34. Flatten image.

I hope i didnt missed anything. Well if you want it easier, use a painting software (Corel Painter) or plugin (virtual Painter) and use a plugin of the matte and frame (like Extensis or Photographic Edges).

HTH.

Thanks for the workflow Mitz...GALLEEEEENNNGGGG!!! :D

Miss Latvia
http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/latvia_paint2txtr_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/latvia_paint_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/latvia_wtrclr_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/mscanada_wallpaint_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/msthai_pencil_web.jpg

Twins Yellow
http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/twins2_paint_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/mswales_chalk2_web.jpg

Mitz : Blockbuster huh. So this is what's keeping you busy. Great set. TFS.

Blockbuster? Nah, far from it. Thanks Ryan :D.



"Steph"

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/swiss1_pntr_web.jpg

Landscape naman :Grin:

"Pinatubo Impression"

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/crater_impressnst_web.JPG

Czech in Oil

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/msczec_oil_web.jpg

i like to share mine as well.. drew it first, scanned then air brushed in ps.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2170/2169634806_8487410caf.jpg

Mitz, Here's my little experiment last Dec. 07. I should see your technique before i did this photo. Later I would like to try your procedures, its look promising. TFS

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2137702516_4ed4a700f2_o.jpg

Can this be considered Digital Painting?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2196/2188985145_733efd4004.jpg

Feathers (Fighting Cock)

This?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2407/2197889801_527680e206.jpg

Mangrove Sanctuary, Balaring, Silay City

I am also a frustrated painter... i could somehow express my frustrations via photoshop...

Saltbed in Dumangas
http://www.pbase.com/josedeluna/image/87524799.jpg


The Old Jaro Belfry
http://www.pbase.com/josedeluna/image/87922639.jpg


Molo Plaza
http://www.pbase.com/josedeluna/image/87524899.jpg

Blockbuster? Nah, far from it. Thanks Ryan :D.



"Steph"

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/swiss1_pntr_web.jpg

wow mitz.. i find this to be a very desirable style.... beautiful and elegant...

pls share your pp technique

Miss Latvia
http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/latvia_paint2txtr_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/latvia_paint_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/latvia_wtrclr_web.jpg

WOW...

first and second works are jaw dropping....

man, you gotta teach me :)

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f262/maj_el/stacked.jpg

a repost



http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2159/1672486883_131f8d2ac2.jpg




http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2254/1673343988_bd8c2d0015.jpg

@ Rolando: Great works of art! Never been a fan of "Digital Painting Effect" but I really realy Like your sketches. Keep it up :)

Reviving the thread.

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/model_pnt_web.jpg

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/model1_pnt_web.jpg

My Happy Family :)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2546063840_fa8dbc3a3c.jpg

"Horses at Sunset" Oil on Paper 2"x1.5" :Grin:

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/horses_pnt_web.jpg


"Heritage House" Acrylic on Canvass 2"x1.5" :Grin:

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/house1_pnt_web.jpg

Wow Mitz! :)

"Old House" Pastel chalk on paper 1.5"x2" :D

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/house2_chlkpstlppr_web.jpg

"Old House" Pastel chalk on paper 1.5"x2" :D

http://www.filphoto.com/albums/userpics/10335/house2_chlkpstlppr_web.jpg

Good work Mitz, do you mind sharing the workflow how you did this pastel chalk effect? thanks. :)

Good work Mitz, do you mind sharing the workflow how you did this pastel chalk effect? thanks. :)

Thanks Alex. I did it in Painter X. Cloned the orig photo and manually brush the colors and details with artist chalk brush of varying brush sizes and bleed.

Thanks Alex. I did it in Painter X. Cloned the orig photo and manually brush the colors and details with artist chalk brush of varying brush sizes and bleed.

Thanks Mitz.:Grin:

I think the title is a bit confusing...

These images are not Digital Painting. These are just images that were manipulated in PS by adding some effects creating a "painting looking" textured image.

According to wikipedia -

Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software such as Photoshop and Corel PaintShop Pro...

Just my 2 cents :)

I think the title is a bit confusing...

These images are not Digital Painting. These are just images that were manipulated in PS by adding some effects creating a "painting looking" textured image.

According to wikipedia -

Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, impasto, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software such as Photoshop and Corel PaintShop Pro...

Just my 2 cents :)


I cannot speak for the other who posted their images here. But that's what they call it (digital painting) at the Painterworld group i belong to. All my images posted here except the first one ( i think... too lazy to review all :D) was done with a Wacom tablet and Corel Painter. If it's not digital painting then i don't know what its called :D.

I searched my SIGGRAPH digital library an here's what i found.

An article from James Faure Walker

To be fair, at the moment it is not clear what “digital painting”
means, or might mean in the future, or indeed whether it represents
anything more than a sub-culture that can be justifiably ignored. To
be a plausible category, it should at least be a breakaway category,
distinct from the parent. Is an inkjet print a digital painting or a print?
Does this matter? Well, it could. The logic behind “new technology
equals new art form” used to sound invincible. Yes, the art you make
with these computers will be different, significantly different. All the
fundamentals will shift about as artificial intelligence, interactivity,
virtual presence, the net, come into play. Just wait! A new breed of
artist will be at the controls, and the trad painters will disappear the
way stonemasons disappeared once sculpture decided to get modern.
Painting is yesterday. So the last thing that you would expect,or want if you had just given up your studio, would be a resurgence of
painting smartened up with a combination of clever software, brilliant
printers, cheap projectors, and fearlessly ambitious young artists. The
newcomers are open-minded. They simply circumvent the born-again
ideology of the digital purists, all that hot air about the New Art. There
is no contradiction between an “old” format and a “new” processing
device. There is nothing wrong in working with fake paint at the same
time as real paint. Life is like this now. Instead of a pack of slides, you
carry the slides in the iPod. It’s a change, but maybe not a revolution.

So i guess i should have put "quotation marks" on my title? :Thinking:

I am sorry if I offend some people. I don't want to sound like I'm a master or something but for me the term "digital painting" means Traditional painting on your pc. I'm an artist and I paint, traditional and digital.

Traditional painting means using oil paint/acrylic/watercolor and a brush/palette on a blank canvass.

Digital painting means using photoshop/corelpainter/etc and a tablet/stylus on a blank document. Meaning doing your artwork from scratch... but ofcourse you can use and copy an image that you like, but just for reference.


Just my 2 cents... peace!

I hope nobody is being offended with these discussion. It's all good and just for information only. But we all have our own interpretation of the title and i don't want to discourage people on posting their images (read: "digital painting") here.


Anwar, your post is enlightening. I would love to see your "digital paintings" here.

does anyone ever offended Mitz?? can't recall any.:)

It is an enlightening discussion... post more of your "digital painting"works here.

Mitz, great work with Corel Painter. I'd like to see what other stuff you have.

A digital painting from scratch using mouse in Photoshop CS2 .

"Old man"
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/4708/oldmanaix6.jpg

Anwar, your post is enlightening. I would love to see your "digital paintings" here.

Thanks Mitz!

Here's my share of digital painting... Warning! Artistic nude below, NSFW (not safe for work)

Gabriella : Done in Adobe CS using Wacom Graphire3 ( This work is old, wayback 2005 pa )

http://fc27.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/215/3/c/waiting_room_3_by_anwarratag.jpg

Here's another one. Warning: NSFW

Title: Waiting Room

http://fc22.deviantart.com/fs7/i/2005/214/0/d/waiting_room2_by_anwarratag.jpg

my share...

eye study...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2331/2087810283_d44467c9a6_o.jpg

white tiger - too lazy to draw the background...
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3159/2397818098_7c2a898904.jpg

San Pablo Church, San Pablo, Isabela

http://www.pbase.com/mitzpicardal/image/107853179.jpg

San Pablo Church, San Pablo, Isabela

http://www.pbase.com/mitzpicardal/image/107853179.jpg

Wow Mitz, I could really see the emboss! Cool image Sir. :)

hey, i have an old jpeg file in 640x480 e-mail size picture and I am just looking for somebody who could enhance it to have it printable to 20"x30" or higher. I just want it to put in frame and hang it on the wall. Need your inputs and advise! tnxs

hey, i have an old jpeg file in 640x480 e-mail size picture and I am just looking for somebody who could enhance it to have it printable to 20"x30" or higher. I just want it to put in frame and hang it on the wall. Need your inputs and advise! tnxs

ralvs,

i hate to burst your bubble but this is quite impossible. 640x480 is more or less 1x2 inches and can't be blown up to print decently on a 20x30 paper.

Nino, Just days ago at rockwell, I inquired the same at a new digital printing shop/stand there (sorry forgot the name of the shop). They said it is workable but I am uncertain - that's why I raised it here. Thanks for your reply I will consider it.

You can blow-up your 640x480px image to 20"x30" and paint it digitally like the images you see in this thread.

mitz&nino, Noted. tnxs:)

Attention: Anwar:

can i get your contact details, e-mail ad - just have queries.
Here's mine ralvsguevara@yahoo.com.

tnxs&rgrds

Attention: Anwar:

can i get your contact details, e-mail ad - just have queries.
Here's mine ralvsguevara@yahoo.com.

tnxs&rgrds

PM Sent! :)

PM Sent! :)

sorry ive posted inactive ym id. but ive PM my concerns to your hotmail&Ym using my new one. wish you could help me.. tnxs bro