Hi CFandM,
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Very cool Persidio..It had to be either PS, PSP or Painter... |
Nope---> Ulead's PhotoImpact. Although I have used the others in the past. Any program mentioned could do it because you only need the most basic of tools and... plugins to smooth out or enhance when in house tools won't do.
Attaching a screen shot--> basic paint tools.
This type of painting is advanced (and when I say that I mean even among the advanced) and very hard to explain in a post. Lots of details,,, I will say most of the painting is done while in Zoom (magnification mode). The brushes are loaded with care and semi-transparency- blur, dodge, burn ... all are used. In fact they are really some of the best mouse paintings I've ever seen. (((Trick is to smooth and blend--- and get a transparency on the brush---> never paint with an opaque brush---> we all know what happens when we do that- argh)). Seriously though if anyone ever wants to try it I'll go into more detail (just trying to keep this sketchy and short for the post because it is very detailed with the brush techniques.
Now the
filters smooth out the look but will also corrode parts of the look so then you have to go back and repaint---> but
it's all painted with standard paint brushes. The filters I have been using in the past for this our Flaming Pear's Aetherize and Glare, so I'll be looking for those types of filters for this. But I'm not mouse painting at the moment just looking for the filters in advance. Thought I would mention this type of painting because others on the net mouse paint too. But now that I looked for links for you---> it's pretty rare. ((And that's why I do it--- because I can, LOL. But I need to get a wacom tablet one of these years.)) Anybody can do it---> but is very hard and time consuming. And I didn't attempt it till I had 5 years graphics experience. I couldn't figure it out before that. Then one day it just hit me. And I'm always glad to share what I know if anyone ever wants to try it.
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| The one at the top looks to be a sad and haunting face.. |
Yes! She was a spin off another one I did that started the series (after the prototype which is image number 2). The reason why the face is spotlighted as an artist was to focus on a womans soul not the body. And a ghostly haunted image started the series off-------->
you guessed it right. You should see the Plaster Cast images I made of these---- Ghostly!
There is a personal art statement that is a theme thru-out the paintings too long to go into here.
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The second and third are both
fashionable of images... |
Well they are not really meant to be and I accidentally put the second one up because I'm tired and wasn't thinking. She is more of a prototype that I practiced on and not near as good as the others--- Plus she was filtered to death ---> the lips are bright because I went back in to paint them. I have her now with a butterfly between her eyes. Otherwise I really don't like that one. I wasn't thinking when I put it on here.
They are meant to be more serious then fashionable and beauty is part of them, but certainly not used to please. My mouse paintings are not a series aimed at pleasing men or what men want to see---> I made them from a woman's perspective. So I'm pretty sure men won't like they are not 'inviting'... yes,,, they are non expressive and ghostly----------->
You are good~ Nice eye~
Hope this wasn't too long~
Jean
