» smudge painting http://www.skypix.biz/blog Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:33:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 More Painting! http://www.skypix.biz/blog/2010/01/31/more-painting/ http://www.skypix.biz/blog/2010/01/31/more-painting/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:55:38 +0000 marianne http://www.skypix.biz/blog/?p=699 It takes a lot of practice to learn to paint in Photoshop and I’m giving it the old college try.  I typically paint every day for an hour or two. What is so amazing is that many “ordinary” photos can become beautiful paintings!

Here are the originals.

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And here are there painted counterparts.  Enjoy!

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]]> http://www.skypix.biz/blog/2010/01/31/more-painting/feed/ 1 Painting Photos in Photoshop (It’s Addictive…in a good way) http://www.skypix.biz/blog/2009/12/26/painting-photos-in-photoshop-its-addictive-in-a-good-way/ http://www.skypix.biz/blog/2009/12/26/painting-photos-in-photoshop-its-addictive-in-a-good-way/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:38:43 +0000 marianne http://www.skypix.biz/blog/?p=670 With down time from weddings and studio shooting, I’m learning something new:  painting in photoshop!  It’s fun!

Here is the simple shot I started with.  This is my deaf Dalmatian, Zoe.  She will pose for me all day long (well, pretty much…compared to the other dogs!)

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And this is what I came up with.  I still need practice, but I will keep at it and eventually offer it to my clients!  Woo Hoo!

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Here is my other Dal, Kia.  She is not crazy about the camera, but once in a while I get lucky and get a cute shot.

orig for blog1Here she is painted.

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Of course this set would not be complete without our newest fur child, Ling (doesn’t he look like a Panda?).  dogs-6642

And after a round of smudge painting in CS2.

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