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Posted on 18/04/13 5:51:13 PM |
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BigVern
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Re: Covering a locomotive
Sjef that is a superb example of photoshop art, craft and patience. Congratulations! Anyone know why the image takes such a ridiculously long time to load and save in CS6 compared to CS5 (Sjef's stats)? _________________ "We don't need roads where we're going!" |
Posted on 02/05/13 8:03:50 PM |
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wayne morton
Master Blender Posts: 97 Reply  |
Re: Covering a locomotive
I have to concur with all of the positive comments towards Sjef's work. Not only does it show a great eye for detail and accuracy, it also shows a very sound understanding of a very complex program which many find hard to use proficiently let alone master. I have no doubt whatsoever that Steve's books had a very important role in teaching you the important fundementals of Photoshop but you have had the desire and patience to run with it and persevere and it has paid off. I take my hat off to you...Great Work! And for anyone who thinks it's a bit of a cop out illustrating a photograph....I suggest you google 'Bert Monroy - Times Square' or 'Bert Monroy - Damen' and watch a true master at work...rant over  _________________ Justice for the '96 YNWA |
Posted on 02/05/13 8:58:57 PM |
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BigVern
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Re: Covering a locomotive
Agreed ... I've been following Bert M for many years, through his pixel perfect tutorial vids and have a couple of his books and the man is obsessional about the tiniest of details. Take for example the blue flowered and checked table cloth for "Lunch in Tiburon" (one of my favourites btw) he creates it in PS but with an irregularity in the pattern and a variation in the stitching so that is looks more real than just a repeating pattern. And Damen has in excess of 15,000 layers! _________________ "Check out the big brain on Brett!" |
Posted on 03/05/13 06:35:23 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 2998 Reply  |
Re: Covering a locomotive
Check out Bert Monroy here |
Posted on 03/05/13 06:58:40 AM |
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GKB
Magical Montagist Posts: 3959 Reply  |
Re: Covering a locomotive
I've always enjoyed Bert Monroy's work, especially Times Square. Wonderful images. I rest my case. _________________ If at first you don't succeed then skydiving is not for you. |
Posted on 24/06/13 8:06:36 PM |
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Paul 2007 thru 2010
Lego Legend Posts: 361 Reply |
Re: Covering a locomotive
That's not quite the same. In Vermeer's day there was no way of just copying anything. It was all done manually and he used the camera obscura to help him with perspective. It just seemed odd to me that anyone would spend many many hours painstakingly recreating an image that looks exactly like the original. I am not denigrating his skill and eye for detail.
Photoshop is a huge tool and used for many reasons in differing industries. My own area is more to do with automation rather than creativity. While Steve's book really got me into PS I find I have gone off at a bit of a tangent. If Steve had a Friday Challenge one week for scripting Photoshop in JS then I'd be there with my effort like a shot. Personally I take great delight in sitting back watching photoshop churning away on 1000 images for me. That's not the sort of work one can "exhibit" here. |
Posted on 25/06/13 08:49:00 AM |
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BigVern
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Re: Covering a locomotive
"It just seemed odd to me that anyone would spend many many hours painstakingly recreating an image that looks exactly like the original. I am not denigrating his skill and eye for detail." See http://www.bertmonroy.com/ _________________ "We're going to need a bigger boat!" Jaws |
Posted on 02/07/13 9:08:19 PM |
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Jota120
Ingenious Inventor Posts: 2615 Reply  |
Re: Covering a locomotive
Sorry this goes on a bit..... Well when I was studying Art with history of art. (I was working at the time) I know art before. Maybe very little about appreciating the history. I could not understand why all these Christina figures. Simple, the Church sponsored them. Very strong reinforcement from our tutor, who knew art how to run a course and history of art in the evening. (I'm not sure about his painting skills  ). 8 of us passed A Levels in Liverpool. For some of them critical for university placements. I'm very happy for them. Mine a job done and met quite a few good friends, but more appreciate art very much more both the history and contemporary .
Its very easy for me to take a photo or get an image. What is more important for me is doing life drawing and my mountain, portraits, etc painting and sketches. There is no lens. Observe and analyse what is going on. So in this case, I think he was doing a good job, especially on observation and more his PS skills. |
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