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Posted on 13/12/04 08:31:25 AM |
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trinityofone
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Day to Night with christmas lights
I originally created this image as a day to night project. I was playing with ideas for quick christmas lights, probably needs a bit more work but I thought I'd share. The lights were created by increasing the brush spacing and stroking a single path, so technically, they could be strung on a curve or pretty much any shape.  _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 13/12/04 1:07:36 PM |
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Steve Caplin
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Re: Day to Night with christmas lights
Good. There's a really strong sense of a reflection of the lights in the walls, and I know how hard that is to achieve. Great colouring, a very convincing night scene. Perhaos the sky should have a slight gradient? Paler at the bottom? |
Posted on 13/12/04 1:12:12 PM |
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maiden
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Re: Day to Night with christmas lights
Very nice David, I might have been tempted to individually place each light as even spacing can look a little unrealistic, however, it seems to work in this instance. This is one I did for the Channel 4 Xmas Logo challenge on b3ta  _________________ mad as a badger and twice as furry |
Posted on 13/12/04 1:25:10 PM |
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trinityofone
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Re: Day to Night with christmas lights
Steve, I was quite surprised by the effect, I used a large, low opacity brush - the glare on the red string was a fortunate accident, I forgot to switch from the spaced brush. I agree about the sky, I'll mess around with that later, I used the image as it was to hand at the time. Maiden, I know what you mean, I might try adding a little jitter, my plan was to make the effect as quick as possible, so placing the lights manually sort of defeats the object  _________________ A happy-go-lucky chap, always dressed in black |
Posted on 13/12/04 1:38:48 PM |
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maiden
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Re: Day to Night with christmas lights
Yes I agree, David, after all this is "How to Cheat"  But adding jitter might be a better idea as you said and perhaps a tiny bit of scatter.
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