chrisco97 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Awesome! The trail plugin is Pyro's best, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Ehem... Smudge, Twist... Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Smudge is good, I haven't tried twist yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 No problem! Â Anytime.BTW I challenge (not really, just ask) you to create an animal. If you want. When I create art it's what's in my head. I become absorbed in the process & therefore most often never remember what I have done. I don't make notes & hence when people ask me how did I do that or write a tute on it, I cannot. It really is not that I don't want to share. Doing an animal is not part of my style but I do appreciate the challenge or request. I did an abstract bat that I may rework at some stage. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted April 20, 2010 Share Posted April 20, 2010 Thats okay. If you'd have asked me to make an abstract, that would have been my reply. Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 Uep, exactly...now there is a new comp abstract - Floral! This I can get absorbed in. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HELEN Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Absolutely enchanting, barbieq! The intricate designs on the mirror are so beautiful! Wow! Quote Don't spit into the well, you might drink from it later. -----Yiddish ProverbGlossy Galaxy Ball---How to Make FoliageMy Gallery PDN Fans--My DA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokagirl Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 Would love to see what you come up with for the AOTW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted April 21, 2010 Share Posted April 21, 2010 That`s simply fantastic Bbq. Beautifully intricate, lovely colours and shadows with an excellent mirror. You`ve even included a bit of wear and tear on it! Great use of Trail. Quote   Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted April 21, 2010 Author Share Posted April 21, 2010 Helen, thank you! Sokagirl, great theme you chose. I have been working on it. Goonie, glad you noticed! You're the only one to comment on that so far. Thought it needed it in keeping with the aged theme. Thanks for your comments everyone. Greatly appreciated! Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 Double post - new work added. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Brillo new piece! Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Yes, I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sokagirl Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Stunningly beautiful , my new favorite piece . You know your works are going to blow away the competition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted May 2, 2010 Author Share Posted May 2, 2010 Only got a couple of thirds so far Sokagirl but I enjoy doing the pieces. Following a set theme is quite challenging at times. Here are some new piece page 1. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.d.melek Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 wonderful new piece..colours are sooo vibrant. the time you must spend on each piece really shines through the end result.. fantastic regards j.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csm725 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Ditto. Colors are amazing. Literally brightened up my day. Thanks! Quote My deviantART | Sig Battles | My Tutorials | csm725.com Click to enter or vote in the official Paint.NET competitions! COMPETITIONS: LOGO OF THE WEEK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 2, 2010 Share Posted May 2, 2010 Love the art deco screens, You will have to share your secrets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted May 3, 2010 Author Share Posted May 3, 2010 j.d., yep they take a long time to do, made worse by the fact that I have slow pc & work in very large canvases. Glad you like it. CSM - good! I like the idea that I brighten someone's day. Welshy, thanks so much for the lovely comment. I've tried hard to improve, made possible by the constructive feedback I've received from other artists such as yurself. Chrisco, secrets? What would you like to know? With the art deco pieces I did a lot of research about the art movement & looked at lots of images. I use a reference image & use the line tool for the frames. This involves a lot of layers with only bits on some, then merging down once a section is correct. At times, it's possible to use Mirror. The background may be an older image that is blurred, dented, splintered, polar inversion, zoomed, layered, colour flipped in some sections, conditional hue/saturation of tint in any number of combinations. For the gold, I use bevel at the following settings: 225, 227, 107, 147, 126, 7 running down the list as it were. Bevel at whatever looks good. Then I do curves (there's a tute on metal or gold text that shows the setings, let me know if you cannot find it & I'll do a screenie). Then gaussian blur @ 2 (remembering that my canvas is 4x 600x800). Then duplicate the layer, set to overlay, use Photo, glow at setting that you like, then soften portrait. I select areas & sometimes bevel or tile reflect them, other times warp one (bad, bad memory) at a small value works well. Sometimes I'll do a drop shadow in yellow on that layer, sometimes I will Trail it. Most often I will drop shadow in black with max blur(?) but BE WARNED at that size drop shadow could crash so always, always save before drop shadow. Ok, that is my brain sucked out! LOL! Any questions are always welcome. If I can help I will. Thank you everyone for your comments. Really do appreciate the time & effort you. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Chrisco, see post above... Double post - new work. New one was inspired by Kandinsky's Composition 8. Turned myself inside out doing this one. Not sure that I have the artistic qualities "right". The unfinished version was heavily critiqued by an art teacher & it needed a lot of work in regards to focal point, perspective, flow etc. After feeling really down, I told myself that I create art for me first & foremost. Most of what I should have learned hasn't sunk in, mostly because it was all theory & no face-to-face prac work or immediate feedback. Personally, I like it a lot. Tried out the new Ed Harvey effects with it - they are way cool & supersonic fast! Any & all feedback appreciated on this one. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 WOW! Thanks for telling me! I may try it out soon. On the new piece, it is awesome! Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j.d.melek Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 absolutely love all your pieces,and your new one is no exception, just wonderful. unfortunately I am in no position to offer any valuable feedback on "artistic qualities" but I know what I like to see and I just "LOVE" your style and flair they say that "beauty is in the eye of the beholder" well this "beholder" believes your art is a "a beauty" I'm sorry that I cannot offer any (constructive) critisim but I just dont have the expierience or knoweledge to do so I believe if you (the artist) likes what they have created then you have succeeded in what you set out to achieve and nothing else really matters :heart: keep up the GREAT work.. regards j.d. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barbieq25 Posted May 4, 2010 Author Share Posted May 4, 2010 Chrisco, thanks buddy! Keen to see your outcomes with this one. j.d. thanks! Glad you like it too. Very true words. Quote Knowledge is no burden to carry. Â April Jones, 2012 Â Gallery My DA Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goonfella Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 Absolutely love the Kandinsky pic. That orb is excellent. You can see how it affects the background . Lots to see in this one. Well done Bbq. Quote   Please feel free to visit my Gallery on PDNFans And my Alternatives to PDN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisco97 Posted May 4, 2010 Share Posted May 4, 2010 I will try and get around too it, but I will have to find time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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