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Wheels!

Postby andrewb2012 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 9:52 am

Fancy Car (Small).jpg
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Looks Like a Fast Car (Small).jpg
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Boy Toy (Small).jpg
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Re: Wheels!

Postby DBenterprises » Fri Mar 28, 2014 4:58 pm

I really like the first one. That is a great background. Is it available?

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Re: Wheels!

Postby andrewb2012 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 7:10 pm

Hi DBenterprises,

The short answer is that the texture(s) used is/are available. However, prior to applying the final texture I used the 'Select Area' feature to make a mask - I chose the subject (the car) because it was the easiest to do - but it is very easy to invert the mask so that you can either work on the car or the background. I used a blur effect to blow out the upper half of the background and used a soft 'airbrush' to blend the background with the foreground. I used a few more effects subtly applied on the background and I inverted the mask to sharpen the car before finally applying the last texture effect.

To be honest, I did so many variations that I cannot remember which effects I used - when you try to record what you are doing you lose the creative flow. But I do know that the final texture effect was either an 'oil pastel' or 'pastel' effect to be found the 'Artist' category of effects.

Thanks for your comments,

Hope this helps.

Cheers,

Andrew

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Re: Wheels!

Postby Spitsoor » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:19 pm

Hi Andrew, lovely work you did here!

For me the second is the best, it seems to best go with the car.

The others are more of a feature on their own, and to me they are stealing some of the focus on the car.

grtz, Anita

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Re: Wheels!

Postby andrewb2012 » Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:57 pm

Hi Anita,

I probably agree with you - I just enjoy making variations and showing a few (from hundreds) to show what can be achieved with Smart Photo Editor. The titles might give a clue to the fact that I don't really know much about cars (other than driving them - in the past, as I have had to stop driving on medical grounds) but this one caught my eye the way it was parked on Stonehaven harbour and I thought I would try something with the image. For me it is the process that I really enjoy and I want to share that pleasure with others. Part of me is the artist, but another part is to be like a child and play with creative resources. When I create - I defer judgement until after the creative process ends. It is only then I select images from the many created. To keep me pushing in new directions and experiment, I tend to bulk destroy much of what I produce and try to limit myself in recording the actual processes. This, for me, means that when I start again there is a freshness to what I do. What makes me most pleased, is my ability to create such a wide range of styles with no sense of a horizon on what can be achieved. Perhaps, I am really a performance artist at heart.

It is great to hear other peoples' view of my work - they often see what I don't.

I play fingerstyle guitar and play creatively like a child - but, sometimes, I like to play from the music/tablature so as not to get in a rut. No doubt, playing from the music informs my creative play. Likewise, viewing the work of other visual artists, such as you, informs my creative visual art. So in that sense, I learn from all the contributors within this forum - so thanks to each of you. Sometimes, little co-operative ideas are shared and there is a synergy created - for example, Arwin and me, worked separately on 'Drop Shadow' effects, we each learned from the other - and, I'm sure, the results were better than it would have been without co-operation.

So there you are - to those who read this reply, why not join this discussion and share your ideas on the merits & demerits of artistic critique!

Kind regards,

Andrew

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