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p.1 #1 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Two new pieces, I know they are a little different than some of my other pictures but I am trying different things.

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Aug 28, 2008 at 06:11 PM

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p.1 #2 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Well...this is certainly different. It's really hard for me to comment since I never see anything like this...but I will try. I believe IMO that for printing on a canvas or etched paper, this is fantastic. otherwise the PP is too much if you are just trying to post it on the web or so.

Aug 28, 2008 at 07:14 PM

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p.1 #3 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

I think these are fantastic, and would love to know the process.

Great job!

Jim

Aug 28, 2008 at 09:50 PM

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p.1 #4 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

I am not usually a fan of excessive post processing but for these images I think the painting style effect looks great and they would probably make nice prints.

Aug 29, 2008 at 12:01 AM

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p.1 #5 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

I like 'em - they have rich color, texture and an "old world" feel to them. 1st composition is very nice - I suspect it would look nice with any number of different interpretations. Good work.
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Jon

Aug 29, 2008 at 02:16 AM

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p.1 #6 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

agree with jon on 1-wonderful capture-the expressions makes me feel like i'm a part of the moment

daniel

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:02 AM

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p.1 #7 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Sam Bortol wrote:
Well...this is certainly different. It's really hard for me to comment since I never see anything like this...but I will try. I believe IMO that for printing on a canvas or etched paper, this is fantastic. otherwise the PP is too much if you are just trying to post it on the web or so.

Thanks Sam, yes putting these type of images on the web is hard because you loose most of the texture effect. I met a photographer who printed this type of imege in cancas and other mediums and then he would work some more with traditional paints, I may try that.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:00 PM

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p.1 #8 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Holy S***!!! WAY good! What's your post?

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:04 PM

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p.1 #9 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Very Nice.

I agree about losing much of the texture, but still very nice.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:06 PM

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p.1 #10 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

JmsWms wrote:
I think these are fantastic, and would love to know the process.

Great job!

Jim
Thanks Jim! Well every project is different but it is all done with layers, I use Painter 8 and Photoshop, I also use Corel knock out for the second photo to isolate him from a very busy background. I usually paint the effects in instead of applying globally the textures. Sometimes I repeat the brush strokes in Painter as texture in PS and I emboss some other in CS2.I am still trying many things because this were projects to see if I could do natural media digitally.

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Andres

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:06 PM

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p.1 #11 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

I like it. Did you make this in Corel Painter X or CS3? I love the paint strokes.

Chris

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:06 PM

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p.1 #12 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

dst.zero wrote:
I am not usually a fan of excessive post processing but for these images I think the painting style effect looks great and they would probably make nice prints.
Thank you! I thought the best medium would be cancas for a print them but someone suggested some of the many choices in watercolor or art papers.I will see, thanks.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:07 PM

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p.1 #13 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

BubbaJon wrote:
I like 'em - they have rich color, texture and an "old world" feel to them. 1st composition is very nice - I suspect it would look nice with any number of different interpretations. Good work.
Regards,
Jon
Thanks Jon, any suggestions on what type of paper should I print these?

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:08 PM

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p.1 #14 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

radioblurs wrote:
agree with jon on 1-wonderful capture-the expressions makes me feel like i'm a part of the moment

daniel

Thanks Daniel! I will try to post the originals.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:10 PM

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p.1 #15 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Andres if you have a nice printer, get some Hahnemuhle German Etching or Canvas to try it out on. It could even look good on some good Photo Rag paper with a nice matte surface.

Chris

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:10 PM

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p.1 #16 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

phil hawkins wrote:
Holy S***!!! WAY good! What's your post?
Thanks Phil! What is my post

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:11 PM

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p.1 #17 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

picturepete wrote:
Very Nice.

I agree about losing much of the texture, but still very nice.
Thanks, I still struggle with the web conversion the sRGB seems to take saturation and contrast out of the originals.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:13 PM

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p.1 #18 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Chris Langer wrote:
I like it. Did you make this in Corel Painter X or CS3? I love the paint strokes.

Chris
Hi Chris, I still use Painter 8 and CS2, I try to use both; Painter has a lot to offer and I am barely tapping all its possibilties. I am so glad I have a tablet, it would have been very difficult to me to do it with a mouse.

Thanks.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:15 PM

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p.1 #19 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Chris Langer wrote:
Andres if you have a nice printer, get some Hahnemuhle German Etching or Canvas to try it out on. It could even look good on some good Photo Rag paper with a nice matte surface.

Chris
Thanks Chris! I have and old Epson 1270 but still prints beautifully. Well, if I compare it tho the new printers I may change my mind

I will look into German Etching, first I need to balance my system again, I am reading about soft proofing and color calibration right now. Everybody seems to love Hahnemuhle media, do you prefer it than Epson papers?

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:20 PM

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p.1 #20 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

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phil hawkins wrote:
Holy S***!!! WAY good! What's your post?
Thanks Phil! What is my post

Yes, what is your post processing procedure for getting that canvas painted look. These are SUPERB!! Be sure to include size and resolution stats...

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Aug 29, 2008 at 04:29 PM

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p.1 #21 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

These are superb!

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:31 PM

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p.1 #22 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

I really like the feel of the first one - captured their souls!
The second one - this one gives me the creeps - those eyes - that rope...

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:36 PM

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p.1 #23 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

phil hawkins wrote:
Andres Bonilla wrote:
phil hawkins wrote:
Holy S***!!! WAY good! What's your post?
Thanks Phil! What is my post

Yes, what is your post processing procedure for getting that canvas painted look. These are SUPERB!! Be sure to include size and resolution stats...

Hi Phil! Thank for your comment! Ok, I found out that busy backgrounds detract from this type of work so I isolate the main characters, in the second one I created a background in Photoshop. I used a camel impasto brush in Painter to add texture and color to te background. I reused this file as texture to emphasized the brush strokes, I appled rusted paint photos of mine and peeling paint either as softlight or overlays layers. I sample the colors and used PS brushed to retouch the final file I then use Nik sharpener to selectively sharpen the final piece. I work at 240 or 300 dpi usuallly but for these ones I used 150 dpi.

Hope I explained ok

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:47 PM

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p.1 #24 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

Vole wrote:
These are superb!
Thanks Vole, I am glad you like it.

Aug 29, 2008 at 04:48 PM

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p.1 #25 · Sunday Rejoicing,Cabrito

frank kayser wrote:
I really like the feel of the first one - captured their souls!
The second one - this one gives me the creeps - those eyes - that rope...
Thanks Frank! I should have posted the footnote for the second one

Here it is "Here is another digital painting of a peasant in the Andes. Cabrito means little goat, he was being teased by his friends because he forgot to tied his goats and they fled, he was defending himself by saying " No the rope is for my wife! " Everybody bursted in laughter because the women are the head of household in this parts,they are the boss; they command the family. I tried to capture his sheepishly expression and the fun of the situation. "

Thanks!

Andres

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Aug 29, 2008 at 04:51 PM


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