Sunday, January 10, 2010

Loving Photoshop!



I have a new secret love affair and I'm pretty sure my wife will be down with it...until I spend too much time her. Her name is Photoshop and she's so cute! The way she responds to gentle clicking - her color - and those deep dark shadows! Her pixels drive me wild!

I wish I could take the credit but I must send a shout out to Jed Henry who wet nursed me through the process. Oh there were a few choice words at first - a tear here and there but in the end I'm so happy with the process he helped me with. Thanks Jed!

This was an old sketch I dug out to fool around with - he was originally sketched for a Rosa's restaurant painting I did 6 or 7 years ago. El Senior Monteban - quite dapper and oozing with confidence.

6 comments:

  1. Very cool, love the rich colors of both! I just got Photoshop a week ago, have no idea what I'm doing - got the dummies book, but if you have any pointers or points to....I'd appreciate it!

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  2. Wow Will! You got the hang of it quick (even if you were wet nursed through. Very great work... as usual. Love it!

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  3. Hey Beth, I just started in photoshop - I'm probably not the one to give pointers. I think I'm on my way to recreating what I do with acrylic paint. My general advice would be to begin with an idea of what you want to end up with. Otherwise you'll be experimenting with no clear direction - not necessarily always a bad thing.

    Thanks Jack! - I feel like I just got a new toy!

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  4. Very nice! Thanks for the chat the other evening.

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  5. Very cool Will! I love the textures you have going! Did you use brushes with texture, or just an overall scanned texture?

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