Another digital watercolour...

**panfer** · 25 February 2006, 08:57 PM

nice work,Ross as always. I wonder if there is a simplified tutorial for water colors somewhere.

**Ross Macintosh** · 25 February 2006, 10:28 PM

Okay, here's a tutorial that gives the basics. Note it identifies the three main filters I happen to use. I suspect that other filters could be esed to do the same thing. The substitution for KPT Pyramid Paint could be 'Simplifier' from 'Amphisoft' --- I think it is available for free. The DCspecial filter called 'BeyondEdger4' is available for free. Most of you guys might not be doing things with linework so the 'Jiggle' filter isn't really all that important.

I also note that you canapply these techniques to almost any image. It certainly doesn't have to be just architectural stuff.

I hope this helps you grasp the basic approach I'm using. The technique is quite flexible and offers lots of possibilities.

Regards, Ross

**gidgit** · 25 February 2006, 10:43 PM

Very cool... I love the effect on the windows... and very cool wire

**Ross Macintosh** · 25 February 2006, 11:05 PM

Wire?

**Simon Beck** · 26 February 2006, 12:23 AM

Originally Posted by Ross Macintosh

Wire?

Wire knot?

Seriously, I think he meant "wireframe" as in "outline".

Simon

**GroWeb** · 26 February 2006, 04:24 AM

Thanks for this excellent tutorial, Ross. Now I just need to find out if I can replicate it somehow (that Jiggle filter might be hard to find or to substitute).

Thanks again,
Glen

**Ross Macintosh** · 26 February 2006, 12:56 PM

Glen
There are other filters that can be used to give linework results similar to 'Jiggle'. I believe the Redfield filter called 'Water Ripples' is available freely. To use it you need to move all the option sliders to their zero points. Then adjust the 'wave placement-vertical' sliders slightly. For my example I just adjusted the wave2 one, altering it to a -30 setting. That was the only setting change I did. Note however that if you are applying it to a bitmap you'll also need to adjust the brightness sliderto its maximum. Also note that when 'Water Ripples' is applied to an image it can make the edge of the image become visible -- you may later need to crop those edges out if they interfer with your drawing.

There are probably other filters than could distort linework suitably. The trick is to try them at their minimum settings and adjust from there.

Regards, Ross

**Ross Macintosh** · 26 February 2006, 01:55 PM

Above I noted the techniques can be applied to almost any image. I thought I'd try and back that up with an example. The attached self-portrait is the result. You can print it out and use it to frighten small children and scare away squirrels.

Regards, Ross