Joseph A. Campbell

Joseph A. Campell was the founder of The Campbell Soup Company. This is my rendering of a photo taken of him back in the late 1800's.
ron

Joseph A. Campell was the founder of The Campbell Soup Company. This is my rendering of a photo taken of him back in the late 1800's.
ron

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by knightedduke:
Joseph A. Campell was the founder of The Campbell Soup Company. This is my rendering of a photo taken of him back in the late 1800's.
ron <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hey Ron,

I think you did rather well on it. The only thing that looks off is the beard. I have no idea how to draw hair. So do not ask me. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Personally: I like it clean shaven! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Another thing you could do is tone it to give it an old or sepia tone look.
just a thought.

Great job anyway.
tim

You know, I went in to do some additional touch-ups, and decided that the picture frame was detracting from the bust itself, so I removed it. What do you think of it now?
ron

Nice work Ron!

Could we see the photo that you took this from so we can give a bit more advice on the hair and beard?? I really think it's just the tedious job of using the Freehand tool and use this current beard and hair as the template for boundaries sake and just draw in lots of line's using the cigar line or one of those to delineate the hair a bit more realistically. The brow furrows look a bit to pronounced to me as well.

I'm glad you dropped the frame, it really was a bit of a visual deterrent, this looks much better. A frame for this would be something very simple with small boundaries and dulled reflections.

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by knightedduke: What do you think of it now? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Hi Ron,

I like it... The beard still need work but you where right about the picture frame.

OK,
Here's a side by side of the drawing and the photo. As you can see the photo is typical of the day, when photography was in its infancy.
I added a few more lines also, and heightened the texture in the skin.
ron
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RAMWolff:
Nice work Ron!

Could we see the photo that you took this from so we can give a bit more advice on the hair and beard?? I really think it's just the tedious job of using the Freehand tool and use this current beard and hair as the template for boundaries sake and just draw in lots of line's using the cigar line or one of those to delineate the hair a bit more realistically. The brow furrows look a bit to pronounced to me as well.

I'm glad you dropped the frame, it really was a bit of a visual deterrent, this looks much better. A frame for this would be something very simple with small boundaries and dulled reflections. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Is this what you mean by more of a sepia tone?
ron

Hi Ron,

The image is coming along nicely. As Richard mentioned, the lines in the forehead could be made less pronounced. Sepia tone is a brownish tint.

Is this enough brown?
ron
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Soquili:
Hi Ron,

The image is coming along nicely. As Richard mentioned, the lines in the forehead could be made less pronounced. Sepia tone is a brownish tint. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by knightedduke:Is this enough brown? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I always thought of sepia as brown and white instead of black and brown. Any experts on the matter out there?

Hi Ron,

Just create a bitmap copy of the drawing itself sans the matting, select the bitmap, rightclick on a dark brown...

Keep going Ron, your getting it man!!

Here's is a working file, using your image and a sepia tone rectangle over it. Just a bit of stained glass transparency and there ya go!! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Is it the whole photo tinted or just the subject?
ron

Ron,

It's really amazing how you bring your Xara x skills in to all you do. I'm sure you could create anything in Xara X if you decided to put your 'pointing device' and mind to it' http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>John: Personally: I like it clean shaven... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
--- Me too! But only because I couldn't grow a beard like that, even if I let it go for a decade... http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif I wish I could grow something that wouldn't scare the local wildlife. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

Hey Pfizer! Us (semi http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif) men, need a beard growing pill! http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif I'm sure you will get to the pills that will help humankind - eventually....

Hey Ron,

Did you download the .xar file I have a couple of posts up??

You will see that it's the entire photo that you would apply this effect to, not just areas. Very black areas will not show up as tinted when the stained glass transparency is applied to the rectangle.

Well guys,
Can you see anything else to add or subtract. Man I hope not. But you guys have really good eyes for art and I don't, so I really appreciate your honest appraisals and evaluations, suggestions. Hmmmm, in shows up really dark here, but in Xara it's not this dark at all.
Thanks,
ron
Yes I did. Looks good, like an old photograph. I 'll add that rectangle with the stained glass transparency.
thanks Richard,
ron
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by RAMWolff:
Hey Ron,

Did you download the .xar file I have a couple of posts up??

You will see that it's the entire photo that you would apply this effect to, not just areas. Very black areas will not show up as tinted when the stained glass transparency is applied to the rectangle. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Hi Ron,

Looks good to me. Nice job.

BTW: So, did they can him when he passed away? or did they just can him. http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/wink.gif http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

John, did you flub up your punch line AGAIN?? http://www.talkgraphics.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

Is this whole thread an oblique reference to Warhol's soup cans?

Richard,

I thought I delivered that one just right... on the can.