and now for something completely different...

[s.winders]

Stecyk I am definitely going to get Painter 7 thats for sure as it has Photoshop over a barrel for natural media effect.I have painter classic which came bundled with my Intuos I found the interface quite confusing and I just thought I will wait and upgrade to Painter 6 at some time in the future and now that 7 is coming I am more than interested in getting a copy.


What I am trying to do is integrate what I think are the best platforms together ie Painter Photoshop and a 3d program which I should have shortly and I think that combination is what I will stick with.


Ya I do some ethereal surrealist stuff as its good practise for compositing,and also some Sci Fi and other bits and pieces too just anything I find a challenge really.


I will dig up that portait for you guys. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]


Stu [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]

[s.winders]

This was done with a normal HB pencil at the time and just later scanned straight in to my puter.This would be my favorite portrait of all the ones I have done to date. [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif[/img]


Stu.

[ghi stecyk]

stu, that's great. what exactly did you do with it in photoshop?

stecyk66

[gmotto]

Hi Kiwi,
Thanks for your posting. You do have a nice touch with the pencil.It is always nice to see other folk's work. Did you do anything to your scan with Painter classic, or just Photoshop?

[s.winders]

Thanks guys.

The pencil sketch I did some work on in Photoshop is a different image to the one above.I thought it would be a bit cheeky posting a Photoshop pic in the Painter forum,but if you would like to see it I will dig it up for yas.Its just the sketch colored and composited with some indian imagery.And it was actually while trying to color the sketch that I decided I need Painter,I also do quite a few landscapes/seascapes as well and I like a more natural media effect than say PS and I cant wait to be able to use impasto for the waves in a seascape instead of trying and failing to emboss the brush strokes in PS to get an impasto effect and being more than tempted to play kick around the Imac.....hahahaaa


Stu [img]/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif[/img]