Burning The Midnight Oil

[Ron Duke]

Just finished this today. Still a couple of things I might adjust, i.e. the scientist/doctor/inventor's pants.

Anyway, I applied a filter, using Xara, with a fractal plasma, color transparency to give it a distressed look. ALL my work EXCEPT for the walnut wood grain on the chest of drawers. The wood grain on the rest was created by me and it's NOT a bitmap.

[gwpriester]

Very nostalgic Ron and nicely rendered.

[Egg Bramhill]

Excellent Ron.

[Ron Duke]

Thanks, Gary and Eric!

Here's another effect I tried. (Van Goghish?)

I forgot to post the untouched version. All Xara, no outside software.

[Egg Bramhill]

I think the Van Goghish version is very effective in removing the often too clean lines of a vector drawing Ron.

[Ron Duke]

I think the Van Goghish version is very effective in removing the often too clean lines of a vector drawing Ron.

Thanks, Eric.
I kind of liked it too. What suggestion/s do you have regarding the effect? A little less of the effect or a little more? More, I think would be too much, but I would like opinions whether or not the effect should be lessened or leave it like it is.

[Egg Bramhill]

I would say lessened would be better Ron.

This is just for fun. http://parkeston.com/midnightoil/

[Egg Bramhill]

Here's my attempt an distracting from the too clean vector look:

[gray]

Ron, excellent work as always. These would look very cool as prints.

[Acorn]

I would say lessened would be better Ron.
This is just for fun. http://parkeston.com/midnightoil/

Egg, I'd just looked in and thought the pendulum just needed to swing! You win hands down and OTT with the failed writings.

Acorn