"Digital Collage Painted Martin Guitar" Paint.NET - Corel Painter

Digital Collage Painted Martin Guitar

I selected a "Martin Guitar," photograph from Picasa 3.9 and opened it with Corel PSP Pro X3. There I applied the Smart Photo Fix to it upping the color and softening it. I added some hatching to the image surrounding the guitar and saved the file.

From Picasa I opened with Paint.NET and used the Collage Paint tool to create the next version of the image. Still recognizable as a guitar I saved that file and opened with Corel Painter 11. I then painted the brushstrokes by hand, using the Artists, Sargent brush set for cloning, though I was not cloning at the time. I outlined the guitar and the framing using this brush. I saved that iteration.

Next I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and went two iterations back to the PSP image in Picasa. I copied that to the clipboard and pasted it onto the painted collaged guitar. Using the property Multiply I added back in details of the guitar. I merged these together added my signature in white and saved another iteration.

"Grunge Martin Acoustic Guitar" Corel - Plus

Grunge Martin Acoustic Guitar

I began this image with a photograph of a Martin Guitar. I opened it from Picasa 3.9 into Corel PSP Pro X3. There I resized it and applied Saturation Vibrancy for more color. I adjusted the Midtones, Shadows and Highlights. I used Effects, Art Media, Brushstrokes on it for a painterly look.

I applied a Linen Texture to it and saved that iteration in display size. I opened it with Corel PhotoPaint and added the paint splatters with dripping and changing their Opacity to 56 from 100.

Saving that file I opened CorelDRAW and created the upside down "Martin&Co" copied to the clipboard and pasted it onto the image in PhotoPaint. I added my signature saved that iteration and reopened with PSP to add the Picture Frame of Stained Parchment. I resized that back to display size and saved that file.

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