Toy Doll Collection - Flaming Pear - ChromaSolarize - PhotoPaint

Toy Collec-
tions can be fas-
cinating subject matter for Digital Visual Art. I selected this scanned in image of a collection of dolls belonging to my niece.

I enlarged it in PhotoPaint, and saved it for use with Flaming Pear's ChromaSolarize filter. I applied the filter in Painter, and then saved that file.

I reopened it in Paint.NET and used the Ink Sketch filter on it and added a painterly look and feel to it as well. I then used Adjustments> Curves> Luminosity> to add depth to the colors.

Back in PhotoPaint I added a 50 pixel pink border to begin framing it. With Filter Forge's Freepack 3 I added a thin film frame, then I added another pink border and thin film frame. I selected the last border and applied Texture> Plastic> to it and removed the mask, saving the final image.

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Digital Painting - Painter 8 - Acrylics / Blenders

Just recently I received a few photographs of my great-great nieces. They are lovely children so I decided to try my hand at painting them digitally. Using Painter 8 from Corel I used the Acrylic dry brushes and glazed brushes to paint the two of them in this pose. Using the Blenders I softened the faces and the hair. I used a Digital Watercolor brush on the glazed background and used the Blenders on it as well. I was using a Wacom tablet for painting also.

I am still new, even after a large number of attempts, at digital painting of portrait subject matter. I really enjoy Painter 8's versatility and the action of the different media brushes. I love my nieces and tried to do them justice with a good likeness.

I was torn between the darkness of the background, to lighten it or not, but I decided to leave it dark. I like the autumn colors and it seemed to recede enough to place the focal point on the portraits.

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