"Grunge 78 Travis Bean Artist Guitar" Corel PhotoPaint - Filter Forge - Plus

78 Travis Bean Artist Guitar

"Grunge 74 Travis Bean Artist Guitar," also taken from the Guitar Photographer site mentioned in my last post with link. I created this grunge image using both Corel PSP Pro X3 and Corel PhotoPaint along with Filter Forge's Photo Effects and Frames.

I had much to do today so this post is very short with little explanation of the workflow. I am still working towards the goal of 1,000 posts for gatzkART!, 957 and counting.

"Grunge 1958 Gibson Les Paul" Corel PSP Pro X3 - Plus

Grunge 1958 Gibson Les Paul

Got a wallpaper image of a Les Paul Guitar at:

http://www.guitarphotographer.com/index.htm 

Which images are for non-commercial use, unless otherwise specified by the photographer. I created a Digital Art image of this 1958 Gibson Les Paul Std Historic photograph.

I downloaded the large file and opened through Picasa 3.9 with Corel PSP Pro X3. There I upped the Vibrancy of colors and used Effects on it, Topography for the edges. I used the Wand tool to select the bulk of the black background and filled it with white. I applied Filter Forge's Photo Effects Old Photo Sepia tone to it.

I used Curves to add depth to the color. I added a 25 pixel black border. Then I boosted the color Saturation by 34. I saved iterations as I went along through the workflow.

I finished by adding a Film Picture Frame and using Filter Forge again gave it a linen grunge look and feel. Saving that iteration I opened with Corel PhotoPaint and added my signature in white. Resampling for display here I saved again.

Post 956 toward the 1,000 Posts Goal! Keep following my quest Please!

"Ryan Van Sickle Canadian Singer Songwriter" Digital Watercolor Corel - Plus

Ryan Van Sickle

I have gained permission from the photographer Nathanael Absher (see  www.nathanaelabsher.com) and the subject Ryan Van Sickle singer, songwriter to adapt this image. Nathanael has requested that this piece not be placed for sale at any time, so it is not for sale.

Heather Fay and Ryan Van Sickle have done some performing together and I have watched both online. Very effective performers! Both are on G+.

I used the same programs as I did on Heather Fay's image recently.  Corel PSP Pro X3 and Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. In Essentials I used the soft cloner brush to add back in some details as before.

I used the Watercolor Sketch auto paint feature for this in Essentials. I did all color and other adjustments in PSP.

Ryan is from Canada and has a nice site at: http://ryanvansicklemusic.com feel free to visit either site, Nathanael's or Ryan's!


Listening --- Edward Sparks --- No Perfect People Allowed

"Grunge Gretsch Ebony Guitar" Paint.NET - Plus

Grunge Gretsch Ebony

I found two images that I thought would compliment each other in a Grunge composition. One, for the background, is a water-colored stained paper. The other was a clean Gretsch Ebony Guitar.

I opened from Picasa 3.9 the background with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4 and auto painted with the Watercolor Sketch feature. I reopened that file with Corel PhotoPaint and using Papersize added a brown border.

Selecting the Gretsch I opened in Paint.NET and used the Ink Sketch tool without any color, just a black pen and ink look. I copied and pasted that onto the background in PhotoPaint. There I placed it and then duplicated it in differing sizes and rotated them to create a line of guitars.

I used Filter Forge's Photo Effects Grunge feature to add the grunge linen look and feel with a small frame. I took the Text tool and added the words "Gretsch Ebony" in Basketcase font. I duplicated that and layered for some depth. I then used Distort, Wet Paint to add the paint drippings to the words. I saved that iteration adding my signature in white still in PhotoPaint.

Listening to Peace and Quiet today.

"Heather Fay Singer Songwriter" Corel PSP Pro X3 Plus

Heather Fay

"You may use it Kirk. Please credit ©2012 Kevan Christine w/ a link to the website http://www.kevanchristine.com. Thanks." I received this on my notifications and email about today's image.

As you can see Kevan has taken a wonderful photograph of musician singer, songwriter, Heather Fay. I have listened to Heather's music online and in recorded G+ Hangouts. I really enjoyed her work and look forward to listening to more.

I downloaded the photograph and through Picasa 3.9 I opened with Corel PSP Pro X3 to add Vibrancy to the color and some Softening. Saving that iteration I opened with Corel Painter Photo Essentials 4. Here I used the Watercolor Sketch feature to auto paint the entire image.

I then took the clone tool with soft edges and brought back some detail to the face and other areas of the image. I saved that iteration and reopened with PSP. Here I added a Polaroid frame and a 25 pixel black border. Because this photograph has a copyright, even though I altered it, I did not add my signature to the image.

My thanks to Keven Christine and Heather Fay! I hope they like the image I created from the photograph.