Showing posts with label Painterly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Painterly. Show all posts

Create a Botanical Illustration with Apps

In this tutorial, I will explain my workflow for taking this photo:


and turning it into this one that has the quality of a botanical illustration:




Step 1 - Diptic


Insert the original image in both the upper and lower frames of a Diptic 2-photo square layout. (This step is optional - I did this to make my image look like a circle of flowers)


Next, flip the bottom image so it creates a mirror image of the top one and then decrease the white borders. Save results. (This could also be done by using any of the apps that produce mirror images)


Step 2 - Snapseed


Open Image 2 in Snapseed and adjust Tuning Brightness -10, Ambiance +20, Warmth +25.  Apply changes and adjust Details: Structure +50. Apply changes and save.


Step 3 - Tangled FX


Open image 3 in Tangled FX and adjust to your liking (to view one of my customized Tangled FX formulas, check out this post). Save changes.


Step 4 - Painteresque


Open Image 4 in Painteresque and use Painteresque2 Style - Save changes.

Step 5 - Tangled FX 


Open Image 5 and run it through Tangled FX one more time.  Save changes.


Step 6 - Snapseed


If needed make final adjustments to Tuning: Brightness -10, Ambiance +20, Saturation -10, Warmth +20. Apply. Finally apply a Center Focus and adjust Blur Strength +40, Outer Brightness -60 and Inner Brightness +35. Save Final Changes


Here are a couple more samples using basically the same technique. If you find your edited image is too strong, you can always tone it down by combining it with one of the earlier stages using a blender app like Image Blender.





Painterly Mobile Art Monday - No. 18


paint-er-ly 
adjective
of or appropriate to a painter; artistic

Bold and beautiful, soft and ethereal - so many words to describe the artwork created by the members of the Painterly Mobile Art Flickr Group. For more beautiful images, click on the photographs below to visit the artists on Flickr.

Peter © Clint Cline
Peter © Clint Cline

The Reader © Allan Copson
The Reader © Allan Copson
Protea and Ranunculus © Christianna Pierce
Protea and Ranunculus © Christianna Pierce


I Said No to You Today © Michelle Robinson
I Said No to You Today © Michelle Robinson
Untitled © Jane Fiala
Untitled © Jane Fiala
Find a Hidden Door © Chris Hawkins
Find a Hidden Door © Chris Hawkins
Red © Roxi
Red © Roxi
Untitled © Trish G
Untitled © Trish G
Lory Striped © Nicki Fitz-Gerald
Lory Striped © Nicki Fitz-Gerald
Nice Pear © Skipology
Nice Pear © Skipology 
Play It © Dezadie
Play It © Dezadie
© Cristian Margarita
© Cristian Margarita
Free Ride © Roger Guetta
Free Ride © Roger Guetta
Forest Bathing, 1 © Meri Walker
Forest Bathing, 1 © Meri Walker

The Look © Paul Cutright
The Look © Paul Cutright
Take me to the river © Sarah Jarrett
Take me to the river © Sarah Jarrett
Cold Morning © M a r i k o
Cold Morning © M a r i k o
South-Eastern Norway © Vadim Demjianov
South-Eastern Norway © Vadim Demjianov
Untitled © Aylin Argun
Untitled © Aylin Argun

Untitled © Wayne Greer
Untitled © Wayne Greer

Fowl © Poetic Medium
Fowl © Poetic Medium

Revised Myths 2 - Daphne © Giancarlo Beltram
Revised Myths 2 - Daphne © Giancarlo Beltram 

Flowers Series © Erika Brothers
Flowers Series © Erika Brothers

Back Yard © Anne Highfield
Back Yard © Anne Highfield

in fragments © claudinedefayartiste
in fragments © claudinedefayartiste

Friday Favorites–Week No. 31

Here it is another Friday and already starting the month of May.  Where does time go?  One of the reasons that I’m glad I discovered smartphone photography is because of the way it has changed the way I view the world.  I notice the beauty around me and I also see things with the potential in mind of what I can create!  It’s helped me to see everything anew!

Here are my favorite edits for the week.

© Geri Centonze

App RecipeProCamera, Snapseed, PhotoForge2 

© Geri Centonze

The Connection   (above) 

App RecipeProCamera, Snapseed, PhotoToaster 

© Geri Centonze

App RecipeSnapseed, PhotoToaster 

© Geri Centonze

Equine Beauty (above)

App RecipeProCamera, Snapseed, Sketch club, PicsPlay Pro  

© Geri Centonze

Portrait of a Girl (above)

App RecipeSnapseed, Shockmypic, Repix, FaceTune, Painteresque 

© Geri Centonze

The Not So Happy Family (above)

App RecipeProcamera, Snapseed, FaceTune, Shockmypic, Repix, Andifwarp, Anticrop, TouchRetouch, PicFX 

© Geri Centonze

Portrait of a Man (above)

App RecipeProCamera, Snapseed, Repix, FaceTune, Sketch club 

© Geri Centonze

The Recital (above)

App RecipeSketch club, Repix, Snapseed, LensFlare

Repix Does it Again! Another update and one in the works!

RepixEvery morning when I wake up, before I grab my cup o’ Joe, I grab my iPad.  My ritual starts with checking for app updates and I’m always excited to see the little superscript numbers on the blue App Store icon!  This morning when I clicked to see what was new, I literally got an adrenaline rush when I saw the Repix icon in the update list!  I love Repix and it is a major player in my app arsenal.  In fact, the portrait that I recently had featured in the Dive Festival in Barcelona was in part edited with Repix.  If you thought the last update was great, wait till you see this one!

What’s New in Version 1.2?

  • New grunge brushes let you make awesome gritty photos
  • New pack of super-cool jazzy filters
  • Improved + mode brings two styles into one brush.
  • Usability improvements and bug fixes

Here’s my first creation with the new update

© Geri Centonze

From what I’ve heard through the grapevine, a new update is in the works and will be released soon – what have they got up their sleeve next?  Guess we’ll just have to wait and see.  To be continued…

Repix App Releases Thursday March 14, 2013!

For the past few days I’ve had the pleasure of experimenting with the soon to be released Repix app as a beta tester.  Repix will be available FREE in the App Store on March 14th with additional brushes available as an in app purchase. 

 

Repix in action - The Fox from Repix on Vimeo.

I tested it on my iPad but I’m assuming the functioning is similar if not identical on the iPhone.  The Repix brushes allow you to remix the pixels for a variety of painterly looks and styles.  There are also brushes that boost the color, add stylized brushstrokes and even light brushes to add Lens Flares, Stars, Glow Smoke and more!  Further adjustment tools allow the user to Crop, alter Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, Vibrance, Temperature and Vignetting.

Brushes included with the FREE version – Cartoonize, Charcoal, Edger, Dotter, Flares, Drips, Posterize, Silk, Bleach, Undoer, Eraser

In App Purchases Available -

COLOR BRUSHES – Sepia, Hollywood, Vintage, Freshen (set €1.79/$1.99/£1.49)

ARTISTIC BRUSHES – Hatching, Daubs, Van Gogh, Spray (set €1.79/$1.99/£1.49)

LIGHT BRUSHES – Glow Smoke, Stars, Sparkler, Glow Line (set €1.79/$1.99/£1.49)

or

Unlock everything with the Master Collection ((set €4.49/$4.99/£3.99)

Here are some examples of my early experiments. 

© Geri Centonze

I’m really liking the Drips and Daubs brushes – perhaps because of my painting background.  With the image below I used the Eraser tool to completely remove the original photo and then “painted” it back in using various Repix brushes.

© Geri Centonze

 

© Geri Centonze

Like most of the other painterly apps I use, I like to create several edits with one image and then combine them using a blending app and touch up with a bit of sharpening as I did on the two images below.

© Geri Centonze

 

© Geri Centonze

I suppose as an honest beta tester I should also state any drawbacks I experienced with this app.  The only drawback for me was that I would like the Undoer tool to have an opacity level which I could change to allow me to keep some of the effect while allowing the original image to show through. For any upcoming updates my wish list would include a sharpening tool in the adjustments toolkit, the ability to rotate the image while editing and an even more powerful zoom.  I have another app that allows me to zoom 12800%!  Although this app will be FREE with in-app purchases available, I would definitely pay to get even the most basic version as I know this is one that I will use again and again!

Thank you Repix for allowing me this sneak peek!