Adara Media Test by arcas

Other Apps • Fantasy • posted on Jul 11, 2008

Open full image in new tab Zoom on image

Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.

Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.

Description

This was a little experiment I did this week (not a real polished work, but interesting for what it is...), taking a render and turning it into a (digital) charcoal drawing. I used a recipe from the O'Reilly Digital Studio Photoshop Photo Effects Cookbook (http://www.amazon.com/Photoshop-Photo-Effects-Cookbook-Follow/dp/0596100221/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1215744184&sr=1-3) and it was actually suppose to be a pencil simulation, but charcoal seems closer to what I achieved. I highly recommend the book. It's not just a showcase encouraging you to throw around a few filters, the recipes are detailed and powerful bringing to bear the full force of Photoshop's tools. There are some other great recipes for making simulated watercolors and oil paintings. Most of these type of techniques require the user has a tablet.

Comments (30)

)

DarkStormCrow

7:00AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Excellent image, kudos...

)

Genma

7:14AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Quite an interesting effect, and it does suit Adara very well. Good stuff as always mate... and congrats on the being the Artist of the Week, it's well deserved.

)

arcas

7:18AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Thanks, man - that was quite a surprise!?!

)

LinaraTar

7:27AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

wow.. really great!!

)

TomPeters

7:34AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Nicely done! You've picked a great pose and lighting for a base of the drawing effect. I agree, it seems to be more charcoal than pencil, but its a great look. The piece has a lot of impact. Thanks for the info on the book-its going directly on my buy list! Kudos for the Artist of the Week! Well deserved!

)

moonbunnie

7:39AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Wonderful image , well done and congrats!:D

)

allnaydi

8:23AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Great image - she came out fantastic in the charcoal effect.

)

Forevernyt

9:18AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

That really came out nice and I think after seeing this I might look into getting that book. I'm always looking for new ways so spice up the old renders. Thanks for the tip and a great image!

)

efer

9:19AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Excellent!

)

geirla

11:15AM | Fri, 11 July 2008

Very nice image! It does look like charcoal, though. Lat time I did something that looked like pencil, I had to dig out that old Microsoft free photoviewer from office ninety-something. Crude, but it did the job. And congratulations, too!

)