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[davidkessel]

I like to make a small drawing, scan it and then run it through a few filters that come with a digital camera photo program. I have Photostudio2000 and Photostudio5. If you experiment with various finctions thereof, you can come up with some interesting effects: below are some examples:

[Deco]

These are interesting indeed I especially like the third one maybe because it's
more colourful, I'm wondering how were they looking before you processed them with digital programs

[davidkessel]

Deco, on Sep 11 2005, 08:19 AM, said:

These are interesting indeed I especially like the third one maybe because it's
more colourful, I'm wondering how were they looking before you processed them with digital programs

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Oh, they were just pencil drawings- very unsightly-looking- kind of like doodles.

[Deco]

Then you've done a very good work

[housedoc]

Hi David why don't you go through the process on here from the start of your 'initial' drawings to the 'finished' work you produce. I am sure there will be a few people interested in what you do and how it is achieved

[davidkessel]

housedoc, on Sep 11 2005, 01:24 PM, said:

Hi SPAM why don't you go through the process on here from the start of your 'initial' drawings to the 'finished' work you produce.  I am sure there will be a few people interested in what you do and how it is achieved 

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Ah allright. Let me see how I can do that.

[davidkessel]

Deco, on Sep 11 2005, 08:29 AM, said:

Then you've done a very good work

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Well, thank you! It is nice to be appreciated!

[Helz]

Great work David, I like them all! H x

[pencilwizard]

Hi David,dont know much about this sort of thing ,but your images are different,and interesting to look at,like the top one best,very good.
btw welcome to arttrade

[davidkessel]

First, let's look at how the process looks when laid out:

1) Draw and scan.
2) Take your digital camera editing software ( mine is Photostudio5) and find the function of Equalization.
3) Equalize, then go to Hue and Saturation. All pencil drawings are bluish-gray so, you can change the hue to something warmer if you wish, or make it slightly more yellow or more brown. Then use the Clone function to edit rough spots that do not seem to belong.
4) Go to Effects, then choose Fine Art- Watercolor. Take the Pen finction, choose white color and vary the thinness of the tip to make stars of various sizes.

Edited by davidkessel, 12 September 2005 - 10:55 AM.

[davidkessel]

Here is another one but in one of the last stages I used Special Filters- Solarization- and then, I used Brightness/Contrast to make it brighter since solarization usually kills those. Anyway, the process is similar to the above+ Solarization.

[davidkessel]

As you can see, it starts out as a feeble-looking sketch but it gathers darker colors and acquires more character as you run it through all those filters. In the end, it looks almost surreal and you still have not done anything with your hand- the computer does all the work for you.

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Edited by davidkessel, 12 September 2005 - 12:14 PM.

[housedoc]

Hi davidkessel - I find these totally amazing and interesting - I think you do a great job in manipulating the initial drawing. Thank you for sharing this work with us and hope that we see a lot more that you can do

[davidkessel]

housedoc, on Sep 12 2005, 03:09 PM, said:

Hi davidkessel - I find these totally amazing and interesting - I think you do a great job in manipulating the initial drawing.  Thank you for sharing this work with us    and hope that we see a lot more that you can do 

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thaks, actually no one taught me this. I was just "snooping around" in the program that came with my digital camera and then I discovered that while it was not doing much good to photos, it did wonders with drawings. You may wish to try and do the same.

[davidkessel]

Here are some more:

These were scraps just a few square inches in size:

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