Thanks to all for the positive and kind comments on the smudge paintings. Just a "mouse" and tons of hours learning and managing the process.
Your comments are so warm and inspiring and very much appreciated..
Pat (Patre)

I hope you don't mind....



You are very close on the technique, really. I think hair and skin are major problems for most people, and you have them down nicely.

I did a bit of dodging on the eyes, to bring out the whites, to give depth to the irises. Then I added a sunburst style light beam brush (ss-lightbeams it is called) in a couple shades of blue to the eye on another layer. Erased off the pupil, and set the layer at hard light. Then used the hue/sat slider to make it a shade I thought was believable. Last, just tweaked your background a little by cloning. Re smudged, then used the blur tool a little to set it back from the person.

I think if you pressed just a little further forward, you'd get a result you were pleased with.

Great work Pat. The pilot and the old guy smoking a stogey are my fav of the bunch. Very nice work and some very good info i'll have to read up on.
I HATE READING...you should do a video TUT....you know, for those of us with less attention span.

Wow. Yer thread took off.
Gorgeous images Patre. Yer doing it right that's for sure.

I totaly agree with ReyRey. I have always liked your chops so it come as no surprise that you are doing an outstanding job on this. I especially like the chuck wagon scene. Thanks for sharing and as I did not know about smudge painting and thanks for passing on a new addiction to me.

Cheers Pat

chuck wagon scene is my new wallpaper, please do more 'landscapes'
one with wolves, bears, planets, owls, ect

Splodge Smudge with topaz filter, it helps with portraits

http://www.topazlabs.com/products.html

great filter but witch of the many did you use?.
still needs some touch up, but looks great

Some great work here, I have been smudge painting for ages. I like to sketch a basic outline, throw colour onto the screen and then add the correct details as I go. I used to do a lot of oil work an I used to use different items to paint with (like Bob Ross) ie blades etc so when I first got into PS I noticed the smudge tool and I was away... I have added my Indiana Jones samples for you to see... Hope you like!
Just click the thumbnail to view large!

PuddySmudge

Nice work Dan

I know these are kinda large, but they're 3 times bigger than this when I work on them, and detail is lost when you compress them down into small pics.
This was one of a series of Orchids I did last year, keep in mind that if you decide to do one of these, start with a high res. picture, otherwise it will turn to shit when you print it large,
Photoshop is a great program to use with large format printing, it saved me $2K on RIP software needed for printing large

Thanks, all those are done from blank canvass and usually takes about a week to do one. I do have some screencaps somewhere of the work that goes into it...I might make one of those speed-Painting vids like you see on YouTube lol. Can you speed up 7 days into a few minutes? I dunno... hee hee!

Those are great Patre. I started playing around after being inspired by Delia's work. I did on of Walter Payton. I love the Reggie Bush one, awesome!

I really enjoy seeing all of your work. Thanks,Splodge, Delia,Danny Boy and Paul for posting your images. It is always fun to see how different personalities work to create images that have a unique artistic character and appeal.If anyone else feels inspired to display their work, please post it here.
Pat(Patre)