Have you ever been to the west coast of Canada? It's one of my most favourite travel destinations. A true photographer's dream -- it boasts beautiful landscapes and lakes that are so clear and turquoise, that sometimes you have to rub your eyes (and risk smudging your carefully applied eyeliner), to make sure that you're eyes aren't playing tricks on you.
So eff'n gorgeous right?! This is one of the best photos I took and trust me, I'm not a photographer by any stretch of the imagination. I simply point and shoot. [Tangent] How lucky are we to live in the age of the digital camera??! Steven Sasson (American electrical engineer and inventor of the digital camera) I LOVE YOU! [/Tangent]
Anywayyy... I decided to play around with this image in a couple of different graphic programs. The image below was created in Corel Painter using the auto paint function and the blender brush. I started with bigger brush strokes to lay out the colours, then smaller strokes to add detail/texture. It's a quick and easy way to turn a photo into a painting. It also helps if you look at it from REALLY far away (and squint) =P
The next image was created in Adobe Photoshop. I imported a starry sky and a cloud image and used the gradient function to blend the two images together and replaced the original sky. I also added the moon (obviously). To complete the composition I utilised a number of layer masks and adjustment filters. I was going for an ethereal/whimsy feel.
This is a (different) image I created in Corel Painter, again with the blender brush. Still in the Canadian Rockies, Whistler I believe. Again stand really far away and squint (please).
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