PainShop Pro Graphics - Meet Me at the Fair

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Meet Me at the Fair

Nightingail

2006-05-15, 7:17 pm

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\(Mr.\) Adriaan Barel

2006-05-15, 7:17 pm

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message news:446860a1_2@cnews
> Title from the lyrics of an old song:
>
> "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair,
> Don't tell me the lights are shining
> any place but there;
> We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
> I will be your tootsie wootsie,
> If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair."
>
>
> Image is a mix of a carnival photo I took plus freehand digital
> painting (using the mouse) for the person. Combined the person and
> the photo using trial-and-error image arithmetic and layering, then
> more of the same with a grungy textured background. Lots of manual
> tweaking. Not sure yet if I want to change it to make the face/hair
> completely in front of the wheel, or to leave it as is so that they
> sort of intermingle.
> Gail

With those eyes, it looks scarry.

--
----oooOOOooo----

Adriaan Barel

Joëlle

2006-05-15, 7:17 pm

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message news:446860a1_2@cnews...
>
> Title from the lyrics of an old song:
>
> "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair,
> Don't tell me the lights are shining
> any place but there;
> We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
> I will be your tootsie wootsie,
> If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair."
>
>
> Image is a mix of a carnival photo I took plus freehand digital painting
> (using the mouse) for the person. Combined the person and the photo using
> trial-and-error image arithmetic and layering, then more of the same with
> a grungy textured background. Lots of manual tweaking. Not sure yet if I
> want to change it to make the face/hair completely in front of the wheel,
> or to leave it as is so that they sort of intermingle.
>
> Gail
> --
> Nightingail's Gallery
> www.nightingail.com
>
>

Oooh, very mysterious! I think the eyes need something more than just being
mask-like.
I like to use the Object Remover Tool to play around with whatever is
interesting in a background, maybe the green glow or something.

I also use the mouse for drawing, although I have that old Pen Partner
tablet, I still use the mouse.

Am looking forward to seeing the next incarnation of this :-))

Joëlle

Michelle

2006-05-15, 7:17 pm

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:446860a1_2@cnews...
>
> Title from the lyrics of an old song:
>
> "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair,
> Don't tell me the lights are shining
> any place but there;
> We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
> I will be your tootsie wootsie,
> If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair."
>
>
> Image is a mix of a carnival photo I took plus freehand digital
painting
> (using the mouse) for the person. Combined the person and the
photo using
> trial-and-error image arithmetic and layering, then more of the
same with a
> grungy textured background. Lots of manual tweaking. Not sure
yet if I want
> to change it to make the face/hair completely in front of the
wheel, or to
> leave it as is so that they sort of intermingle.
>
> Gail
> --
> Nightingail's Gallery
> www.nightingail.com
>
>

This is excellent, Gail. It would make a great book cover or
movie poster for a scary carnival. I agree with Joelle about the
eyes though. To me, the lightness of them is too distracting.
You did a fantastic job painting the face too. I could probably
do it with a pencil (remember those? LOL) but not with PSP.

--
Michelle ;-)

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Nightingail

2006-05-15, 7:17 pm

Nightingail wrote:
> Title from the lyrics of an old song:
>
> "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair,
> Don't tell me the lights are shining
> any place but there;
> We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
> I will be your tootsie wootsie,
> If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair."
>
>
> Image is a mix of a carnival photo I took plus freehand digital
> painting (using the mouse) for the person. Combined the person and
> the photo using trial-and-error image arithmetic and layering, then
> more of the same with a grungy textured background. Lots of manual
> tweaking. Not sure yet if I want to change it to make the face/hair
> completely in front of the wheel, or to leave it as is so that they
> sort of intermingle.
> Gail
> --
> Nightingail's Gallery
> www.nightingail.com

Thanks, Adriaan, Joelle, and Michelle ;-) Ya know, I had been playing around
with putting something in the eyes, and liked it that way, too. I'll go back
to that and see what happens.

Gail
--
Nightingail's Gallery
www.nightingail.com

Lori Davis

2006-05-16, 7:06 pm

Gail, that is about as creepy as creepy can be. You are unsurpassable! :^D

Lori

"Nightingail" <gail@nospam.com> wrote in message news:446860a1_2@cnews...
>
> Title from the lyrics of an old song:
>
> "Meet me in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair,
> Don't tell me the lights are shining
> any place but there;
> We will dance the Hoochee Koochee,
> I will be your tootsie wootsie,
> If you will meet in St. Louis, Louis,
> Meet me at the fair."
>
>
> Image is a mix of a carnival photo I took plus freehand digital painting
> (using the mouse) for the person. Combined the person and the photo using
> trial-and-error image arithmetic and layering, then more of the same with
> a grungy textured background. Lots of manual tweaking. Not sure yet if I
> want to change it to make the face/hair completely in front of the wheel,
> or to leave it as is so that they sort of intermingle.
>
> Gail
> --
> Nightingail's Gallery
> www.nightingail.com
>
>

Nightingail

2006-05-17, 7:06 am

Lori Davis wrote:
> Gail, that is about as creepy as creepy can be. You are
> unsurpassable! :^D

Thanks, Lori! This guy is one of my digital inspirations, and he is *much*
creepier. If my mind worked the way his apparently does, I would even creep
myself out ;-0!
http://www.eyesofchaos.com/

Gail

Nightingail's Gallery
www.nightingail.com

Lori Davis

2006-05-17, 7:16 pm

Nightingail wrote:
> Lori Davis wrote:
>
>
>
> Thanks, Lori! This guy is one of my digital inspirations, and he is *much*
> creepier. If my mind worked the way his apparently does, I would even creep
> myself out ;-0!
> http://www.eyesofchaos.com/
>
> Gail
>

OK, I agree - his stuff is pretty darn creepy! *lol*

Lori