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Posted on 07/12/09 10:40:09 PM
Luis
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Photoshop - Acoustic Guitar
Here is a new image I've been working on. It is based on my guitar that I have. It is a Takamine Acoustic/Electric Guitar. All done in photoshop. I'm pleased on how it turned out. The hard part for me was creating the shape of the guitar with the pen tool. Let me know what you think.



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Posted on 08/12/09 01:57:13 AM
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This is superb Luis, to PS newbie like me, I find it hard to believe that this is all CGI. I especially like the mother-of-pearl inlay around the sound hole.
On the top pic it looks like the front of the guitar is 'bowed' as with the older acoustic electric's favoured by the Jazz players. Does it have a bowed front?
Finally, the metalwork is exceptional, especially the fret-wire and the strings.
I would be interested to know how many hours it took you to complete.
Thanks for sharing this, I love it.



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Posted on 08/12/09 08:47:13 AM
laddition
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I think that it's absolutly faboulus!
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Posted on 08/12/09 3:10:50 PM
Luis
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Re: Photoshop - Acoustic Guitar
Hi Mark and laddition. I'm glad you both liked it.

Mark Goodwin wrote:
On the top pic it looks like the front of the guitar is 'bowed' as with the older acoustic electric's favoured by the Jazz players. Does it have a bowed front?


No, It is not bowed. I did not intend to make it bowed.

I also like how the mother-of-pearl inlay turned out. Before I was not sure on how to create that. What I did was took a piece of metal texture that I created and added the Stained Glass Filter to it.

It took me two days to complete the guitar.

I have one more picture to show which I forgot to show in the first post. I made some changes to it from the original pic becaues I was not happy on how it turned out.



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Posted on 08/12/09 5:25:14 PM
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Stunning, makes me realise how much I still have to learn.

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Posted on 08/12/09 6:40:28 PM
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Great work Luis.

Posted on 08/12/09 11:23:26 PM
michael sinclair
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As usual quite stunning: you're the best I know for this kind of work. It would be of interest to see a photo of your Takamine guitar for comparison.

Posted on 09/12/09 00:47:27 AM
Luis
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Re: Photoshop - Acoustic Guitar
Thanks for your comments Vibeke, Nick, Michael. I'm glad you like it.

michael sinclair wrote:
As usual quite stunning: you're the best I know for this kind of work. It would be of interest to see a photo of your Takamine guitar for comparison.


As you wish. Sorry for the quality of the pictures. I had no camera so I had to use my video camera.


Luis


Posted on 09/12/09 07:36:49 AM
Steve Caplin
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Nice work, Luis! Glad to have nudged you into doing this one!

I see Mark's point about the bowing: the wide bevel you've used on the front does make it look like there's a ridge around it.

One thing, though: I'd rework some of the tuning heads to place them at different angles. It all looks a little too perfect!

Posted on 09/12/09 11:19:15 AM
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Luis, that is simply stunning. Thank you for sharing it!

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Posted on 26/02/10 11:40:56 PM
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Takamine's are awesome, good stuff Luis. I use to draw far out electric guitars as a teenager during my English class usually, but never progressed to computer versions. Engineering them into reality was my largest doubt.



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Posted on 05/03/10 6:15:29 PM
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One word: Wow!
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