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Posted on 16/01/15 08:39:30 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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Challenge 539: Graffiti art
I walked past this graffiti artist last week. He's got a huge array of spray cans laid out on the table in front of him, and has started filling in the detail on the building - but you can see where he's sketched out animals on the rest of the space. Can you help him finish the job? High res is here.  |
Posted on 16/01/15 2:40:44 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Very limited time this week. So a real quickie!  graffiti by davidmac1943, on Flickr_________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/01/15 7:52:22 PM |
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Born2Run
Digital Dude Posts: 132 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
I think he got bored of the animals, hit undo a few times and started again!  _________________ Til' then tramps like us, baby we were born to run |
Posted on 16/01/15 8:40:08 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Love the lettering!! .... but I hope your not trying to influence the judge .....  _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 16/01/15 9:53:21 PM |
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michael sinclair
Off-Topic Opportunist Posts: 1864 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Her Majesty is not amused. 
Displacement map, then Multiply, and then reduced opacity plus other fiddles. Displacement maps work better on curved contour edges like rock faces or flags. I have carried over the original guy and his paint, so I'm on topic...yeah! 
Edit: increased opacity  |
Posted on 19/01/15 03:14:39 AM |
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darrenandcolleen@telus.net
Serene Synthesist Posts: 119 Reply  |
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Posted on 19/01/15 05:26:48 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
http://vimeo.com/117139894  _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 19/01/15 1:45:26 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Tooquilos I know we don't all approve of taggers .... but that's some pretty serious retribution in your video.
I really like the trompe l'oeil. Its very reminiscent of the street art of Julian Beever. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 19/01/15 4:45:07 PM |
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Linda Eckert
maîtresse marocaine Posts: 148 Reply |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
In our region – in France at the Côte d’Azur – are the “trompes l’oeil” in popularity.  |
Posted on 19/01/15 8:17:58 PM |
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Ant Snell
Specular Specialist Posts: 566 Reply  |
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Posted on 20/01/15 05:53:59 AM |
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tooquilos
Wizard of Oz Posts: 2898 Reply |
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LOL I didn’t actually mean it as retribution but now that you mention it I can see what you mean!! It was more of a juxtaposition of reality and fantasy lol but I think the message got lost in amongst the fumes haha It was Julian’s work that gave me the original idea to begin with. He is an amazing artist. Thanks for the link to his site!! _________________ Dorothy: "there's no place like home!" |
Posted on 21/01/15 2:02:26 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
I am huge admirer. There are others who do same thing just as dramatically. But none with his wonderful tongue in cheek humour. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 21/01/15 2:16:46 PM |
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Deborah Morley
Makeover Magician Posts: 1319 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Well, not finished, but I've given him a hand.  |
Posted on 22/01/15 07:03:28 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3063 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Thanks for the link to Julian Beever. And I thought I knew something about perspective. What's a tagger? |
Posted on 22/01/15 2:16:33 PM |
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DavidMac
Director of Photoshop Posts: 5676 Reply |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
Julian's perspective is a very particular form called anamorphosis - it has a very long history with examples from many centuries ago. A tagger is the unwanted side of graffiti. People who simply 'tag' their names or pseudonyms anywhere and everywhere. Although I believe, that with the growing acceptance of good graffiti as an art form, the word tagger is losing some of its pejorative quality. Here's another interesting form of graffiti. It's called reverse graffiti. Its done not by painting on the building but by cleaning the dirt off it. _________________ The subtlety and conviction of any Photoshop effect is invariably inversely proportional to the number of knobs on it ....... |
Posted on 22/01/15 5:37:51 PM |
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vibeke
Kreative Kiwi Posts: 2166 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
 _________________ Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize. |
Posted on 22/01/15 5:59:12 PM |
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Garfield72
Montage Manceau Posts: 353 Reply  |
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Posted on 22/01/15 7:33:36 PM |
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Emy
Composition Chef Posts: 390 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
 _________________ Why not! |
Posted on 23/01/15 05:38:49 AM |
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srawland
Pixel Perfectionist Posts: 885 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
This is certainly not my best effort. My only hope is that Steve will run another Challenge amnesty so I can redeem myself. Some people just don't appreciate art.  _________________ I'm still learning. |
Posted on 23/01/15 08:37:04 AM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7025 Reply |
Re: Challenge 539: Graffiti art
First to enter this week was DavidMac, with an ingenious absent graffiti artist - note the hand-painted Gone to lunch sign on the table. Very nicely achieved, and flawlessly removed. I think I might have a stalker... not content with plastering my mug on the HotChiPs banner, Born2Run has sprayed me all over the wall. Excellent clean-up job removing the original graffiti, though, and I do like the way you've worked around the recessed windows. Great choice of font, but do watch your saturation: that red is just too bright for reality. An extravagant entry from michael sinclair, with the graffiti painter (and his materials) now moving on to Buckingham Palace. The graffiti looks terrific, but I'd prefer it if we could see some areas that aren't quite finished. It's a little hard to see the Displacement Map effect, but I appreciate the effort. A novel approach from Darren - and a cute rendering of those monkeys. Just as long as the elephant doesn't inhale... I really like these trompe l'oeil paintings, and tooquilos's entry fits the yawning cavern perfectly onto that wall. A great use of the plain brick, too, and I like the decorated houses next door. Great movement of the man in the animated version, even if his legs to slide around rather... but the scene of him falling into his own chasm is splendid. Terrific splashes! Beautiful work from Linda Eckert, with Mediterranean scenes replacing the jungle. The effect is just right, with the paintings really looking as if they're right on the wall... and I like the added cat and car. Not only has Ant Snell been the only one so far to actually complete the painting, he's also allowed nature to take over - with monkeys and parrots, and dry cracked earth with a few shoots breaking through. Very effective. I like the way you've brought the man to the foreground so he can admire his own work. A clever work in progress from Deborah Morley: note the smoothed texture on the large monkey, and the same style applied to the other two. Also, I like the fact that you've moved the painter to a different location. Neat. A great spray can effect from Vibeke, with an exuberant splash of paint out of the wall and onto the ground in front. Thoughtfully achieved, and very much in the original style. Partial completion from Garfield72, with the monkeys fully coloured in but the background still to go. Perhaps the artist should have moved to a different location? A splash of colour from Emy, with a great fantasy tree in the background - I really like those floating orange things, whatever they may be. Top work. I was amused by srawland's entry, showing a group of people painting over the graffiti with plain white. A great idea, but you do need to keep some of the original contours of the building! _________ Hugely inventive work this week. A real pleasure. |
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