wrightair's CGPortoflio Gallery

Peter Paul Rubens copy

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 22:17:06 +0000

My submission to the Open Figure Drawing Workshop "Angels and Devils" here http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthr...92&page=1&pp=15
My transcription of the Peter Paul Rubens painting "Two Satyrs"http://www.wga.hu/art/r/rubens/22mythol/32mythol.jpg
Painted entirely in Photoshop using the hard edged brush at varying levels of opacity. Working fairly large - 5000 x 3779 pixels t 300dpi - with my Wacom Intuos 3 tablet and pen.
Step by Step:
http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...e-web/index.htm

100% details here:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...12-detail01.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...12-detail02.jpg

smaller details here:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...12-detail03.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...12-detail04.jpg

Kirstii 03

Mon, 11 Dec 2006 20:38:41 +0000

One of about 8 Photoshop paintings started but not completed over the last couple of months. I had to force myself to try and finish this one to try and break my current creative block. Still trying to work on other ideas but nothing is succesful enough yet.
As usual, painted entirely in Photoshop CS2 with hard edged brushes, working from my own photo:
http://www.pbase.com/wrightair/image/71534714
Step by step:
http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...3step/index.htm

Trisha 01

Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:38:09 +0000

Pure Photoshop painting again using only the hard edged brush. Just an exercise to paint more hair really, turning up the flow and opacity jitter to max on a 3 pixel brush. I also used a hair texture brush on a lot of the underpainting of the hair, varying its opacity.
Used my own reference photo:http://www.pbase.com/wrightair/image/72741354
Step by step:
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...trisha01-01.swf
Full size details:http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...15detail-03.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...15detail-02.jpg
http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l...15detail-01.jpg

frankii01

Sun, 31 Dec 2006 18:34:06 +0000

Another one from the vaults, started months ago and forgotten about. Just an experiment with hair painting - and colour! - as much as anything.Some textured brushes on the skin. All hard edged brushes again.
Photoshop CS2, Intuos 3 tablet, my own source photo http://www.pbase.com/wrightair/image/65412741

Kirstii 02

Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:23:48 +0000

Thought I'd clear out my hard drive to make a fresh start in the New Year. Who knows what it may bring. I'm still fascinated by what Photoshop can do and enjoy experimenting with portrait work. I'm afraid I have a complete blind spot when it comes to fantasy art so I'll be continuing my learning process with portraits for the time being.
Photoshop CS2, Wacom Intuos 3, my own reference photo. Trying to loosen up a bit, everything - except the lettering - painted on one layer with the hard edged brush. Hair texture brush used in the hair.
Step by step:http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...step/index.html
More to follow in the next couple of days.

Kirstii 01

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 21:55:34 +0000

Looking for inspiration and a new direction, but I'll post this in the meantime! I wanted to work with just one colour, white, on a layer over a solid black layer. The only tools used were the hard edged brush and the eraser, both at varying levels of low opacity. I worked freehand from my own photo: http://www.pbase.com/wrightair/image/66449083
Step by step at http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...istep/index.htm

Frankii 02

Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:57:24 +0000

Experimenting with a much higher key pallette using the hard edged brushes in Photoshop. Originally intended to be completed quickly, but the hair caused all sorts of problems and is in it's fourth or fifth version here.
Worked from my own photo: http://www.pbase.com/wrightair/image/65412747
Incomplete step by step! :
http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...2step/index.htm
thanks to frankii: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cf...63-d4ccc3d6fff8

Lucia 01

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 10:21:43 +0000

When I stumbled across the original photograph http://www.deviantart.com/deviation...me+-in%3Ascraps I knew I had to make a digital painting from it. I prefer to work from my own photos, but this was too striking to miss. Pure photoshop painting, again, with the hard edged brush.
Step by step;
http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...1step/index.htm
Thanks to Lucia's stock for permission to post it here

zat 01

Tue, 29 Aug 2006 20:18:58 +0000

Pure Photoshop painting using hard edged brushes. Some textured, splatter brushes used to add texture. I was aiming for a painterly finish but something went wrong along the way and it started to turn too photographic. Not too sure yet about the result.
Worked from my own photo of Zat (bass player with Holy Racket - :[url}http://www.holyracket.moonfruit.com/[/url])
Source photo: http://www.pbase.com/wrightair/image/65441905
Step by Step;[url]http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/zatstep/index.htm{/url]

lilbittydemon01

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 20:29:55 +0000

Another Photoshop test with the hard-edged brush - working as quickly as possible to retain more of a painterly feel. Working freehand from a stock photo from lilbittydemon's deviantart gallery:http://lilbittydemon-stock.deviantart.com/
Source photo http://s93.photobucket.com/albums/l...mgAnch=imgAnch1
Step by step:http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/...ystep/index.htm

Lisa 03

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 19:13:30 +0000

Freehand Photoshop painting from my own photograph, working with only the hard-edged brush and aiming to work more quickly.
Step by step here; http://www.wrightair.co.uk/digital/lisa03step/index.htm

Lisa04

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:50:11 +0000

Pure Photoshop painting testing the hard-edged brush. I banned myself from using the airbrush tool! I wanted to work much more quickly and aimed for a more painterly result. I didn't want to spend more than 8 hours on it, but so far, have spent about 10. Again I used a print of one of my own photos as reference - thanks to Lisa
Step by step at:http://
http://www.wrightair.../lisa04step.htm

Lisa 02

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:57:34 +0000

The first digtal painting from a freehand drawing made from one of my own photos. Experimenting more with the hard-edged brush in Photoshop. Originally intended to be a test in Painter, the original drawing was easier to do in Photoshop, then transfered to Painter, but I was unhappy with the way it was going, so went back to Photoshop.The Painter version is still in progress.
Step by step at:http://
http://www.wrightair.../lisa02step.htm
Thanks to Lisa for the photosession

Lisa 01

Thu, 03 Aug 2006 16:49:40 +0000

The last of the "traced" Photoshop tests. Using much more of the hard-edged brush in an attempt to add more texture to the skin. The base colours of the skin and hair were blocked in with a soft-edged brush then detail andd texture added with a hard-edged brush at very low opacity.
Step by step at:http://
http://www.wrightair...1step/index.htm
Thanks to Lisa

Victoria 03

Tue, 25 Jul 2006 18:47:29 +0000

Photoshop test. Using hard-edged brushes at very low opacity as well as the airbrush tool. From my own source photo - thanks to victoria at http://www.victoriahandson.co.uk.

Step by step at:http://www.wrightair.co.uk/mainpages/victoria3step.htm

Victoria 01 - latest state

Fri, 21 Jul 2006 18:23:33 +0000

more work on this image, softening the textures, adjusting colour balance, re-painting the hair, remodelling some of the features.

work in progress discussion here:
http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=382779

Apnea01

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:47:31 +0000

Early Photoshop test, one of the first black and white images. Painted with just the airbrush tool and eraser using white,with lots of variation in the opacity and size of both tools. Painted over a black layer.Thanks to Apnea at www.apneatic.com for permission to use the original photo.

Apnea Tint

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 10:52:25 +0000

Just an experiment to tint the original image in Photoshop. Colours painted on a seperate layer with blending options set to hard light, and the colours hightened as much as possible.
Thanks again to apneatic.com for permission.

spring

Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:01:24 +0000

Another test in Photoshop, using the airbrush tool. Again I chose an image - from aldra's gallery at istockphotos.com - that would extend my skills. I had problems with the headdress in Photoshop so I tried painting it in Painter IX and importing it back into Photoshop then reworking it.
Step by step;
http://www.wrightair.co.uk/mainpages/digitalpage.htm