.tutorial: pretending you paint stuff

[aesc]

This tutorial is the definition of "quick and dirty." Possibly it's the shortest tutorial I've ever written. First, though, I have to give a shout-out and credit to girlnamedpixley, who was awesome enough to introduce me to a new and different way of using Photoshop filters to achieve a painterly/mixed-media effect with a photo or screencap. I took it and ran

Comments

[uglybusiness]

Oh yay! Thank you so much for writing this! I am definitely trying it out :)

[io_2]

lovely work!

[theblackeyeddog]

I love your tutorials so verily. I haven't used photoshop in an age, and yet your tutorials always make me want to give it a go again. I think what I love most about your tutorials is how they make you want to experiment, however much or little. And with this one, though I love the paint effect, it didn't work out too well on the cap I was using this time around since it was too grainy (though it is still in there vaguely!), but I particularly loved the effect of using the pattern stamp stuff and different brushes - something I'd never done before in that way. I made this with it anyhow for my first experiment (not sure if you can tell I did use the tutorial on it anymore?? :o But I did! :o), but I hope it'll inspire more creations by me and others. Thanks again for sharing :)

[norrskens]

very pretty and very cool, saving to my memories :D

[an_ardent_rain]

Oh my goodness, this is gorgeous! I'm going to have to try this technique out! Thanks so much for sharing. ^_^