Dave Seeram's "Vector" illustration technique on my Discus pair.
Inspired by Dave Phillips' previous post of the Green Heron "Illustrated". I was able to find the workflow for this by googling "Dave Seeram" and found a Pbase article with the step by step. A lot of fun, but doesn't work on a lot of images.
Dan Brown,
Sacramento
Well it obviously worked on this one! This is a really stunning, Dan. I'm a big fan of really instense, saturated images so this one REALLY made me smile. Love your composition and that you tried something new! I believe I'll be googling that one myself.
Nice application Dan......his action is well suited to architectural and product images,
but I play often with wildlife.
Did you download his illustration action?
Thanks for looking guys.
Dave, No, I just followed the steps in the Pbase article. Where can I get the Action! that would be much easier. Dan
Dan the "free" action is down this page a bit......the full set of 5 is at top for a small fee, but well worth it IMO.Originally Posted by Dan Brown
I have no affiliation with Dave's site......just giving a link
http://www.photographybb.com/actions/
Dave, Great! thanks alot.
Wow, this is lovely. What colors, and I love the look. Could the front fish (jeez, I started typing "bird") be sharpened a bit. Would love to compare the posted image with the ORIG so that I could see what has been done.
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Original image
Thanks Art. I will play with the sharpness.
Here is the starting jpg. I cropped, then followed Mr. Seeram's steps, then reduced the opacity of the illustration layer to about 80%. The eggs were just too deformed and merged together, so I erased most of the illustration layer over the egg area.
Last night I downloaded the action and used it. Wow! it is way easier to use than the step by step. The action seems to take into consideration different image requirements in order to reach the "Vector" look. I recommend downloading the action!
Dan Brown
Thanks for the post of the ORIG which I like even more than the "illustrated" version. With the ORIG, I would suggest lightening the whole thing a bit and doing some work to eliminate the purple flash eye.
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repost of illustration
Thanks for the tips Art. Here is the illustration with a bit of sharpening to the front fish. Dan
This last re post is really good I like it the best !!! I like the combination of strong colors and shapes !!! Beautiful !!!
dan, that is one fantastic image!!! i love how all the elements come together as one strong image. just awesome!!!
Great illustration, Dan and thanks, I'll probably get the full action for extra control, nice original image, of course!
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