China Town
I know this breaks the ROT -but it didn't look good to me off center, the walls of the buildings on each side were to boxie and took over the scene.
This was done w/ the color efex filters and alot of hue adjustment
This is the last one, like this- I feel bad I can't seem to switch gears -it's just that it is sooo much fun making these crazy looks
Hi Denise. I like the composition just fine on this one. I am a student of asian art and Chinese Brush painting and while this is not even close to a brush painting, it definately has that asian feel that I like! One think that my Chinese painting instructor has stressed to me is the importance of black in a Chinese painting, which your image seems to lack. Another important element of Chinese art is red, Chinese red. Your image has plenty of red, but to my eye, your red is not "Chinese red" or not saturated enough? So, in my repost, I adjusted your red with a levels layer, hue/sat layer red only, and a shadow/hightlight layer to tone down the bright areas only, no shadow adj. at all. This didn't achieve "Chinese Red" but it's closer. Then, for the black, I did a selective color layer and added as much black to the blacks as I could (100%). What do you think?
Also, I would suggest that you add a copyright plus signature to your images:). I think that you can find a thread on how to produce a defined brush that is really cool and easy to use with the brush tool or the clone tool, assuming that you are using photoshop. Of course, for asian art you should use a "chop", the little stamp that you see on most asian art.:D
Nice original but I really love the repost. Dan's addition of black was just what it needed. I think the crop is fine - especially because the alley down the middle goes across the image, keeping it from looking "split down the middle." Nice work, Denise!
Here is a cut/paste from a thread in the "Educational resources" forum on how th "define" a brush for your sig. Dan
Originally Posted by David Kennedy
The actions have been mentioned, as well as their disadvantages. Personally, I think it's easier just to create a custom brush of the text that you want to use. Granted, it means that the signature cannot have some of the more swanky things like drop shadows, but those are usually distracting any ways. The significant advantage of a custom brush is that it can be scaled to any size you want, reduced in opacity quickly (the opacity of the brush), and placed anywhere in any color.
To create a custom brush, you should first type up the signature / copyright text that you want and place it on a blank canvas. Then, select it with the marquee tool and go to Edit --> Define Brush..
Cheers,
David
Dan, Thank you so much for taking the time to help me. I went to Chinatown while visiting SF. and fell in love with the feel I got from the culture and art. I wanted this image to have an Asian feel and I wanted it to look as close to realistic as I could I think your adjustments were perfect!!
I tried to put a copyright and signature . This was the best I could do. I will work on it! Once again thankyou
Hope my re-post is to your liking
Last edited by denise ippolito; 11-08-2008 at 02:17 PM. Reason: SEE-BELOW
Dan, I didn't realize till it was next to yours how much black it was missing. Hope this is better
Dan, I think I got it!
As far as using the chop-What does it mean? I don't want to offend anyone since I don't know if there are rules to using it.I would love to use it, I think it looks cool.So if you know I'd love to find out.
Thanks for the explanation Dan !!!
Dan's re post has a little different red which is appealing Excellent thread !!!
Hi Denise. This last post looks good.Originally Posted by denise ippolito
As for the "chop" . The chop or seal is a stone carved stamp. Usually the carving is the artist name in Chinese letters or characters. Sometimes it is a line from a poem or an inspirational saying. One of my chops reads "Where ink and water meet", this would be used on a watercolor painting (obviously). The chop(s) are a huge part of the composition and should be red ink as other colors have meanings in Chinese culture that may not be appropriate (a blue chop is used for funerals). I have posted here a digital image that has been "illustrated" with an action which includes the only one of my 20 or so chops that I have digitized. I don't read Chinese but it is suppose to read "Dan Brown":D
Super! I know I want a chop will have to do some research
Denise, just got back "on" this forum and see what I've missed the past few days. I love your repost images with the deeper reds and blacks, for that matter I liked the original post. Great technique, I agree with Dan that adding your chop would nail this one to the wall. Congrats!
I like the repost Lady Denise...Thank you Dan for your informative lesson...:):cool:
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