How far the egret's flown

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Folks,

Greetings. This (believe it or not) began with a the feather detail of an egret's wing. Some brushed in color, DAP Klimt, Mini-world treatment, stroke-blur, and a manual version of a 3d trick called hill shading and... voilà!



Thanks for looking...

Cheers,

-Michael-

[denise ippolito]

Michael, I am impressed with what you have been able to do with the DAP Klimt. Really great stuff and I need to dust my program off soon and join the fun! I love the colors and it reminds me of a planet.

[Indranil Sircar]

Michael, I am with Denise on this one... really impressive use of DAP Klimt. The planetary look for the mini-world is OOTB. Very creative and excellent processing!

[Dawn Currie]

Very cool! I think I need to take a break from work and do some playing in PS. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Steve Adkins]

Wonderful shading and 3D effect, Michael. Parts of this world remind me of sequins.

[Richard Lovison]

This (believe it or not) began with a the feather detail of an egret's wing.

Michael,

I think that's what makes this image so amazing. Love the colors and world created. Well done.

Richard

[Arthur Morris]

Looks like a globe from another world. I am unsure of the framing of the circle itself as the framing is different at the four spots where the circle gets near the square...

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Denise, Indranil, Dawn, Steve, Richard, Artie,

Thank you all for the comments. They are much appreciated. Artie, I see the framing problem, thanks for pointing it out.

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Cheryl Slechta]

Michael, this is so well done. You really are a master of Klimt - I find him very hard to achieve anything approaching your work. I've got to go back and read your earlier posts to glean some tips The transformation from feather to other-worldly planet is amazing.

[Michael Gerald-Yamasaki]

Cheryl,

Well, thank you... you are too kind. For me, there is just something about the DAP Klimpt filter...it's wonderful. And the neat thing about DAP is the IQ of the original input image need not be all that great as for this one, a 907 x 372 pixel crop:



Used a soft brush to just add the color and DAP Klimpt with no masking at all for the bottom result. I probably set the minimum brush size down a bit maybe to 200 or 400. And I play around with the different palettes. It's time consuming but I often make 4 or 5 DAPs with various filters and play blending games and adjust colors & detail with the original in PS (great fun ). I'm finding portraits particularly fun to work this way.

They are extra cool (I think) at full res and 100% viewing, too

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Arthur Morris]

Michael, You are most welcome.

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful miniworld, Michael! Love all the pastel colors of your planet. The original photo is a very lovely abstract too.

[Brendan Dozier]

That's is an awesome mini-world! Amazing the transformation. It almost has a metalic reflective look to it. Well done Michael, and thanks for sharing your process with us!

[Cheryl Slechta]

Michael, thanks so much for your workflow. I see that you put a lot of thought and work into the image and it shows.

Cheryl,

Well, thank you... you are too kind. For me, there is just something about the DAP Klimpt filter...it's wonderful. And the neat thing about DAP is the IQ of the original input image need not be all that great as for this one, a 907 x 372 pixel crop:



Used a soft brush to just add the color and DAP Klimpt with no masking at all for the bottom result. I probably set the minimum brush size down a bit maybe to 200 or 400. And I play around with the different palettes. It's time consuming but I often make 4 or 5 DAPs with various filters and play blending games and adjust colors & detail with the original in PS (great fun ). I'm finding portraits particularly fun to work this way.

They are extra cool (I think) at full res and 100% viewing, too

Cheers,

-Michael-

[Hazel Grant]

Ditto to all above. Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!