Destroying images to make them more exiting.

[Anonymous]

While waiting for AC to export an artlantis file I chip in this image to show one way of manipulating an image. Very often I don't have the time or computer power to load my models with stuff like cars, people, vegetation etc. Instead I add some Photoshop filter effects to the rendered images to kind of cheat the viewer. By adding grain and somewhat destroying the original image the new image feels much "fuller" though very different. The attached image makes me think of the Hitchcock movie The Birds. I should have some gdl birds and some nice gdl corps to complete the image...
Btw the grass, asphalt and sky textures were added in Photoshop...
The filter I used was Nik Color Efex (plugin) but could be done entirely in Photoshop.

Mats

[Karl Ottenstein]

Dwight wrote:
Its different in portraiture - he knows what he is doing.

However - these aren't monochromatic images - there's plenty of sepiatone to make flesh interesting and alive.

Besides, orange is the new black.

So, the next time I see you, you'll be wearing orange? 😉

Actually, the bronze/sepia look is an artifact of the scanning and web person. The actual images are monochromatic.

Karl

[Dwight]

Consistent with my bleeding edge thinking, and unlike mere trendy poseurism, I've seen beyond orange and back to black.

So no need to change the wardrobe.