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Published: 2006-08-02 05:34:11 +0000 UTC; Views: 1640; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 87
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This was done in somewhere between 1 or 2 hours. It's not all painting, so this was kind of more like a speed matte painting. Most of the time was spent trying to decide what I wanted. I got the main stock i used as the plate from sxc.hu and I knew immediately what i wanted to do with it... but as I added more I felt it was cluttering and distracting so I took a lot out and just kept it short, sweet, and simple.'njoy
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Would you mind if i used this pic within one of my models for a picture in a frame? i give you all cred for it etc, so what do you say old bean, cause itd be perfect for my model
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beautiful colors.. so peaceful!
Do you use a tablet to do it? :S
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I feel as if I've been there... hmm, nostalgia.
Anyway, lovely little speed-matte (tm) though I think perhaps the far island could be a touch more blue, to match the atmospherics of the piece.
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hmm, maybe you have been
Thanks for the comment, and I could probably easily fix the blue problem. I painted that far island in about 12 seconds then made a new layer and took a nice 400 px soft brush (what you see is 16% of the size of the original) the same color as the atmosphere and but a little blob on top of it then adjusted the opacity. Maybe it was too little opacity, I couldn't really be sure. I'll see what I can do.
Thanks for the comment
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That's a HUGE res to paint at!
I just thought it might be a good idea to blend it more in with the atmosphere given the brightness of the sky around it and to increase the sense of distance.
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Oh, I know! And the great thing is that this iMac handles it like it's a 4kb text document. It works soo smooth and I can run flash mx2k4, dreamweaver 8, iTunes, and a dvd at the same time with almost no lag. The document size was around 200mb when I finished. And that's only about 3 layers.
But I also definately see what you are saying. It would definately help the depth.
I also hoped that by doing it at a high res I could go back later and detail it and make it a refined and finished piece.
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Sweet machine. Good idea about detailing it - it's a great platform on which to build a more detailed image.
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Great job! 
And what's the writing on the boat. It looks like Babayin or something.
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Thanks
I'm really not sure what the writing on the boat is, that was part of the stock. I'll try and find out for ya though.
Thanks again
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Excellent work.
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Thanks!
I wasn't exactly sure how to paint water so I just grabbed several colors and painted horizontal flowing lines until I got something that resembled a quick painting of water, so I'm glad you like it
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It turned out great. 
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That's a REALLY interesting blend of photo/paint you got there. I see the photo creeping in everwhere, but it's blended really well.
Awesome.
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It's beautiful. Excuse my ignorance but what is painted and what is stock?
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No problem,
The boat is stock and so is the giant cliff on the left.
The water is painted and the beach was made through a combination of painting and the clone-stamp tool.
The original stock is here:
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Thanks for the comment
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Water is painted! Extraordinary. I love a bit of clone-stamping myself.
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Good job!
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