Painterly self-portrait
This self-portrait is a result of a great suggestion by my friend Angel who said:
“Pick any photo image you have (can be yourself) and make it look like an oil painting on canvas.”
Thanks for the suggestion, Angel! I used my webcam to capture images of myself from some interesting angles and lighting situations. Then, I used one as a base image in the GIMP to first color-pick then paint into with different brushes using a Wacom tablet. It was a lot of fun to ruin the perfect forms of photography and replace it with the warmth and approximation of painting. I’ve done this a few times before in different ways, but this was a very direct, very freeing method.
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Very nice painting, but I think you fell a tad short of Angel’s challenge, as the finished product looks, to my eye at least, more like a watercolor than an oil.
I’ve always painted in acrylics with a lot of water, so maybe that’s what you’re seeing, Tim. I never painted very much with oils because of the fumes, and I’ve never had the patience for watercolors except in printmaking.
….This self-portrait is a result of a great suggestion by my friend Angel who said Pick any photo image you have can be yourself and make it look like an oil painting on canvas. Thanks for the suggestion Angel! I used my webcam to capture images of myself from some interesting angles and lighting situations. Then I used one as a base image in the GIMP to first color-pick then paint into with different brushes using a Wacom tablet.