Tag: Arts

24 of 365 is a painterly self-portrait #GIMP

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2011-01-24
4 Comments on 24 of 365 is a painterly self-portrait #GIMP

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.

tags: Wacom, self-portrait, image, identity, painterly, 365, daily, postaday2011, GIMP, GNU, GPL, Open source, creative commons, CC-SA

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22 of 365 is Joaquin Phoenix #GIMP

Post author By lemsy
Post date 2011-01-23
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I was really intrigued by Joaquin’s experiment and I hope it works out for him. I like or love most of his work, but I think to make so many people believe you’ve truly gone away is an amazing accomplishment. It seems so obvious now that it was all a rouse, but I don’t think anyone knew for sure when it was going on. Good for him for getting one over on us, and I hope he returns to the screen soon. Anyway, here I brought together his well-known image from “I’m still here” and another photo that was a far more photogenic JP, and used a mask on the photogenic JP to allow his face to appear through his bearded character’s face. I tweaked with adding and removing the mask in transparent strokes until I had what I wanted.

tags: JP, I’m still here, Joaquin Phoenix, GIMP, GNU, GPL, Open source, 365, postaday2011, lemasney