jmwellborn Posted May 30, 2021 Share Posted May 30, 2021 With Photo, turned the image of a perfectly lovely adult wooden elephant into a baby, deleted some happy children, repaired his trunk, gave him a curved top of his head, and lost him in a tangle of undergrowth, thanks to @StuartRc's "Shy" assets, @firstdefence's "Light Rays by Dex", some swipes with one of the new Luminance brushes, some tricky(?) use of the Liquify Persona to create the grooves on a new front left leg, and some utterly failed attempts to delete the horizontal lines on the legs. By the time the border was in my sights, I had sundry layers sliding all over the place -- grouped or not -- so I left the black border superimposed with the grouped layers. (Picasso, or somebody else.) Anyway, it just goes to show that although somebody (me) without a smidge of artistic talent can learn to do all sorts of awful things with genius software, the genius software cannot make somebody an artist. I hope the talented people who created these extraordinary elephants pictured in today's "Times" won't mind. StuartRc, Alfred and RisingArmechadon 3 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Art can be very subjective, I've seen art by masters that I would put in the bin so don't beat ya self up, I've seen early art from the likes of David Shepherd and Heather Rooney that belies how good they are now but practice and a desire to learn have made them some of the best artists in the world. The point I'm making is nobody was instantly good, there was a progression of skill. Observation is always a good start for an artist. jmwellborn and Alfred 1 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Ventura 13.6, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 Add a signature like this so system and app info always seen. Tagging is the gift that keeps on giving. Please consider adding tags to your post, not only does it help searching later on but it helps us, to give focused replies and is greatly appreciated by those that do reply, remember Affinity is for life not just Christmas. (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 Sometimes the only way to progress is by experimenting! The original website is here if anyone interested..https://coexistence.org/ You can buy one!... jmwellborn, Alfred and firstdefence 1 2 Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.3.1 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.3 1.2279 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 Thank you so much for the link, @StuartRc. Although I don’t have the room for one of these beautiful wooden elephants I have just sent a donation in his place to the organization. If my very amateurish efforts — resulting in your website link — could be the catalyst for others to help save these magnificent animals and to make their lives more bearable, it would be one of the best things I have ever done. The story of “Bandoola” is wrenching. Two true elephant stories that happened during my years living in India/Pakistan are awe-inspiring. Elephants are majesty in motion. StuartRc 1 Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuartRc Posted May 31, 2021 Share Posted May 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, jmwellborn said: Thank you so much for the link, @StuartRc. Although I don’t have the room for one of these beautiful wooden elephants I have just sent a donation in his place to the organization. If my very amateurish efforts — resulting in your website link — could be the catalyst for others to help save these magnificent animals and to make their lives more bearable, it would be one of the best things I have ever done. The story of “Bandoola” is wrenching. Two true elephant stories that happened during my years living in India/Pakistan are awe-inspiring. Elephants are majesty in motion. No Problem...and a fantastic thing to do. Quote Affinity Version 1 (10.6) Affinity Version 2.3.1 All (Designer | Photo | Publisher) Beta; 2.3 1.2279 OS:Windows 10 Pro 22H2 OS Build 19045.4046+ Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.19053.1000.0 Rig:AMD FX 8350 and AMD Radeon (R9 380 Series) Settings Version 21.04.01 Radeon Settings Version 2020 20.1.03) + Wacom Intuous 4M with driver 6.3.41-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmwellborn Posted May 31, 2021 Author Share Posted May 31, 2021 ☺️ Quote 24" iMAC Apple M1 chip, 8-core CPU, 8-core GPU, 16 GB unified memory, 1 TB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Photo, Publisher, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.3. MacBook Pro 13" 2020, Apple M1 chip, 16GB unified memory, 256GB SSD storage, Ventura 13.6. Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1. iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil. Wired and bluetooth mice and keyboards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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