A little fun with the Funguys

[Martin Wilson]

Still playing with elements but think I am going to have to resort to ink and pen then mix with elements to get the effect that I am looking for, not far from it.....but just missing a personal touch a controlled mixing and little touches you can not do with a machine .

Martin

[loripo]

The contrast of the real and the surreal is really interesting. How will you apply the pen and ink - to a print? You're giving me ideas I have tried some layering, but I dont have a tablet and find it difficult to isolate crisply the parts I want to leave unaltered. Andestines always telling me I should criticise if I'm going to be a critic - but I love these two, so there

[Martin Wilson]

Originally Posted by loripo

The contrast of the real and the surreal is really interesting. How will you apply the pen and ink - to a print? You're giving me ideas I have tried some layering, but I don't have a tablet and find it difficult to isolate crisply the parts I want to leave unaltered. Andestines always telling me I should criticise if I'm going to be a critic - but I love these two, so there

Have to use the scanner once I have done the drawing I want to have as a topic or interest, then using the filters in elements get the background and foreground then erase the area that the image is going to go into.
By the way what is a tablet? cause I do not have one of those either I solely use elements, ArcSoft photo impression 4 and picasa to get what I need to get.
Criticise if asked or say "I think that this could..." then that will always raise an idea with the artist or in my case give me a new perspective to play with. Good ideas are from seeing and listening to others and asking and some always like to help.
Thank you for your comments Loripo glad you like them. Do not be a critic if you do not want to be, but sometimes it helps an artist if others see his/her work in a different perspective and light so it does help to have input from others.
Thanks again Loripo much appreciated.

Martin

[PMG]

Like it ...... but ........ (and yes I know you haven't seen what I can do artistically so I might be talking out of the top of my hat) but I think you're right about some sort of pen and ink tretment to the fly agaric would enhance it - the difference between the real and the background doesn't gel but it would if there were some form of artwork on the fungi - as it is my eye doesn't know which part of the picture to take in - then regards the fungi as odd and out of context if you know what I'm trying to say?

The sulphur tufts I would have done the other way about and left the background set untouched and the foreground altered - or - again hand add pen detail to the foreground set and really add fine detail - tho then the whole might become so busy to be unsettling ......... Mmmmm - just thoughts and ramblings by an ex-artist

[Andestine]

Martin,

I think they're beautiful, and that's an emotional response, rather than my usual analytical one (odd for me - steroids still haven't worn off - should have read the contra-indications )

Still haven't got round to touching Photoshop, but it's becoming ever more beguiling.

(Lori, only on Critic's Corner, my dear

Pauline, 'Ex-artist'? Didn't think I'd miss that, did you? I'll talk to you later.........)

Martin, I'd give anything to be able to drop the analysis when I'm drawing and work from the emotions as you can.

Cheers,

Andestine

[Martin Wilson]

Originally Posted by PMG

Like it ...... but ........ (and yes I know you haven't seen what I can do artistically so I might be talking out of the top of my hat) but I think you're right about some sort of pen and ink tretment to the fly agaric would enhance it - the difference between the real and the background doesn't gel but it would if there were some form of artwork on the fungi - as it is my eye doesn't know which part of the picture to take in - then regards the fungi as odd and out of context if you know what I'm trying to say?

The sulphur tufts I would have done the other way about and left the background set untouched and the foreground altered - or - again hand add pen detail to the foreground set and really add fine detail - tho then the whole might become so busy to be unsettling ......... Mmmmm - just thoughts and ramblings by an ex-artist

Sort of Pauline....I have no idea what I am trying to achieve when I start, I just set out and see what happens ... then I start to see what I would like to do and try to get there, but as always a BUT comes into it as we have said Pen and Ink has to be used to give it that "me feel" the Sulphur tuffs are crying out to be done all in ink or even a scratch board style as with the Wrinkledpeach, should really stop being lazy .
Thanks for the comments Pauline, appreciated.

Martin

By the way you can talk from wherever you want, when you talk to me Pauline .

[Martin Wilson]

Originally Posted by Andestine

Martin,

I think they're beautiful, and that's an emotional response, rather than my usual analytical one (odd for me - steroids still haven't worn off - should have read the contra-indications )

Still haven't got round to touching Photoshop, but it's becoming ever more beguiling.

(Lori, only on Critic's Corner, my dear

Pauline, 'Ex-artist'? Didn't think I'd miss that, did you? I'll talk to you later.........)

Martin, I'd give anything to be able to drop the analysis when I'm drawing and work from the emotions as you can.

Cheers,

Andestine

Well let us have the emotional response for now and the critical one when you are off the steroids Andestine.
As for photoshop I have an awful lot to learn looking at some of the wonders that can be achieved with it....but suffice for my needs at the mo'
Yep...Pauline we all wait with baited breath....I jest ...but still will look out for it.
Thank you for that last comment Andestine, but emotions are misleading at the best of times, I always look at my pictures and remember "what, why, When with who and why" but most with pleasure, you are a great artist and as soon as you are back in full gear the better for so many.

[ChrissyMarie]

I really love these, they just conjure up secondary images of elves and goblins!
No medication either, I confess to a glass of wine
They are lovely fungi anyway. The group pic just looks like wonderful water reflections...just lovely work.

[Martin Wilson]

Thank you Chrissy much appreciated, going to try and draw them and a little pen and ink work to get a little some thing special, elves and the like maybe...or a little more sinister goings on

Martin

[Vincent86]

It looks pretty good to me.