What's new
By:
Photoshop Gurus Forum

Welcome to Photoshop Gurus forum. Register a free account today to become a member! It's completely free. Once signed in, you'll enjoy an ad-free experience and be able to participate on this site by adding your own topics and posts, as well as connect with other members through your own private inbox!

Mystical Family


Cindy Grundsten

Cindy Grundsten

Power User
Messages
276
Likes
138
Or the very very strange family.....with rats as pets and the house full of cobweb. (and cobweb means spiders too!):cry:

This was so fantastic fun to make, I had a lovely time the whole way long :)

It was so long since I published something here on Photoshop Gurus. I have missed you but I have had so much
around. And sometimes the time is not enough.

So now we shall see if I can upload my image. If I remember how to do it. Yeaa it worked! LOL

I am sorry for the terrible watermark all over. But I have had so much problem with stolen artwork. Stolen and for sale, or changed in different ways. I am really tired of that. Thats why I have put the watermark on. Even though its really ugly.

I dont know if this is okey, but here is a link to all the stocks I have used.

Models All rats from this stockprivider Lace Drape Cobweb, Ron´s brushes

If its not okey to leave a link to the stocks I have to learn how to put the stocks under the artwork. I tryed to write some text under the artwork but I could not get there. I dont know why, but I guess I did something wrong.

Anyway.........here is one of my latest artwork! Hope you like!

mystical-family.jpg
 
Last edited:
Wow..
Where have you been all my life lol :shocked:

I know your work and love your style. Thanks for sharing.

Inkz
 
Been peeking at your work long time you're good...... NoNoNo...... You're awesome
 
Hello Cindy..

Sorry to go off topic here. I need some advice and who better to ask than you.

Your manipulations have inspired me for a long time now. I feel I'm stuck with the painting side of the manipulations, mainly the hair of the model. I think if I could over come this, my manipulations will progress.

Is there any tips or advice you could give to help me. I use some hair stocks but they never look right lol. So painting the hair only way for me to go.
 
I know what you mean Inkz.
I have struggle with hair for years now. And I am still not pleased with it. There is so many different techniques when painting hairs. I have read some tutorials, but it will not help me much.

So I still try to figure out how to paint the perfect hair.
Often after cut out a model most of the hair gets destroyed. Then I try to paint it back, or maby I will make it longer.
Then I have to look at the original hair of the model and try to get the same straw. And its not easy because all hair have different structure. I am sure you know about that. So then I have to try and try. Change the brush settings and so on.

But I gues its never be really like the original hair.

The hair brush settings are important. For one reason to make the top of the straw thin.

It was a long time since I tryed to paint hair from start. I usual save some parts of the original models hair.

I have done some easy tutorials for the hair. It was some times since I did it, but if you dont already seen them you can
download them here.

Hair tut 1

Hair tut 2 & 3

Hair tut 4

I also have a very easy tut for beginners.

Okey, none of them are really good. But you can take a look at them anyway if you want. I have been thinking of doing a new tutorial, but I have not had the time.

I also have made some hair stocks here, use if you want to.

Hair stock1 Hair stock2 Hair stock3 Hair stock4 Hair stock5


I wish I could help you more with good advise. But as I sad, I am still working on it :)






Inkz said:
Hello Cindy..

Sorry to go off topic here. I need some advice and who better to ask than you.

Your manipulations have inspired me for a long time now. I feel I'm stuck with the painting side of the manipulations, mainly the hair of the model. I think if I could over come this, my manipulations will progress.

Is there any tips or advice you could give to help me. I use some hair stocks but they never look right lol. So painting the hair only way for me to go.
Click to expand...
 
Simple thing like hair is a Manipulators nightmare! IMO....... Ugh! Even the best of the best struggle with it. I don't know anyone that looks forward to doing fluffy wavy hair
 
I think you are right on that point.
Sometimes when I paint hair it works very good, and I get pleased. But another time it wont work at all. And it takes hours to get it good.

iDad said:
Simple thing like hair is a Manipulators nightmare! IMO....... Ugh! Even the best of the best struggle with it. I don't know anyone that looks forward to doing fluffy wavy hair
Click to expand...
 
I am speechless (which is not often per my wife). Your work is awesome. Hope you stay around in this forum as I aspire to be able to do work such as this and have a lot to learn about the techniques used.
 
Back
Top