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Wakebrad Ladies Man
Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject: Scenic wakeboard paintings (quality)? |
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I've been thinking for a while now that it would be really cool to have a nice scenic lake photo (glass of course) that was high quality in a frame that you could hang in your living room. But it would have in the background someone wakeboarding, maybe throwing an invert or something. Not huge and gaudy, something classy. I doubt anything like this exists but I thought about trying to find or take a picture and have it printed on a canvas and then use some paints to put brush strokes on it or just get it printed on a high quality matte that would go in a frame.
Anyone have tips or thoughts about doing this? I know there are some great photographers here. You guys ever thought about this before?
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icerider Criminal
Joined: 17 Apr 2005 Posts: 77 City: Saskatoon
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 12:22 pm Post subject: |
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That would be real nice. we have on off a lake in our cottage. but no wakeboarder
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89 skier Addict
Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 729 City: Dallas
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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Brad- If you found or took a digital photo, you could photoshop it a little to add some brush strokes a lot easier than having to brush them by hand.
Also a friend of mine at work has a printer that will print out on a 13" wide canvas roll, so if you found something we might be able to do some tests. How big do you want it?
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bjkicker24 Newbie
Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: st louis
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 1:01 pm Post subject: |
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ive actually thought about that too...i really like the idea but have never gone thru with doing it. ive done some sketches like that, but a photo on canvas would be sick....be interested to hear what ya end up doing
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jamesriver-rider Soul Rider
Joined: 09 Mar 2005 Posts: 250 City: richmond city
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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I saw somethin like that on the back window of a pick-up truck. it looked sweet
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Wakebrad Ladies Man
Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 1:11 pm Post subject: |
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89 skier, I was thinking like painting sized.. Something to take up a good portion of a wall. A panoramic 13" tall 3'-4' wide photo would be really cool.
I know I could do brush strokes on photoshop but the reason I would want the brush strokes is because of the texture. It would look like it's an actual painting, not a photograph. From my understanding that's how they do most of the fabricated paintings. They print on a canvas and then just apply brush strokes on top. I wouldn't brush the whole thing, just certain parts. It would still be a lot of work though. I think it would be cool with just the picture even if it didn't have brush strokes though.
If someone has a picture like this in really high quality I'd love to give it a try. I don't have the camera to handle something like this.
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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Yeah, there's several places that sell prints on canvas and they look like the real thing but they are actually silk-screened on. You don't get the texture that you would with a palette knife on canvas but they still look great on a gallery-wrapped (1.5" thick) canvas.
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Jay Dutton Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 1059 City: Park City, UT
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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There's some guy on Wakeworld that was painting wake pics. He was talking about them a while ago.. If you do a search you can probably find the thread.
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Liquidmx Addict
Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 755 City: San Jose
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Posted: Apr 21, 2005 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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I have been thinking about this for a while too. I thought a large siloutte pic of a SANTE on a lake at dusk(obvously mostly lake with like 20 percent boat/rider) with the rider putting his boots on the back platform would look sick(only boat driver in boat). All black, reds, oranges, and yellows. Inspirational basically.
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itch Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 2563 City: m m m itch igan
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 4:40 am Post subject: |
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TConway bought one from him of his son I thought it turned out nice a lil'abstract but was cool. Send him a pm he will hook you up with his web site.
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Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 6961
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 5:24 am Post subject: |
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One of the best ways to do this is to use an old(er) artist's trick.
Take a pic using slide film. Once developed, using a slide projector, project the image onto a canvas.
With this image, you can trace major and minor outlines onto the canvas.
With the outlines, it basically becomes a kind of paint by numbers gig. Paint as you wish, using the color slide as a reference for the color of hte paints.
Piece of cake.
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Wakebrad Ladies Man
Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, there's several places that sell prints on canvas and they look like the real thing but they are actually silk-screened on. You don't get the texture that you would with a palette knife on canvas but they still look great on a gallery-wrapped (1.5" thick) canvas.
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That sounds really cool. If I can find a picture to use I might contact your friend about trying to print it on that 13" sheet. Do you think he could do 3-4' in width?
Liquidmx, that would be a great pic to use also. Just a little bit of sunset with a very dark SANTE. Very chill.
itch, I'll PM him. I wonder if he has a softcopy image so I can see what it looks like.
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Wakebrad Ladies Man
Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 6:07 am Post subject: |
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itch, I just tried to PM him and it didn't find that username. Is that his name on WW?
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itch Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Posts: 2563 City: m m m itch igan
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 7:55 am Post subject: |
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tom@tomandgwen.com
Here is his email
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Josh R Wakeboarder.com Freak
Joined: 20 Jan 2003 Posts: 3163 City: Melbourne, Australia
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Joined: 26 Jul 2004 Posts: 755 City: San Jose
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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I have one thats close but the boats too big and there is nobody in the pic. Here yah go, I would want it more abstract too.
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Here's one I made for my website. It's a digital illustration, made from several royalty-free photographs. The sky is one photo, the water is a different photo and the boat is a separate photo too. The other elements I created myself and added in with Adobe Illustrator and photoshop.
Not living room material, but I thought I'd share it anyway.
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Joined: 05 Feb 2003 Posts: 794
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 1:26 pm Post subject: |
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Here's the best I've come up with....no rider though.
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bmartin Addict
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 1:28 pm Post subject: |
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It was a scan of a pic from a foggy morning. Pic looks better than scan job.
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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All those would be perfect for slide projection.
Great contrast and Silhouette.
You don't need it on artist canvas though. It's an awefully tough material to print on.
A 600 thread count cotton cloth would be good though. Make sure you wash it and dry it as hot as you can before printing. Then stretch it onj the frame, spray an artist's canvas sealer on it ( magic white, diluted ), then print.
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Beaver Wakeboarder.Commie
Joined: 21 Dec 2004 Posts: 1236 City: Nanaimo
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Posted: Apr 22, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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Thoes are pretty sweet.
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