New style---Digital Graffiti

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

Not the graffiti on the walls but that with colored pastels:
i had a flash in my school (what is before high school? that one) was a amazing teacher and she teach how to make graffiti with pastel:

you draw something with colored pastel, doesn't need to be accurate but should caught be the basic shapes
Then you grab a black pastel and you cover everything with a thick layer of black pastel
Last you grab a blade and you carefully peel off the black following the image contours

Maybe i found how to emulate digitally the process, it is even simple (but the result are still a bit rough..and you should find a adapt image...

airplane1 by PhotoComiX, on Flickr

graffiti-airplane by PhotoComiX, on Flickr

ORIGINAL

Group 1 boarding the plane by mckaysavage, on Flickr

Our ride home by mckaysavage, on Flickr

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12831

Almost looks like chalk PC.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

I like it though!

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

too lazy to write a official tut with screengrab etc...but is very simple and you may look the xcf

1 )dup the layer Gmic/Artistic/hard sketch, check negative
play with the setting to have some really white lines
(or use after curve or level to adjust...you don't want all the lines of pure white because pure white will not get the color
but you want some pure white lines and the rest of a quite light grey..the rest must be solid black)

2 ) move the original on top in COLOR mode

if you do in the first image you will get this

3 ) is optional to add highlight :
Dup again the original run Charcoal filter, place the layer on the very top in Soft Light mode
But maybe i like more without charcoal

MareroQ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:41 pm **(#5)**

I was hoping that at the end of the post will be a link
for GMIC (as for: I should do something to promote my pattern: http://www.gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3184&start=0)
I do not believe in the excuse of laziness ...

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

MareroQ wrote:

I was hoping that at the end of the post will be a link
for GMIC (as for: I should do something to promote my pattern: http://www.gimpchat.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3184&start=0)
I do not believe in the excuse of laziness ...

UUUHHH IFORGOT TO UPLOAD THE PATTERN!! :gaah

Too bad i delay because i hate fill deviantart submission form it took ages and can't be done as a batch..but ok i will do tonight

I do not understand well your comment about lazyness and gmic
I am not that lazy, i have no problem to give the link for gmic...here copy this

gmic sourceforge

and paste in the search box of your browser, and press enter...the first results are the right one

As you see i am not that lazy i explaned perfectly how found the link to download gmic...or somebody need me expanding the point ?

MareroQ · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:18 pm **(#7)**

Inspiration is always on your side.
Link gmic sourceforge not works.
Only the news, you provide, are inspiring ...
Your work is always a new inspiration - do not disappoint me ..

tstandiford · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 3:39 pm **(#8)**

A quick color inversion and desaturate makes it look like a sketch.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

tstandiford wrote:

A quick color inversion and desaturate makes it look like a sketch.

You traced the origin , you did the way back:
i used a sketch filter set to negative, and then i placed back on the original

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But ..What if a "sketch" or anyway bw duplicate is used not as a layer but as a layermask?

let say as BG a sharpened dup
above a smoothed dup and the "sketch" layermask...
huummm...i should try :paint

tstandiford · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 6:02 pm **(#10)**

And then apply some sort of texture to the layer? You could get a pretty cool sketch effect.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

Huum...about textures gmic allow to load images from the net.
This was never used for filters but allow to load and appy any texture

But i don't want astray first i want make a filter from this process a filter that

apply a sketch filter on a dup + negative
blur the original

the sketch layer go on top in" lightness" mode

Ok if not tonight, tomorrow will be ready

IThere are other filter around that may emulate Pastel Graffiti?

2-ton · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:59 pm **(#12)**

you two are dangerous together!!!

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

graffit.on.black by PhotoComiX, on Flickr

from

Street Painter by pedrosimoes7, on Flickr

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

[align=center]But the hardest test for a similar filter is portrait..i believe it pass the test

Graffiti on Black : japanes flute by PhotoComiX, on Flickr

From

the musical geisha by Jesslee Cuizon, on Flickr

Sure it is a bit peculiar as technique but has a strong visual impact

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PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

I was hoping a bit more of C&C on this technique because i have a sort of mixed feeling i am not sure if i really like it
well i like for the strong effect and because it is very close to the original media but has the original technique the effect is rough , but also quite effective

anyway at the end i wrote as gmic filter , testing now for hidden errors (so don't rush to upload filter now...wait at least 1 hour )

here on bird

PS that sort of dotted pattern in the bird BG is only on the screen of my PC or you may see it ?

MareroQ · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:53 am **(#16)**

Maybe, for those interested, the address of the code?

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

ok i put on my source now.

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

ok you should be find a new filter in Artistic "Black Crayon Graffiti"

cecilia · **Posted:** Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:37 pm **(#19)**

PhotoComix wrote:

here on bird

PS that sort of dotted pattern in the bird BG is only on the screen of my PC or you may see it ?

I see the dots...quite interesting technique

PhotoComix · **Joined:** Apr 12, 2010 **Posts:** 5870

i do not like much that dots .. i made the filter that now should make the black withouts that dot pattern

the filter is in gmic/artistic/ black crayon graffiti

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